Sharklets players (blue shirts) defend against the Eagles during their Future League American football youth league match in Beijing, China, May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING (Reuters) - A pint-sized running back takes a handoff and scrambles across the goal line, spiking the football for a last-minute win.
It could be any school field in America, but on a warm spring night in Beijing the star of the game is nine-year-old Lisa Li, one of the best players in China’s first American football youth league.
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