FIFA denied that fewer than 20,000 tickets had been sold for the match — insisting the number was “much higher” — but they did not specify the number.

“This tournament will be the start of something historic that will change our sport for the better,” he said this week as part of an exhausting schedule of public engagements to drum up interest in t...

Infantino has described it as “a big bang” and the “most coveted” competition in world club football.