“Are you going to Arsenal?” one of the group asked in English. After a pause, perhaps to have the question translated, Rodrygo dropped his forced smile and calmly walked away from the group.

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

The revamped Club World Cup, a month long tournament where, supposedly, the best in the world would do battle against each ...