Bummer: An elephant walks on the road in front of the US team bus outside the Bakubung Bush Lodge in Rustenberg, South Africa. The U.S. team bus containing about 10 players was going to an open-air market at the entrance to the team hotel, when they got stuck in a traffic jam caused by the elephant.
The United States training session ahead of Saturday's World Cup Group C opener with England was briefly delayed after an elephant blocked the route of the team bus.
A US team spokesman said the squad had to wait around five minutes while the elephant ate food from a tree on the road leading from the team's hotel.
It was the second time on Friday that the US team bus was blocked by an elephant on the road, the spokesman said.
The US face England at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg on Saturday. - Reuters