Lionel Messi bids farewell to father who guided his glittering career

Lionel Messi said goodbye to his father Jorge on Sunday, Channel NewsAsia reports, in a farewell for the man who guided the soccer star's career. Jorge, who died after a battle with cancer at sixty-eight, had been far more than a parent to Messi — he was also his coach and manager in the early years.

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