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Serbia’s Borisa Simanic loses kidney after taking elbow at Basketball World Cup

Boriša Simanić and Nuni Omot during the game in which the Serbian player suffered his injury
Boriša Simanić and Nuni Omot during the game in which the Serbian player suffered his injury. Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

A Serbian player has had a kidney removed after taking an elbow to his midsection during a game against South Sudan at the Basketball World Cup.

The Serbian basketball federation confirmed on Monday that Borisa Simanic underwent two separate surgeries. The first came after last Wednesday’s game during which Simanic fell to the floor after taking an elbow from South Sudan’s Nuni Omot.

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