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Soccer: Concern over Messi’s fitness shortly before the World Cup

# Soccer: Argentina’s captain, Lionel Messi, faces an injury scare just weeks before the start of the country’s defense of its World Cup title. He left the field on Sunday playing for Inter Miami, and was later diagnosed with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring. The American club didn’t provide a clear timetable for the 38-year-old superstar’s return, just saying that would depend on his clinical and functional progress. Argentina’s first group match will be against Algeria in Kansas City in the US on the 16th of next month.