FIFA Club World Cup 2022

  A Mormon missionary, stationed in Togo in 2018, awoke at 5:10am for what he believed would be a standard Sunday. It began habitually. By 6am he was studying scriptures. By 8:30am he was at sacrament. By 9:45am he was out on the streets preaching the gospel. Then, over fufu and beans at lunch, it took an atypical detour. The 20-year-old was told he would be given a few hours off that afternoon – a non-existent occurrence in the undeviating, 6am-till-9pm life of a missionary. Another religion was the cause. The one Pele christened ‘The Beautiful Game’. Its quadrennial showpiece was on TV. In it N’Golo Kante, born in Paris to Malian parents, would be flying the flag for West Africa. Togo was abuzz and Roonui Tinirauarii duly cheered as the battery-powered midfielder helped France conquer the FIFA World Cup™. Kante is now bidding to become a global king again – in a different shade of bleu . This time, though, Roonui won’t be willing him on from the break room of a Latter-Day Saint...

  The 18th edition of the tournament will see the Blues take on fellow continental champions from across the globe and try to bring the trophy back to Europe just as Bayern Munich did at the last event. The 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, which is actually being held in 2022, is due to take place this month with Chelsea set to fly the flag for England and Europe against some of world football’s biggest clubs.  The champions of UEFA, CONMEBOL (The South American Football Confederation), AFC (Asian Football Confederation), CAF (Confederation of African Football), CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football), OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) and a club from the host nation will all be taking part to determine the best club team in world football. Here is everything you need to know about the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup including when it starts, what the fixtures are, who Chelsea are playing and how to watch it in the UK.  When do...