28 h. ago Over 100 Chelsea and Man City hooligans given travel bans ahead of FIFA Club World Cup

Chelsea and Manchester City thugs must hand their passports over to police before the FIFA Club World Cup starts in America - and could even be banned from going on holiday

Politics

29 h. ago Violent UK football fans to be banned from travelling to Fifa Club World Cup

Around 150 Manchester City and Chelsea supporters are expected to be affected by the move ahead of the summer tournament.

Sport

36 h. ago Man City injury news and return dates as Blues handed triple boost after Haaland blow

Manchester City will hope to take a near-full squad to the FIFA Club World Cup as their injury list shortens towards the end of the campaign.

Events

3 d. ago LAFC and Club America vying for final Club World Cup spot as Fifa consider decisive play

There is a vacancy in this season’s Club World Cup after Club Leon were axed

Politics

5 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi reunion truth amid FIFA Club World Cup speculation

Cristiano Ronaldo has been linked with a shock move to MLS side Inter Miami to join up with Lionel Messi ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup

Politics

5 d. ago Infantino’s $1bn prize: act of commercial disruption disguised as benevolence | Barney Ronay

Fifa president’s talk of the Club World Cup promoting access and equity is simply double-think to disguise another land grabIt takes a while for the voice to emerge from the background haze, a mist of generically noodling electronic music, the kind of music that comes filled with a comforting sense of death, hold music from the executive euthanasia clinic.Finally the voice emerges, whispering through your headphones in that familiar rich, reverent Euro-tone, like being spoken to by the sun. This is a voice that says: I am here to command. But I am also just a conduit for a divinity that flows through me and into you. Although mainly, and let’s be absolutely clear, through me. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago What Premier League announcements means for Man United amid Gyokeres and Sancho transfers

Manchester United have been handed a new transfer window for this coming summer after the FIFA Club World Cup's expansion

Politics

7 d. ago Premier League confirm massive change to upcoming summer transfer window

Premier League clubs have voted to have two separate windows this summer owing to Chelsea and Manchester City's participation in the new FIFA Club World Cup in June

Politics

7 d. ago Premier League clubs set to agree on major change to 2025 summer transfer window

The summer transfer window is set to look different in the Premier League as the Club World Cup has seen FIFA approve an earlier period to get transfers over the line before the tournament

Politics

7 d. ago Chelsea and Manchester City could be in line to earn £97m in this year’s Club World Cup

The first edition of the new tournament begins in June and runs until 13 July

Economics

8 d. ago Chelsea and Man City in line for huge payday as Club World Cup prize money revealed by FIFA

Chelsea and Man City are the two English clubs in the new 32-team tournament

Economics

8 d. ago Man City can earn £30m this summer without kicking a ball as £97m prize fund confirmed

Manchester City are due to pocket tens of millions from the FIFA Club World Cup - with a possible £97m available if they win the competition in the USA

Economics

8 d. ago Thomas Tuchel warns FIFA over England stars' welfare ahead of Club World Cup fixture chaos

England's first two matches under Thomas Tuchel are in the books and the Three Lions won't return to action until June, travelling to Andorra before a friendly clash with Senegal

Events

8 d. ago Thomas Tuchel slams FIFA over massive England dilemma – 'debatable if it makes sense'

England's next fixtures are not until June, sandwiched in-between the Champions League final and start of the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup in America

Politics

1 week ago ‘Bold but significant risk’: Fifa pulling out all the stops to sell Club World Cup

With ticket sales slow and concerns over burnout, football’s governing body is battling to win hearts and mindsThis week president Donald Trump convened a prayer meeting in the Oval Office. Gathered around the Resolute desk, constructed from the timbers of a British naval vessel, a series of pastors laid their hands on the president’s thinning hair and prayed for his success. The only other item on the desk? The enormous intricate bauble that will serve as the trophy for Fifa’s Club World Cup.That Trump should like the look of an object lacquered in 24-carat gold plating, and designed by the New York jewellers Tiffany & Co, is not perhaps a huge surprise. But its prominent position on the world’s most consequential desktop will surely also have been welcomed by the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, who left the trophy with Trump this month on his visit to the White House, a week after Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Chelsea left in the dark over Club World Cup plan as opponents are REMOVED from tournament

Club Leon have been removed from FIFA's Club World Cup tournament later this year, leaving Chelsea down an opponent in the competition after the club's owners breached rules

Society

1 week ago Chelsea need new Club World Cup opponents after major FIFA decision

Blues will no longer face Mexican side Club Leon in Group D opener in Atlanta in June

Politics

3 w. ago Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves

The tournament will be leveraged for the glorification of a leader to a degree not seen since Benito Mussolini dominated the 1934 World Cup in ItalyTwo men held a press event in the Oval Office last week to announce a taskforce that would work to resolve the logistical problems surrounding the 2026 World Cup in North America, which were largely created by one of them.Both men were in their element. One, Donald Trump, received toady genuflection and a large, golden thing (actually the Club World Cup trophy). The other, Fifa president Gianni Infantino, occasioned to bask in the proximity to real power, was affectionately referred to as “The king of soccer, I guess, in a certain way” by Trump. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The tournament will be leveraged for the glorification of a leader to a degree not seen since Benito Mussolini dominated the 1934 World Cup in ItalyTwo men held a press event in the Oval Office last week to announce a taskforce that would work to resolve the logistical problems surrounding the 2026 World Cup in North America, which were largely created by one of them.Both men were in their element. One, Donald Trump, received toady genuflection and a large, golden thing (actually the Club World Cup trophy). The other, Fifa president Gianni Infantino, occasioned to bask in the proximity to real power, was affectionately referred to as “The king of soccer, I guess, in a certain way” by Trump. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Trump unveils new Club World Cup trophy alongside FIFA chief Infantino

Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino held a joint unveiling of the new trophy for FIFA’s Club World Cup competition during a meeting at the White House.

Politics