This year’s FIFA Club World Cup is about to change the game forever. It isn’t just an upgrade; it’s a complete transformation. From a 7-team tournament to a 32-team showdown across the USA.

Here’s the lineup: 12 European powerhouses; 6 South American giants; 4 each from Asia, Africa and North and Central America; 1 Oceania challenger – plus the host.

And with the newly announced prize money totaling $1 billion – the stakes couldn’t be higher for international glory – and the whole world will be watching.

The race for silverware

Manchester City want to keep their crown. But they’re not the only one’s eyeing glory.

In form favourites Real Madrid and PSG are ready to challenge for the trophy, while Brazil’s powerhouse quartet – Palmeiras, Botafogo, Fluminense and Flamengo – are plotting an upset. Could we see the trophy head to South America for the fifth time?

And don’t count out Inter Miami. With Messi pulling the strings on home turf, anything’s possible.

Speaking of home advantage – the 2025 Club World Cup kicks off on the 15^th June across 13 venues in 11 US cities. The final? That’s set for the 13^th July at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

World-class talent on show

Who’ll be the top scorer? Out of the previous tournament’s three joint-top scorers – both Julian Alvarez and Al Ahly’s Ali Maaloul are featuring again this time around. But they’re up against some serious competition – Kane’s deadly finishing, Vinicius Jr’s technique, Dembele’s explosive pace – and that’s not even mentioning superstar Lionel Messi, who will be hoping to add a fourth Club World Cup trophy to his cabinet.

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Located in São Paulo, the studio has cutting-edge technology to offer live broadcasts, customer support, game interfaces and licensing as a service. The structure is here to revolutionize the Brazilian betting market, adding more transparency, reliability and an immersive experience for the player.

The partnership between Spin Gaming and Casa de Apostas will also move the production chain, generating hundreds of direct and indirect jobs, in addition to reinforcing Brazil’s potential as a platform for innovation and sustainable growth in the regulated gaming sector.

“Launching the first live casino studio in Brazil is already a milestone worth celebrating! The partnership with a consolidated brand like Casa de Apostas is very important for us and for the industry as well. We are very proud to bring a 100% Brazilian solution and show the world the potential of our country in the sector,” celebrates Fred Ring, co-founder and CRO of Spin Gaming.

“I am happy with this partnership with Spin Gaming, because it is another chance for us to move the job market in the country. In addition, it is also an opportunity for end users to feel more familiar with the resources offered on our platform,” comments Hans Schleier, COO of Casa de Apostas.

“This is another step we are taking to meet the regulatory requirements and which demonstrates our commitment to transparency and concern for offering the best experience for our players,” adds the executive.

Spin Gaming has already guaranteed that all of its services will be aligned with Brazilian regulations, with its own tables and broadcast cameras, as well as croupiers and dealers fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, ensuring a fully localized, transparent experience that is close to the Brazilian public.

The betting house, in turn, operates with acquired authorization, listed with the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance, and maintains full compliance with the new legislation in the sector.

Spin Gaming was born with an ambitious proposal as the first live casino provider based in Brazil.

The company combines technological innovation, entrepreneurial vision and a firm commitment to the country’s economic and social development, offering solutions made by Brazilians, for Brazilians.

Its operations promise to transform the way the national betting market operates, raising the standards of transparency, reliability and user experience.

Casa de Apostas is the first genuinely Brazilian brand in the betting sector, present in the country since 2019. It is the first company in the segment in Brazil to sponsor national football clubs, bring sports betting to open TV and innovate in the sector with the acquisition of the naming rights of two important arenas.

And in the second half of the year, with its avant-garde spirit, it will present a disruptive product also in partnership with Spin Gaming.

Source: GMB

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It’s time for Yahoo Finance’s Market Minute. Stocks mixed to kick off June as tensions are heating up. China hitting back at President Trump’s claim that it violated the tariff agreement. President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping are likely to speak this week according to CNBC. Steel stocks surging as President Trump announces that he’s doubling the tariffs on imported steel from 25% to 50%, saying this will strengthen the domestic industry. We’re seeing shares of Cleveland Cliffs, Steel Dynamics and Nucor jump on the news. And shares of Biontech, they are higher after announcing that Bristol Myers Squibb will pay the company up to as much as $11 billion to license its next generation cancer drug. Biontech will get $1.5 billion up front, $2 billion per installment through 2028. And we’re seeing sports betting stocks, Flutter and DraftKings falling after Illinois lawmakers approved a tax hike on sports betting. This is part of a bill that still has to be signed by the Illinois governor. It is expected to take effect on July 1st. And that’s your Yahoo Finance Market Minute.

