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Joe Mewis

Chelsea fume at two-hour Club World Cup extreme weather delay - but will the 2026 World Cup suffer the same fate?

General view inside the stadium as a section of empty seats are seen during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between SE Palmeiras and FC Porto at MetLife Stadium on June 15, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Britain is currently sweltering under a heatwave, but as is often the case over on the other side of the Atlantic, the Americans are doing it bigger and better.

While we all love a bit of sunshine, the word ‘better’ doesn’t quite scan in these circumstances, as the climate is playing havoc with FIFA’s newest brainchild, the much-talked-about Club World Cup.

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