Briefly News spoke to a football expert who disclosed key insights, surprises, and why fans, especially in Africa, should care about the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

Al Ain earned their spot in the 2025 Club World Cup by winning the 2023-24 AFC Champions League. Despite their breakthrough continental success, Al-Ain have struggled domestically since Their Champions League win. Third place in Group G would be considered a successful showing.

In principle there ought to be nothing particularly contentious about a competition to decide the best club side in the world. Between 1960 and 2004 the champions of Europe and South America faced off for bragging rights,

After dislocating his shoulder towards the end of 2023, Jude Bellingham has been playing through the pain and aided by strapping protection. The Real Madrid midfielder is finally set to undergo surgery in the off-season to ensure his shoulder heals properly,

New analysis by AskGamblers has revealed Manchester City and Chelsea could face a multi-million-pound tax bill for participating in the FIFA Club World Cup.The inaugural 32-team tournament begins

Philadelphia will host eight FIFA Club World Cup matches at Lincoln Financial Field this summer in June and July.

Chelsea play a Pep Guardiola-influenced style: a possession-focused, positional game. The nominal starting formation is a standard 4-3-3 but one of Maresca’s full-backs will usually ‘ invert’, often into the base of midfield and sometimes into one of the attacking half-spaces.

Arsenal, along with another entry on this list, were left out by virtue of England simply having too many Premier League clubs who ranked highly: Chelsea (2021) and Manchester City (2023) have both earned major international trophies in recent years, and that made them very tough to beat for these purposes.

MetLife Stadium will host several FIFA Club World Cup matches, including the final on July 13. Include these North Jersey restaurants in your plans.

CHELSEA and Manchester City players will avoid the risk of extra injuries from late-raised offside flags at the Club World Cup. Fifa chiefs have now confirmed a new computer-led system will be