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Sports Minister Confirms Football Icon Messi Will Lead Argentina Team In Kerala

By IANS News August 16, 2025 • 20:40 PM View: 455

Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman on Saturday reiterated that the Argentina football team, along with captain Lionel Messi, will arrive in Kerala in November to play a football match.

Incidentally, last week the Congress top leadership, including its state party president Sunny Joseph, took pot shots, asking Abdurahiman to come clean and said after raising high hopes over the news of Messi.

However, in reply to it on Saturday, the Minister clarified that Messi’s travel plans to other Indian states are part of a personal tour, not officially connected with the Argentina Football Association (AFA).

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