5 h. ago Club World Cup didn’t start the fire – it didn’t light it but we'll try to fight it | Max Rushden

Football competitions are expanding, overlapping and bleeding into one another, but is a month off too much to ask?Does it feel too much? Premier League bleeding into the playoffs into the Champions League into the international break we’re still bleeding rip off your shirt and make a tourniquet! The European Under-21 and Under‑19 Championships into the Club World Cup, overlapping with the Women’s Euros oh look the Premier League fixtures for 2025-26 are out and the EFL ones come out next week and there’s David Prutton paying (excellent) homage to David Mitchell’s pisstake of Sky Sports on Sky Sports: “Catch all of the constantly happening football here it’s all here and it’s all football. Always. It’s impossible to keep track of all the football.”You start to imagine Billy Joel rewriting We Didn’t Start the Fire an endless list of footballers and pundits, of owners and streaming services, of controversies and grimness amid the beauty and joy. Will it ever reach ...

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Chelsea look to maintain their perfect start in the Club World Cup stage as they look to face their toughest opponents in Group D as the Blues face Flamengo

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Lionel Messi is in action as Inter Miami and Porto vie to take control of Group A at the Club World Cup

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Manchester City cruised past Wydad in their opening Club World Cup clash on Wednesday night, but the 2-0 win was dampened by a controversial red card for defender Rico Lewis

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54 h. ago Phil Foden stars in Manchester City win over Wydad AC but Rico Lewis sees red

Manchester City 2-0 Wydad AC (Foden 2, Doku 42)Lewis sent off after late VAR decision upheldThis midday kick-off in the Philadelphia heat that ended in victory against Morocco’s Wydad AC offered a glimpse of Manchester City’s hopes for the 2025-26 campaign as their Club World Cup defence was given the best start.It told us that Tijjani Reijnders can operate in the No 6 or “Rodri role” for Pep Guardiola despite being bought to scheme primarily as a No 8. It said that City’s high line remains a weakness though mitigation could be found in their big defensive guns, Rúben Dias and John Stones, being substitutes only. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Manchester City start Club World Cup campaign with comfortable win over Wydad AC

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54 h. ago Man City make winning start to Club World Cup defence as Phil Foden returns to form

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54 h. ago Manchester City start Club World Cup campaign with comfortable win

A crowd of 37,446 in the 67,594-capacity Lincoln Financial Field watched City stroll to victory over Wydad Casablanca.

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