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The politics and controversy behind FIFA's reshaped Club World Cup

The politics and controversy behind FIFA's reshaped Club World Cup

Among Donald Trump's gilded additions to the Oval Office, one ornament stands out: symbolising power plays in sport and geopolitics.

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