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Hong Kong football fans to get partial refunds after Lionel Messi no-show

Source: AP

Disgruntled Lionel Messi fans who were unable to catch the Argentine football star in action during a friendly in Hong Kong would get a partial refund, the match organiser announced.

Hundreds of livid fans in Hong Kong in February of an Inter Miami match against Hong Kong XI in a tracksuit on the bench

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