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Topic: football

Lionel Messi playing for Argentina.

Thursday, 7/2, 07:11 AM

From Maradona to Messi: Why Bangladesh Adopted Argentina as Its Team

In a cricket-loving country thousands of miles from Buenos Aires, millions of Bangladeshis have spent four decades cheering for Argentina's footballers — a passion that helped bring an Argentine embassy back to Dhaka and is roaring again at the 2026 World Cup.

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