2 h. ago US set to be host to biggest sporting events with guests it doesn’t want | Emma John

Donald Trump is closing the borders even though the World Cup and 2028 Olympics will take place in his countryCall it big, beautiful timing. On Tuesday, Fifa announced it had taken an office in Trump Tower. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he would attend the Club World Cup final. And who could begrudge the US president a little sporting entertainment after the week he has had? Those Nobel peace prize applications don’t write themselves.Trump’s attendance at a tournament that we can be 95% sure he doesn’t understand is, doubtless, a huge coup and political victory for football. This is a sport that only a decade ago was openly considered un-American, scrawled into the rightwing commentator’s list of pet peeves between meteorologists and Judy Blume. Ann Coulter described soccer’s growing popularity as a “sign of the nation’s moral decay”. Glenn Beck likened it to Obamacare: “It doesn’t matter how you try to sell it to us, it doesn’t matter how many celebrities you get we want not...

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11 h. ago Chelsea: Moises Caicedo gives Blues major injury boost for Club World Cup final

Key Blues star looks ready to return in showpiece clash with Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium

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16 h. ago Chelsea star reveals Enzo Maresca's bold Club World Cup final plan ahead of PSG showdown

Chelsea are set to take on French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup and Tosin Adarabioyo has given a glimpse into the Blues' mindset ahead of the game

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16 h. ago Moisés Caicedo back in training gives Chelsea major boost before Club World Cup final

Player was in pain after victory over FluminenseMaresca will have selection headache if midfielder outChelsea have been handed a major boost by Moisés Caicedo returning to training before the Club World Cup final, raising hopes that the midfielder will recover from an ankle injury in time to face Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.Enzo Maresca was left sweating over the availability of one of his most important players after Caicedo took a blow at the end of his side’s 2-0 victory over Fluminense in their semi-final on Tuesday. The Ecuador international tried to play on but complained of pain as the game drew to a close. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Moisés Caicedo’s return to training gives Chelsea boost before Club World Cup final

Player was in pain after victory over FluminenseMaresca will have selection headache if midfielder outChelsea have been handed a major boost by Moisés Caicedo returning to training before the Club World Cup final, raising hopes that the midfielder will recover from an ankle injury in time to face Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.Enzo Maresca was left sweating over the availability of one of his most important players after Caicedo took a blow at the end of his side’s 2-0 victory over Fluminense in their semi-final on Tuesday. The Ecuador international tried to play on but complained of pain as the game drew to a close. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Moises Caicedo delivers huge injury boost ahead of Club World Cup final in bid to become ‘one of the best’

Caicedo rolled his ankle in the dying stages of Chelsea’s semi-final win over Fluminense

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20 h. ago Club World Cup 2025: Results, fixtures and how to watch final for free

Chelsea and PSG meet with world champion status on the line

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20 h. ago How much Chelsea have earned from Club World Cup and what sum they can still win

Chelsea saw off Fluminense to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final and they have been rewarded with a combined £33.5million in prize money for their efforts so far

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23 h. ago Chelsea given huge FIFA Club World Cup final boost as two PSG stars suspended

PSG eased their way into the Club World Cup final against Chelsea with a 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid, but Luis Enrique's men will be without defenders Pacho and Lucas Hernandez for the showdown

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23 h. ago Chelsea face major Premier League headache after run to Club World Cup final

Premier League opener against Crystal Palace will not be pushed back despite Blues reaching Club World Cup final

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23 h. ago Brighton’s shrewd recruitment has set up Chelsea’s success — but they risk making the same mistake

Joao Pedro has fired Chelsea into the Club World Cup final just days after joining from Brighton - but

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25 h. ago Club World Cup final: Chelsea handed double boost ahead of PSG showdown

Chelsea face the reigning European champions in the Club World Cup final on Sunday

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25 h. ago Chelsea: Moises Caicedo hints at major injury boost for Club World Cup final

Key Blues star looks ready to return in showpiece clash with Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium

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27 h. ago Chelsea handed Premier League snub after making desperate Club World Cup plea

Chelsea will face Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup in New York on Sunday, but the Blues are already concerned about their workload ahead of the Premier League season

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34 h. ago ‘We didn’t put the brakes on’: Luis Enrique denies PSG spared Real Madrid

Several key players substituted as PSG romped to 4-0 winXabi Alonso ‘hurt’ but says ‘next year will be different’On the afternoon that Paris Saint-Germain reached the final of the Club World Cup, placing them 90 minutes away from winning every trophy available this season, Luis Enrique underlined how far they had come by recalling: “In January, people said we didn’t have leaders and didn’t score goals.” Since then they have scored more than 100 and won their first ever Champions league with a 5-0 victory against Inter in the final. Here they put four past Real Madrid with a display so dominant that he had to deny that they had taken their foot off the gas.In doing so, however, the PSG head coach did reveal that he had made changes with Sunday’s final against Chelsea in mind. PSG were two goals up inside 10 minutes and had made it 3-0 before they had played half an hour, the game effectively over, before Gonçalo Ramos added a fourth in the dying minutes. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Luis Enrique reveals Club World Cup final plan as Paris Saint

PSG cruised past Real Madrid in the semi-final and will be high on confidence ahead of the final

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36 h. ago PSG cruise to Club World Cup final after Ruiz and Dembélé stun Real Madrid

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Ruiz 6 24, Dembélé 9, Ramos 87Chelsea to play European champions in Sunday’s finalThere was a moment towards the end of Kylian Mbappé’s final season in France when Luis Enrique called him into his office and explained that if they did things his way, then Paris Saint-Germain could become an “absolute machine”.A little over a year later, on the day his first season at Real Madrid came to an end against his former club, the striker saw for himself, up close and painful, just how right his coach had been. The team that went to Munich and put five past Inter, the biggest winning margin a European Cup final has ever seen, came to New York and scored four against the game’s greatest aristocrats to take them to the final of the Club World Cup. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Paris St Germain set up final against Chelsea by brushing aside Real Madrid

The pair will meet in the Club World Cup final on Sunday.

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36 h. ago PSG dismantle Real Madrid to book Chelsea date in Club World Cup final

PSG 4-0 REAL MADRID: Chelsea will have been watching from behind the sofa as the European champions were at their brilliant best to demolish Los Blancos

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37 h. ago PSG vs Real Madrid live: Reaction as European champions demolish Madrid to seal Club World Cup final spot

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Dazzling first-half display sees Parisians wrap up famous win over Los Blancos

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