Messi, Inter Miami tour turns messy. Promoter of Hong Kong game expresses ‘deep regret’

Inter Miami’s preseason world tour, intended to expand the global reach of the team and Major League Soccer with the allure of superstar Lionel Messi, has turned into a messy public relations nightmare as the team prepares for its Wednesday game in Tokyo. A crowd of 40,000 adoring Messi fans in Hong Kong paid to see their hero and his teammates, but mainly him, play an exhibition match against a local all-star team Sunday morning. A large percentage of them wore Messi No. 10 jerseys. The city was painted in...