Supersport Secures Fifa Club World Cup 25 Broadcast Rights

SuperSport says it will be the 21^st edition of FIFA's flagship international club competition, featuring some of the biggest clubs and the biggest names in the football universe. 

Mamelodi Sundowns will be among the four CAF representatives, alongside Al Ahly, Wydad AC (currently coached by former Sundowns and Orlando Pirates coach Rhulani Mokwena) and Espérance de Tunis, says the broadcaster. Twelve European teams will feature in the competition, including Manchester City, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, as well as Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan and Porto.

SuperSport CEO, Rendani Ramovha, says, "As Africa's biggest sports broadcaster, we are proud to be able to bring fans the best in sporting action; to bring them the biggest names in the game and, of course, the biggest clubs coming up against each other. We are especially honoured to partner with FIFA to bring the new format of the FIFA Club World Cup 25 to Sub-Saharan Africa viewers."

"As we've seen with some innovations on the European continent with the new UEFA club competition format, fans are primed for fresher approaches to long-standing traditional tournaments. We see the FIFA Club World Cup 25's evolution from seven participating teams to the staggering 32 teams as a move that will pique the football interest of passionate fans. SuperSport cannot wait to be at the forefront of this historic transformation and to give the viewer a front-row seat to the global spectacle," adds Ramovha.  

SuperSport concludes that its full broadcast information will be communicated closer to the start of the tournament.

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