Lloris insists that the top European clubs participating do not face greater challenges than their opponents from the rest of the world.

Since then, the competition for the title of the world’s best club has stiffened somewhat. On June 14th the latest reincarnation of the Club World Cup kicks off in America, featuring 32 clubs from six continents.

The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off in Cincinnati with Bayern vs. Auckland City at TQL Stadium.

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Philadelphia will host the first of its eight matches in the FIFA Club World Cup on Monday, when Brazilian club Flamengo and Tunisian side Esperance Sportive de Tunis come to town for a group stage game. It will, as is expected, herald both excitement and controversy.

Why does the Club World Cup exist? There are two common answers to that question, and although they come from opposite sides of a roiling debate, at their core, they are actually quite similar. One is money.

Last night, PSG and Bayern Munich treated us to a goal fest with respective victories: 4-0 against Atlético de Madrid and a 10-0 demonstration against Auckland. Meanwhile, Palmeiras and Porto cancelled each other out (0-0), while John Textor's Botafogo claimed a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders.

Raised in the Republic of Ireland, Ayman Ben Mohamed reaches the Club World Cup after an unlikely journey to Tunisian side Esperance.

Veteran defender Sergio Ramos is just one aspect of what Inter Milan will face in the form of Monterrey at the Club World Cup.Today’s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, via