THE Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), through its Digital and Frontier Technologies for Health Program, showcased health innovations that tap artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality, and

intelligent tools in developing innovations that address the country’s health care challenges.

HEALTH TECH The Talakayang HeaRT Beat press conference, an initiative by the Department of Science and Technology aimed at providing science-based, innovative, and inclusive solutions across four strategic pillars: human well-being, wealth creation, wealth protection, and sustainability. PHOTO FROM DOST

During the Talakayang HeaRT Beat press conference last May 27, DOST featured the i-SULAT (Intelligent Stroke Utilization, Learning, Assessment and Testing) of the University of Santo Tomas. This software-based system employs intelligent handwriting stroke analysis to deliver consistent, automated assessments of handwriting proficiency in early childhood.

Recognizing handwriting as a crucial developmental milestone tied to learning and neurological

health, i-SULAT provides accessible, standardized assessment tools, particularly valuable in areas with limited occupational therapy resources.

Another breakthrough initiative presented is the development of Immersive Gamification Technology Systems (ImGTS), which consists of two projects. This is designed to enhance rehabilitation for two distinct patient groups – children with cerebral palsy (CP) and mobility limitations, and patients with Alzheimer’s disease experiencing behavioral psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

The University of the Philippines Manila leads the study on ImGTS for pediatric CP rehabilitation, demonstrating how gamified experiences can support physical therapy. There is also research on ImGTS as a potential tool to mitigate BPSD in Alzheimer’s patients.

Another initiative, the HealthPH Project of the National University of Manila, focuses on real-time surveillance of respiratory disease trends through machine learning and natural language processing. By analyzing social media discussions in English, Filipino, and Cebuano, the HealthPH dashboard enables proactive monitoring of emerging respiratory outbreaks.

For more information, visit www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph.

In this podcast, Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss:

• Okta‘s good quarter versus the market’s glass-half-empty reaction.
• Dick’s Sporting Goods brings the goods, though the acquisition of Foot Locker leaves some questions.
• Vail Resorts has new “old” leadership, but will it be enough?

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A full transcript is below.

This podcast was recorded on May 28, 2025.

Jason Moser: We’ve got security and sports. You’re listening to Motley Fool Money. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I’m Jason Moser and joining me today is senior analyst in dividend aficionado Thanks for being here, man.

Matt Argersinger: You bet, Jason. Thanks for having me.

Jason Moser: Well, we’ve got an earnings stacked show today. We’re going to talk about Dick Sporting Goods as well as Vail Resorts. But we’ll begin with identity solutions expert Okta. The company reported earnings yesterday after the market closed, and the stock is down, Matty, on what seems like a pretty solid report.

Matt Argersinger: Well, Jason, that’s what double digit revenue growth, record up profits, and reaffirming full year guidance will get you this earning season,[laughs] double digit town dater stock. Now, the stock is down sharply, but it actually is just back to levels we saw at the end of March, less than two months ago. I think it hit like a post 2022 bear market high recently. The stock has been on absolute tear. I don’t think investors should get worried here. I don’t follow the company as closely as other analysts here at the fool, but I think expectations for a company like Okta are always going to be very high just because of the growth it tends to put up.

Jason Moser: I wonder, too, how many out there maybe think that management might be sandbagging just a little bit. Revenue growth of 12%, remaining performance obligations, up 21%. The company continues to grow profits and cash flow. Matty, I can think of worse things. Now, that’s said. I absolutely pulled forward a lot of growth in 2020 and 2021, as many did. It does seem reasonable that things would level off a bit with this business. Now, I want to dig into some of the metrics that matter for companies like these. Now, metric, with a lot of these SAS businesses, it’s one that matters a lot, I think. It’s large customers. All of the companies, they define this a little bit differently. It’ll be customers that spend $100,000 or more per year or maybe it’s 300,000.

But then you see these companies start pointing out those million dollar plus customers, and in the call, they noted in the quarter, the number of customers spending $1 million or more in annual recurring revenue with Okta grew 20%. Now, when you couple that with what some of their customers look like, this is a pretty impressive client roster. Some of these companies you may have heard of Amazon Web Services, DocuSign, Google, SalesForce, Zoom Video Communications, you get where I’m going here. How important is the large customer for Oktas business today?

