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Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman connected Monday (November 3, 2025) said the Argentina shot squad led by prima subordinate Lionel Messi volition play a lucifer successful the State successful March 2026.
He was speaking astatine a relation related to the Kerala government's Sports Vision 2031 lawsuit successful Malappuram.
"Two days ago, we received a message from the Argentina squad confirming that they volition travel successful March. They besides mentioned that an authoritative announcement volition beryllium made soon," helium said.
He said each preparatory works person been completed for the team's visit.
Mr. Abdurahiman said the authorities had earlier intended to big the southbound American squad astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium successful Kochi this period (November).
"Even though we expected to implicit the facilities astatine the stadium successful Kochi, owed to immoderate inconvenience, the enactment could not beryllium finished connected time. As the stadium support was not received, we could not big the match," helium said.
The Minister said changes successful the docket of planetary matches are communal and should not beryllium seen arsenic anyone's triumph oregon defeat.
"We tried to bring specified a large shot lawsuit to Kerala, and that effort itself is commendable," helium said.
As portion of promoting the sports economy, the authorities has decided to big respective planetary sports events successful the State, helium added.
"Football and cricket person present go portion of a ample sports system that provides employment to lakhs. So wherefore should we hesitate to beryllium portion of it. We person decided to prosecute actively successful this sector," Mr. Abdurahiman said.
Earlier, the Sports section and the sponsor had announced that the Argentina squad would play against a apical planetary broadside successful Kochi successful November. However, the Argentina squad aboriginal announced its planetary friendlies for November, with nary lucifer scheduled successful Kochi.
