2 h. ago Chelsea TV figures for Club World Cup opener confirmed after FIFA bosses left red faced

Chelsea got their Club World Cup campaign off to a winning start against Los Angeles FC in Atlanta but the attendance for the match was far lower than some might have wanted

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9 h. ago FIFA make Club World Cup judgement despite clear issue during Chelsea match

Only 22,137 fans attended Chelsea's opening Club World Cup match against LAFC at a 71,000 capacity stadium in Atlanta, but FIFA chiefs are confident that the event is a success

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13 h. ago Is Manchester City v Wydad on TV? How to watch Club World Cup game for free

Manchester City start their Fifa Club World Cup campaign against Moroccan Wydad AC

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21 h. ago Liam Delap makes Chelsea claim on night to forget for FIFA's Club World Cup

Chelsea beat LAFC in their Club World Cup opener - but it was a bad night for FIFA as nearly 50,000 seats were left empty as fans stayed away at the Mercedes Benz Stadium

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22 h. ago Chelsea's £97m Club World Cup bid off to slow start as FIFA suffer humiliating blow

CHELSEA 2-0 LAFC: Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez scored as the Blues started their Club World Cup campaign with a win, but the game was played in front of a sparse crowd in Atlanta

Economics

25 h. ago Club World Cup players all have the same concern about FIFA tournament

The Club World Cup is currently ongoing in the United States of America but players are raising concerns to FIFA about the conditions at their revamped tournament

Society

28 h. ago No kings, few fans: USA’s year of World Cups gets off to a flat start

Fifa’s much-hyped Club World Cup and Concacaf’s Gold Cup opened to crowds far short of what organizers might have hopedSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereThat the two events should coincide was so perfect as to almost feel heavy-handed. Donald Trump’s comically underattended military parade lurched through Washington DC at the exact same time on Saturday as the overwrought opening ceremony unspooled for Fifa’s beleaguered Club World Cup, in a definitely-not-full Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.Trump’s jingoistic birthday bust contrasted painfully with the multimillion-strong turnout at the “No Kings” anti-Trump rallies that gathered all over the country. The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, meanwhile – or “Johnny”, as Trump pronounces the name of one of his favorite allies in the sports world – had promised the opening match of the swollen tournament he forced down the soccer world’s throat would be sold out. Instead, attendance between Inter Miami and Al Ahly, a fitting 0-0 st...

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31 h. ago How to watch Chelsea vs Los Angeles FC for FREE in Club World Cup

Chelsea are to begin their FIFA Club World Cup campaign against MLS outfit Los Angeles FC, who boast some familiar faces in ex-striker Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris

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32 h. ago Watch FIFA Club World Cup 2025 games for free, including Chelsea FC Vs LAFC tonight

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 kicked off this weekend, a tournament which sees 32 teams from across the globe compete for the title - as Chelsea go up against LAFC tonight, Monday June 16 fans can watch for free

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36 h. ago Club World Cup is key for Guardiola as he plots Manchester City revival

The manager knows the summer tournament in the US can provide a blueprint for success after a trophyless seasonLincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, 18 June, 5pm local time: when Manchester City wander out for their opening Fifa Club World Cup Group G game against Wydad AC, the 2025-26 campaign begins for Pep Guardiola.The Premier League’s opening day may be 16 August but if the Club World Cup exists in a quasi-no-man’s land of post-season, close-season or pre-pre-season, for the Catalan the inaugural 32-team tournament fires the starting pistol on next season, an attempt to fix the wrongs of 2024-25, and a push to reestablish City as a relentless force. As he says: “I’m pretty sure next season we’ll be better.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago 'I joined DAZN to watch the Club World Cup for free but it's the extras that won me over'

The FIFA Club World Cup kicked off on Saturday so our TV writer Jake Hackney registered for a free DAZN account to catch all the action, here's what he made of the streamer.

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48 h. ago Relentless Chelsea see chance to test evolving squad at Club World Cup

Keeping up with the pace of change in Maresca’s squad is far from easy and their US trip will be more of the sameThis is the never-ending season but Chelsea show no sign of wanting to slow down. They intend to embrace Fifa’s newly revamped Club World Cup – a potential £97m prize pot for the eventual winners is quite the draw in an age of intense financial scrutiny, after all – and have travelled to the US knowing that the tournament gives them an opportunity to find out more about a squad that has evolved in the short space of time since Enzo Maresca’s side beat Real Betis in the Uefa Conference League final on 28 May.There has been little time to pause for breath before Chelsea get up and running in Group D by facing the Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC in Atlanta on Monday. Some players have had a 10-day break, others have been away on international duty and there has been no sign of anyone in the recruitment department taking a bit of annual leave. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Enzo Maresca left with huge Chelsea calls ahead of Club World Cup opportunity

Chelsea will represent the Premier League in the FIFA Club World Cup off the back of winning the Europa Conference League and there is plenty of intrigue surrounding Enzo Maresca's side

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48 h. ago Auckland City shut down Kane .. and concede 10 against Bayern at Club World Cup

German champions have 31 shots during routNew Zealand part-timers suffer through tough afternoonThe good news for Auckland City was that they stopped Harry Kane scoring on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. The bad news was that his Bayern Munich teammates were a little more prolific, scoring 10 between them in the opening match of their Club World Cup campaign.If Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, was hoping his expanded Club World Cup – now containing 32 teams, playing across four weeks in 11 US cities – would showcase the depth of talent in global football, this was not a good example. The statistics were excruciating: the German champions had 31 shots – 17 of them on target – to Auckland’s one, and enjoyed 72% of possession. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago How to watch PSG vs Atletico Madrid for FREE as Club World Cup giants clash on TV

Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain have no time to rest on their laurels as they're back in action against Atletico Madrid at the FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday

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53 h. ago Is PSG v Atletico Madrid on TV? How to watch Club World Cup clash for free

Everything you need to know about the latest Fifa Club World Cup match, starring Champions League winners PSG

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54 h. ago 'Utter woke nonsense!' Fans poke fun at FIFA Club World Cup over renamed 'Man of the Match award'

FIFA's rebranded Club World Cup got underway in the United States on Saturday night - but some fans were less interested in the football and more baffled by a bizarre new award name.

Events

56 h. ago Sir David Beckham is seen beaming after finally getting his knighthood as he watches his team Inter Miami play during the FIFA Club World Cup

The former footballer, 50, declared himself 'immensely proud' on Friday as he finally got a knighthood after years of being snubbed.

Sport

60 h. ago Club World Cup humiliation as FIFA take drastic action to cover up empty stadiums

FIFA are making plans to protect the optics of their Club World Cup with fans being moved around stadiums to ensure cameras don't show waves of empty seats with sales not going as planned

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63 h. ago Messi shows glimpses of his genius on Fifa’s stage of fakery as Club World Cup begins

A largely incoherent Inter Miami was held to a scoreless draw by Al Ahly as the opening ceremony outshined the football on the pitchWell, this was at least a first. Gianni was right on that front. On a clammy, boisterous, vaguely hallucinogenic night at the Hard Rock Stadium, the opening act of Fifa’s billion dollar death star, the newly bulked and tanned Club World Cup, did produce something genuinely new. This was surely the first major sporting event where the opening ceremony was infinitely more entertaining, and indeed comprehensible as a basic human activity, than the sporting spectacle that followed.By the end the best team in Africa, Al Ahly, had drawn 0-0 with a largely incoherent Inter Miami, a team that looked in the first half like people who had a dim idea what this sport is meant to look like, but who were also struggling through a terrible wall-eyed hangover to remember which way is forward. Continue reading...

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