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The Club World Cup in the USA painted a picture of what next year’s jointly-hosted FIFA World Cup could look like

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World

The shisha bars all along King Abdullah Street in downtown Amman are packed. It’s late evening and the customers are talking about the summer of 2026. Jordan have just qualified for the World Cup for

CANADA Even though they were missing several ...

The hangover from the US-hosted competition could add a layer of unpredictability to the Copa Libertadores knockout stages