Matt Argersinger: I think it’s key, and like you said, it’s key for a lot of these software companies. That’s where a company like Okta can really scale its offerings and earn higher margins. You mentioned the number, the $1 million spend, growing 20% or more, and that’s why I think CEO Tom McKinnon said on the call that I think the single biggest opportunity for the company is that large enterprise customer base, and he thinks Okta has wide market opportunity within the fortune, I guess, 2,000 or the top 5,000 companies that would potentially be Okta customers. He thinks they’re far from reaching that potential within that customer segment. If they keep putting up 20% numbers, with customers that are spending $1 million or more in annual recurring revenue, that is going to look very good for Okta going forward.

Jason Moser: It seems it would be the case. Now, we talk a lot about competition in this space, obviously, very competitive in cybersecurity. Some of the obvious names that we continue to talk about here at the fool, companies like CrowdStrike, ZScaler or even Palo Alto Networks. But one that I think probably most investors don’t initially connect the dots to is Microsoft. I think part of that is because, Microsoft does so many different things and does a lot of it well. But Microsoft, in this case, is a formidable competitor, and they can do it all, and they can bundle these identity solutions at competitive prices. We’ve seen them pull that off with teams to an extent. That’s certainly threatened Zoom to a degree, and I think Slack, as well. How effectively are they competing in this space? Particularly in regard to larger enterprise customers. How big of a threat really is Microsoft, in this case?

Matt Argersinger: I think Microsoft is always a big threat, weirdly, it’s not going to be a threat to the larger customers that Okta is going after. If you think about companies like Amazon, Alphabet, Salesforce, Okta customers, they don’t want to go anywhere near Microsoft, which is a major competitor in a lot of their markets. If they’re going to avoid it, they can. So I like that Okta doesn’t compete even directly with most of its large customers. It’s singularly focused on identity and security solutions versus Microsoft, which, of course, does everything. I think that’s compelling. When you’re a software company that is a leader in a specific vertical and you don’t have these tentacles going out in so many different places that could potentially encroach on your customers markets, you’re going to have a lot easier time selling and growing your solution. I do think as long as Okta does a great job within its own market and verticals, it should have no problem competing against Microsoft, which it’s saying a lot just how big Microsoft is. But I do think Okta can continue to succeed.

Jason Moser: I think that makes a lot of sense, what you’re saying too, is a lot of these companies, they don’t want to put all of their eggs in one basket and management spoke to that last quarter. They acknowledge that Microsoft is this big competitor out there, but by the same token, they also acknowledge that most of their customers, they don’t want to just wrap everything up with Microsoft because then you get in that single point of failure risk, and that could be a big problem, especially for these bigger customers. To me, I also look at Okta. It’s business as I follow somewhat closely. I’ve recommended it in our Next Gen Supercycle service several years back. It’s a founder led business. Feels like we need to talk about leadership here a little bit. Tom McKinnon, co founder and CEO of the business. He’s been the CEO of the company since they went public in 2017. I have to say, it seems to me he’s done a very good job. There was the Of Zero acquisition a little while back that brought some questions up. They paid a heavy price for that one, but it sounds like Of Zero is working out well. Have you take on leadership there? How much do you value that founder led dynamic?

Matt Argersinger: I think it’s always important, it’s always positive. If you have the founder and visionary at the helm. You mentioned the IPO in 2017. Well, Okta is up 400% since that IPO. I think investors are pretty pleased. Now, I know the stock is down quite a bit from its 2021 high. It still hasn’t gotten back to that.

Jason Moser: A lot of them are, Matty.

Matt Argersinger: No, of course. We just know the bloodbath that 2022 was for technology companies. Many of them haven’t reclaimed those previous highs. But still, even with that, 400% up since 2017, crushing the market. I think that’s a pretty good testament to how McKinnon is running the business, for sure.

Jason Moser: Absolutely. Well, Dick Sporting Goods reported earnings this morning as well. Diving in here, it’s a fairly muted reaction from the market stocks up a little bit today. You look at this report, it seemed like a pretty good report in the face of a very tricky retail environment these days. I think that we look at Dick Sporting Goods. The numbers they’ve lobbed up here, revenue up 5.2% from a year ago, comps up 4.5%. I think even more encouraging leadership maintained guidance for the full year, which in the current tariff environment, could be considered a big win. Now, we’ve seen a variety of responses from the market, but it comes to retail these days, specifically how exposed they are, of course, to the current tariff environment. Do you think Dick Sporting Goods is at greater risk than others here?

