The New Zealand soccer team, in Mexico for the Confederations Cup, became an instant hit by visiting a Guadalajara children's cancer hospital.
But then relations quickly soured.
The local organising committee handed the All Whites, who entered the country on visitors' rather than business permits, an unexpected "tax" of $6000 and would not allow them their mandatory training session at the match venue.
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