The Iranian forward Mehdi Taremi, recently signed by Inter, has been unable to travel to California to join the team’s training camp in preparation for the FIFA Club World Cup.Due to the conflict

Which teams are in the World Cup? Which ones have close to qualifying? Breaking it all down, region by region.

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

Chelsea are judged by the Opta supercomputer to have an 8.4% chance of winning the Club World Cup, with five teams above them in terms of likelihood - Paris St-Germain, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

FOX Sports' one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup party featured Shaboozey and the largest drone show in Miami history.

Brazil will have four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup kicking off this weekend in the United States.

Opta's supercomputer gives City a 71.3% chance of topping Group G and a 25.9% of finishing second - a 97.2% chance of securing their place in the last 16. This 97.2% chance of progression is the highest Opta's model gives any of the 32 teams in the group stages of the competition.

FIFA legends Marcelo, Kaká, Pepe, and Alessandro Del Piero showed up to celebrate the one year countdown to the 2026 World Cup.