Matt Argersinger: I would think they are, Jason, only because, well, management hasn’t really disclosed, at least as far as I could find exactly how much inventory they source from places like China that had been subjected to the higher tariffs. But we do know that a competitor like Academy Sports and Outdoors gets about 50% of its inventory from China. I would expect it’s in that ballpark for Dick’s as well. The good news is that I think management has done a good job of diversifying its Dick’s sourcing in recent years. Like you said, the fact that management is reaffirming full year guidance, even factory the higher 30% tariff on Chinese goods right now that we know is still in place, I think that shows how far they’ve come, and on top of that, they’re actually calling for a 75 basis point increase in gross margins this year. Now, price increases will almost certainly play a role in that, but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to be high enough to really impact customer spending, at least they don’t think it will. Just something to keep in mind for investors. Management’s guidance is based on the existing tariff policy.

Jason Moser: I was going to bring that up.

Matt Argersinger: In this 90 day pause. I think people forget we’re in this 90 day pause period as these reciprocal trade agreements, especially Visa V China are being negotiated. Who knows what will come in July once that all comes to a head. I think the picture could still change significantly over the next couple of months, but it is nice to see that Management is reaffirming guidance.

Jason Moser: I had to bring a little snip in from the call there because I’m glad you referred to that because that’s exactly what I was thinking. They said on the call, with all of this in mind, we are reaffirming the guidance we provided for 2025, which includes the expected impact from all tariffs currently in effect. That’s the key phrase can change on a dime. We know this is just a very headline driven market, and tomorrow we will probably another headline that changes the calculus completely. But I guess for now at least, it seems like the company is going in the right direction. Now, I think the big news with Dick Sporting Goods here recently, the company made a big announcement a few weeks back. It’s going to acquire Foot Locker. Did you notice anything on the call? What did management have to say about that on the call? Because one of the things I found interesting in this deal is that Foot Locker shareholders can either take an all cash offer or they can take shares in Dick Sporting Goods. You don’t often see shareholders getting those types of options. It’s usually one or the other, isn’t it?

Matt Argersinger: I do like that shareholders are getting the option there, because clearly, there are some investors who are going to be less favorable to the acquisition and rather just take the cash and move on. Others probably see the opportunity to own shares in Dicks going forward, which has obviously been a real superior operator in the Sporting Goods space. I kind of like that Dick’s is giving that option. I hope other companies do that, as well. Turning to the acquisition itself, Dick’s management is obviously pretty high on it. They think it gives them access to new markets, a different customer base. They think they can drive scale and efficiency across the Foot Locker business, capturing somewhere they think on the order of 100 million and 125 million in cost synergies. There’s that word I don’t like, but they think they can get it. they think the deal will be accretive to earnings per share in the first full fiscal year after the acquisition is closed. I don’t know, Jason. My problem is, I just can’t get over the disparity here in the real estate footprint for one.

Dick’s has specialized and succeeded with this big box stand-alone store concept. Heck, it’s even expanded on that in recent years with its massive House of sports concept. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to any of these, but these are massive stores. They’ve got climbing gyms, batting cages. I think even have ice rinks in them. But now you’re taking on this massive new network of smaller stores. In some cases, less than a tenth of the size of your average store, they’re largely located in malls, and of course, Foot Locker is much more focused on shoes. Yes, it’s still sports. It’s still within that overall category, but it just feels like a very different concept and business model. I’m not sure how excited I would be about the deal if I was a Dick shareholder. I just feel like a reach.

Jason Moser: They are two very different concepts, playing in the same sandbox, but very different concepts. I think you’re right in that it’s going to be something to pay close attention to how they manage that smaller store footprint because it gives them a lot of additional stores, but these are much, much smaller stores. Like you said, they focus on shoes. I think in regard to pricing, like you mentioned earlier, we saw news recently that Nike is going to be passing through some price increases, mostly on higher end items. They’re going to forgo price increases on things like kids apparel and goods and whatnot. But it’ll be interesting to see how companies like Dick Sporting Goods and in footlocker of handle those price increases and how sensitive consumers really are in regard to those. Matty, let’s wrap it up with your well, I don’t want to call it your favorites, but it’s a company you followed for a long time, and I’ve spoken with you a lot about it before. Vail Resorts, having a great day today, it seems like that’s at least partly due to a change in leadership. But on a semi related note, Matty, I’ve noticed it’s still a wee bit chilly here in Northern Virginia as we prepare to enter June. It begs the question, is Vail benefiting from a longer season this year?

