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World Cup can be spectacular - and the CWC offered a blueprint for what FIFA, North America must do to ensure that outcome ...

An expanded Club World Cup marked by empty seats, slashed ticket prices, searing heat, weather-delayed matches and a ...

Chelsea lifted the Club World Cup in surreal circumstances at the end of a marathon season, but does that triumph really show a team ready to challenge Liverpool and Manchester CityIt has been an ...

FIFA used the Club World Cup tournament as a dry run for 2026 World Cup. If this is how they run it, the Men's World Cup is going to be a disaster.

The Brazil women’s international soccer team continues its title defense, on the way to a fifth consecutive Copa America ...

Cole Palmer was the poster boy of Chelsea's Club World Cup, even before his final heroics - where does he and the club go ...

Despite winning this year's edition, Chelsea haven't secured their ticket to the next edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2029, unlike other teams. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025, hosted in the United ...

FIFA says applications for tickets for the 2026 World Cup will open Sept. 10. The next edition of the tournament, which will ...

The Club World Cup was a “dress rehearsal” for the U.S., which will host next summer’s bigger, grander, more prestigious ...