Chinese pitch invader detained after hugging Messi

Chinese police detained a young football fan and barred him from stadiums for a year after he invaded the pitch and embraced Lionel Messi during an Argentina-Australia friendly in Beijing, authorities said Friday. The jersey-clad man ran onto the pitch at the Worker’s Stadium midway through the match’s second half on Thursday night and scored […]

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