Matt Argersinger: It was a little bit of a better ski season than they’ve had in recent years. that is a positive takeaway. Let’s get to the leadership change. That’s the real reason the stock is moving. Let me first give a shout out to Anthony Shavon. He’s my partner in crime on our Dividend Investor Service. He’s been on this story for the better part of a year. In fact, we put Vail Resorts on hold in our service a while ago, feeling the company had just expanded too fast, taken on a lot of debt. Bought back billions of dollars worth of stock at prices, in some cases are 100% higher to where Vail was trading at earlier this week. We just didn’t like the direction the company was going. We did eventually bring the stock back to a buy on the idea that Vail is probably going to make a change at CEO, and sure enough, that is exactly what happened. I think the reason the stock is getting such a positive reaction is because of who they are bringing back. It’s Rob Katz. He’s the executive chairman of the board. He was the CEO from 2006-2021, 15 years where Vail’s business boomed, its stock delivered at a total return of more than 1,100%, almost triple the S&P 500. I think what the market sees in Katz is someone who obviously had a very successful tenure as CEO.

He’s probably going to pull back the reins on Vail’s expansion, really focus on making the business more efficient and profitable, and someone who could just solve some of those vexing problems that Vails had at some of its resorts, including overcrowding, a lot of its lifts, the labor challenges that ran to this past season where they had strikes, which was not a great experience for obviously, visitors of the resort. It’s a tall order, but I think he knows the company in and out. He’s been with Vail since 1991, yet he’s only 58-years-old. I think investors are right to be enthusiastic. It was also encouraging to see that Vail did reaffirm its guidance that it gave back in April. That guidance was lower than what Vail gave coming into the year. But the fact that results weren’t lowered is a good sign, I think, and we’ll get the full picture when Vail reports fiscal third quarter results next week. One thing to watch. However, Anthony and I do think there’s a reasonable chance that Vail cuts the dividend or even suspends it. Prior to the announcement and the jump in the stock price, Vail was yielding more than 6.5%, and the current dividend payout that it’s promising this year exceeds what Vail is expecting to earn this year, which, of course, is usually a red flag. As dividend investors, we hate when companies cut their dividend. I hate it, but I think it almost is inevitable now, and I could see Katz wanting to preserve cash flow, strengthen the balance sheet, have capital to reinvest back in some of its resorts. There might be a short term negative reaction when that happens, but it probably is the right long term call for the business.

Jason Moser: It’s a nice tip of the cat there to Ant. We love Van here. Nice job. Mattie, before we go, last thing, talking about this leadership change with Vail Resorts, it got me thinking, and given the success that Rob Katz has had to this point, given the response we’re seeing from the market today, is it possible? Do you feel like Vail could have a cat’s problem like Disney or Starbucks with Iger and Schultz?

Matt Argersinger: I think it’s a great question, Jason. I will say this. I think the fact that he’s only 58-years-old, I feel like the succession questions can be put off a little bit. I don’t know how long he’s intending to come back, but he’s still relatively young. He was the CEO for a long time. He’s been the executive chairman since he stepped down in 2021, so he’s intimately familiar with the business. It’s not like he’s coming back in from being somewhere else. I just I don’t think those questions will come up as frequently as they have for, you know, for Bob Iger or Schultz over at Starbucks. So we’ll see how this turns out, but I think Katz is here to stay for a while.

Jason Moser: We’ll leave it there. Matt Argersinger, thanks so much for being here.

Matt Argersinger: Thanks, Jason

Jason Moser: As always, people on the program may have interest in the stocks they talk about, and the Motley Fool may have formal recommendations for or against, so don’t buy or sell stocks based solely on what you hear. All personal finance content follows Motley Fool editorial standards and/ or not approved by advertisers. Advertisements or sponsored content are provided for informational purposes only. To see our full advertising disclosure, please check out our show notes. I’m Jason Moser. Thanks for listening. We’ll see you tomorrow.

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