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Why You Should Care About the Club World Cup (If Your Team or Rival Is In It)

Plus: a players union failure, immigration for the World Cup, and Welcome to Wrexham.

Reason

Empty stadiums, mismatched teams: Key talking points at FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA claimed the Club World Cup would change football ‘for the better’, but the event has had an underwhelming start.

Al Jazeera

Is Manchester City v Wydad on TV? How to watch Club World Cup game for free

Manchester City start their Fifa Club World Cup campaign against Moroccan Wydad AC

The Independent UK

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Chelsea vs LAFC live: Result and reaction as Neto stars in Club World Cup win

Chelsea 2-0 LAFC: Goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez secured victory in Atlanta

The Independent UK

Authoritarian-friendly Fifa fest shows why next year’s World Cup must be boycotted

The Club World Cup is being staged across the US as citizens from 12 countries are banned and masked agents demand people’s papers based on the color of their skin

The Guardian - US

Messi drink launch affirms Spanish as new lingua franca at Club World Cup

Argentina superstar stole the limelight again at a tournament where South America is saying ‘no mas’ to European hegemony

The Guardian - UK

Champions League victors PSG set to strut their stuff at Club World Cup

Just two weeks after obliterating Inter Milan in Munich to claim the 2025 Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain start their quest on Sunday night for a fifth trophy of the season at the 2025 Club World Cup in the United States.

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At FIFA’s Club World Cup, the real prize is America’s attention

As the United States prepares to host the revamped 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, executives from Europe's top teams see an opportunity to definitively break into the soccer world's lone holdout.

Fortune

Money talks as players suffer at the Club World Cup

There’s no shortage of star appeal, but what good can come of a tournament that will take players to the brink?

Evening Standard

Raids and fear cast a large shadow over Club World Cup’s big launch

Football’s governing body cannot avoid the dark political backdrop to its tournament opening as Trump’s authorities flex their muscles

The Guardian - UK

Can Lionel Messi and Inter Miami really spring a surprise at the Club World Cup?

The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage

The Independent UK

FourFourTwo's guide to the Club World Cup

A new 32-team Club World Cup this weekend kicks off when Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami take on Al Ahly of Egypt. After a great deal of scepticism, can it establish itself as one of football’s most prestigious events?

FourFourTwo

Borrowed culture and a plasticine burger – welcome to the Club World Cup and almost-football

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami play in Saturday’s opening game but people still look blank when asked about Fifa’s $1bn tournament

The Guardian - UK

‘Suited and booted’? Club World Cup lands in a furnace of political tension

In today’s Football Daily: Gianni Infantino’s fever dream is finally upon us

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The Independent UK

Flamengo or Fluminense? I asked a Brazil World Cup winner who can shock Europe’s elite

Exclusive: No country will take more teams to the expanded Club World Cup than Brazil and Kleberson, a 2002 winner with the Selecao, believes Flamengo can go far at the tournament

The Independent UK

Gianni Infantino arrives at his moment but football’s response is coming

IN FOCUS: As the ‘King of Soccer’ launches his Club World Cup alongside Donald Trump, opponents to the Fifa president are wondering whether he has pushed his power too far, writes Miguel Delaney

Al Jazeera

FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Teams, full schedule, prize money, how to stream

From the new-look format to the qualification criteria and venues, Al Jazeera gives a lowdown on the tournament.

The Guardian - UK

Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s broadcasting deal for Fifa’s global project is the next expansionist step towards a world super league

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Al Jazeera

What’s the history and who are the past winners of the FIFA Club World Cup?

Which team and country has won the most titles? Who is the record goal scorer? Al Jazeera looks back at the tournament.

Al Jazeera

Why Liverpool, Barcelona are not playing in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025

Opaque nature of Club World Cup qualifying criteria means Liverpool, Barcelona and Napoli won’t feature in tournament.

The Independent UK

How Infantino embraced Trump and the Club World Cup as a political football

CLUB WORLD CUP 2025: Fifa’s new tournament has been divisive and Miguel Delaney outlines how it could reshape football’s future and where the power ultimately lies

The Independent UK

Where the Club World Cup will be won and lost – and why it matters more than you think

CLUB WORLD CUP 2025: The inaugural version of the revamped Fifa tournament could offer up plenty of surprises to reflect football’s new reality and, as Miguel Delaney outlines, provide new opportunities for the club game

The Guardian - US

The Fifa Club World Cup, explained: everything you wanted to know about the tournament

What is the Club World Cup, how can you watch it, and who is playing in it? All the key questions are answered here

The Conversation

Dismal ticket sales, grumblings from fans and clubs – is FIFA’s latest attempt to establish a global club game doomed before it starts?

The FIFA World Club Cup, which kicks off in the U.S. on June 14, 2025, may seem like a new competition.

Sports Illustrated

Will Lionel Messi Play in the 2025 Club World Cup?

Find out if Lionel Messi will compete in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup with Inter Miami. Get the latest updates on his status, team qualification, and tournament details.

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