Hong Kong entered the weekend mad for Lionel Messi, with legions of soccer fans in the Chinese enclave highly anticipating the arrival of TIME’s Athlete of the Year as his MLS team Inter Miami ...

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi had a rare speaking engagement in Tokyo on Tuesday, when he addressed the injury that kept him out of a match in Hong Kong displeasing fans and local officials.

HONG KONG--The organizer of a soccer match featuring Inter Miami in Hong Kong was dealing with backlash from both angry fans and the government after widespread disappointment that Lionel Messi ...

Lionel Messi, David Beckham and Inter Miami were serenaded with boos by fans in Hong Kong after Messi failed to play in Sunday’s preseason match due to injury, resulting in local officials ...

It was meant to be a “friendly.” But Hong Kong hasn’t been shy about expressing its anger over Lionel Messi sitting on the bench for the entirety of his soccer team’s much-hyped exhibition ...

Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi expressed regret Tuesday over not being able to play in a friendly match in Hong Kong. Messi, who plays for Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, did not step ...

Lionel Messi’s absence from Inter Miami’s friendly in Hong Kong on Sunday has been labelled a “deliberate and calculated snub” after he played in Japan three days later. Messi remained on ...

Lionel Messi posted a video Monday on one of the largest social media platforms in China, to dispel “false stories” he did not play in Hong Kong earlier this month due to “political reasons ...

Lionel Messi and Inter-Miami co-owner David Beckham were booed Sunday and angry fans demanded refunds after the Argentina superstar sat out the team's pre-season friendly match in Hong Kong.

Lionel Messi sought to draw a line under controversy about his failure to play in a football match in Hong Kong earlier this month, saying his absence wasn’t due to political reasons and he has ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hong Kong’s government has expressed its “extreme disappointment” after Argentine football star ...

HONG KONG—Taylor Swift skipped Hong Kong for her globe-trotting “Eras Tour,” so the Asian financial center instead banked on the world’s top soccer player to deliver some sought-after star ...