{"id":97915,"date":"2021-07-10T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=97915"},"modified":"2021-07-10T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T07:57:56","slug":"fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of El Salvador women&#8217;s basketball team with US team shared as India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo showing women basketball players of different heights donning red and blue jerseys standing in rows of two is gathering a lot of traction on social media. The group in the blue jerseys is much shorter than the ones sporting the red jerseys. Some portions of the blue jerseys have been blurred out while the red jersey reads \u2018USA\u2019. Users are sharing the image and claiming that these players are from the Under-16 division representing the United States and India.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burhanaly2\/posts\/340241727473424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aly memes<\/a>&#8216; posted the picture with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97916 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-9.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-9-262x300.jpeg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RAILANATION\/posts\/777892789559997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another Facebook user also posted<\/a> the image with the accompanying claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-10.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-10-264x300.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=USA%20under%2016%20years%20old%20vs%20India%20under%2016%20years%20old&amp;sde=AbrvtAoQiC3ZHhkjt8yqKnXfe1DkUa22BDtZvz64Vr7NTKtvAVKm-G3x_dp07jTsU8lG4qKEttLCi5RrvrTmocmpFG2wGatcz1Qxnr9wm4sxw5zmKQrBVkLVs3Y89UMzLrSfRbXeGz40-26Zu5yyxdiECaixvcQOCUuqn9DzeTZBmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-97915 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/4-54\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-1.jpeg 502w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-1-197x300.jpeg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/5-40\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/5-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/5-1.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/5-1-262x300.jpeg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/6-33\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/6-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/6-1.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/6-1-262x300.jpeg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Through a simple reverse image search, Alt News located the original photo in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/londynn-jones-posts-more-points-than-opponents-as-u-s-womens-beat-el-salvador-114-19-in-a-fiba-americas-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Ration article<\/a> dated June 19, 2019. Here, &#8216;El Salvador&#8217; is printed on the blue jerseys. El Salvador is a country in Central America. The report states that a basketball match was held between the United States and El Salvador, which the former won with a score of 114-19. The image carried by this outlet shows El Salvador written in the front of the blue jerseys, which has been blurred out in the viral photo.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-97915 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/7-24\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/7.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/7-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-viral-image-doesnt-show-height-difference-between-usa-and-india-under-16-basketball-team\/8-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/8.png 242w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/8-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A website named <a href=\"https:\/\/elsalvadorday.com\/2019\/06\/partido-de-el-salvador-vs-eeuu-en-u16-de-baloncesto-es-noticia-mundial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Salvador Day<\/a> also shared this picture while reporting on the match.<\/p>\n<p>Sports website AS USA tweeted this picture on June 18, 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Tranquilas, ellas tambi\u00e9n tienen 16 a\u00f1os como ustedes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 USA 1\u20e31\u20e34\u20e3 &#8211; 1\u20e39\u20e3 El Salvador \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G9zj81kw42\">pic.twitter.com\/G9zj81kw42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AS USA (@US_diarioas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US_diarioas\/status\/1141009330659049473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum it up, a picture of the Under-16 womens\u2019 basketball teams of the United States and El Salvador was falsely shared as the USA and India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo showing women basketball players of different heights donning red and blue jerseys standing in rows of two is gathering a lot of traction on social media. 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