Nine prisoners in an Argentine prison have gone on a hunger strike to press authorities to repair the cable TV so they can watch the World Cup.

The inmates at Puerto Madryn jail, based in the province of Chubut, 800 miles south of Buenos Aires, wrote a letter by hand to a local judge to declare their protests overs the cable system which is damaged and hasn't worked for the past three days.


The local court posted the letter on its website and on social media.

Argentina face Iceland on Saturday in Moscow in their first match of the World Cup while the tournament in Russia kicks off on Thursday when hosts Russia take on Saudi Arabia.

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