4 h. ago Club World Cup is designed to deliver stardust as Man City and Chelsea chase £97m jackpot

The revamped Club World Cup kicks off in the US this weekend and promises to be a spectacular event, despite the controversy surrounding FIFA's new-look tournament

Society

5 h. ago The Club World Cup is a grubby, contrived vanity project of Gianni Infantino that was neither needed nor asked for

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: There are some nice angles to FIFA's Club World Cup . Here's one: Auckland City. Here's another: their goalkeeper. That would be a guy named Conor Tracey.

Politics

5 h. ago Inter Miami's Club World Cup controversy as David Beckham and Lionel Messi prepare for bow

David Beckham's Inter Miami are set to star at the FIFA Club World Cup with Lionel Messi in tow, but their qualification for the revamped tournament was somewhat controversial

Politics

7 h. ago FIFA Club World Cup: 5 youngsters you've never heard of set to become future stars

A host of football's biggest stars are involved in the Club World Cup but it could also be a stage for a host of youngsters from smaller clubs to audition for moves to European giants

Politics

9 h. ago Why aren't Liverpool playing in the Club World Cup? How all 32 teams qualified for competition

They may be Premier League kings and six-time champions of Europe, but Liverpool won't be at the FIFA Club World Cup, with Manchester City and Chelsea taking UEFA's two places

Society

10 h. ago FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Full list of dates, fixtures, kick

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami get the Club World Cup underway with teams from six major confederations, including 12 European sides, set to battle it out in new big money tournament

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11 h. ago DAZN to air every FIFA Club World Cup game for free – here's how to watch live in the UK

Some of the biggest teams from the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A are among those in the USA for the new-and-improved FIFA Club World Cup, including Man City, Chelsea, Real Madrid and PSG.

Society

11 h. ago FIFA Club World Cup prize money: How much all 32 clubs will earn from new competition

Chelsea, Manchester City and a number of other European big guns are ready for the controversial Club World Cup and despite criticism huge sums of money are on offer

Politics

12 h. ago All 32 teams at FIFA Club World Cup 2025 from UEFA giants to African minnows

Chelsea and Manchester City are gearing up for their opening games at the Club World Cup with Real Madrid and Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain among the favourites

Politics

18 h. ago David Beckham's first words as Man Utd and England icon finally gets knighthood

Former England captain David Beckham, whose Inter Miami side are preparing to take part in the FIFA Club World Cup this weekend, has been recognised with a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours

Politics

22 h. ago How to watch the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 for free in the UK this summer

The revamped FIFA Club World Cup 2025 gets underway on Sunday, with Manchester City and Chelsea among the 32 teams battling it out for the title in the USA

Politics

28 h. ago Gianni Infantino arrives at his moment but football’s response is coming

As the ‘King of Soccer’ launches his Club World Cup alongside Donald Trump, opponents to the Fifa president are wondering whether he has pushed his power too far, writes Miguel Delaney

Sport

30 h. ago Club World Cup buildup, transfer news, Frank in at Spurs and more: football – live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThe Club World Cup starts on Sunday and has already been controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement. Add on that temperatures in US are likely to be above 30C and whew.Notable heat events are not guaranteed during the Club World Cup but they are more likely to happen than in the past because of climate breakdown and there is a question over whether enough is being done to adapt to a new reality. The sole reference to extreme weather in Fifa’s regulations for the Club World Cup relates to the use of cooling breaks, which allow players to take on extra fluids once in each half if the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) (a measure of heat stress that includes humidity and air movement) exceeds 32C on the pitch. This is the protocol in place since 2014, and for the international players’ union, FifPro, it is insufficient. It argues that the threshold for cooling b...

Society

46 h. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

Politics

47 h. ago Ronaldo joins Club World Cup on DAZN alongside Chelsea legend and transfer guru

The FIFA Club World Cup is set to get underway in the United States on Saturday, with a host of top Premier League clubs set to compete in the tournament

Sport

49 h. ago Club World Cup TV matches, presenters and pundits announced as 23 games free to air

The FIFA Club World Cup will get underway later this week and a host of former Premier League and global stars will be on hand to provide analysis and their thoughts on Channel 5

Society

50 h. ago FIFA Club World Cup backlash sees players' union FIFPro step in with new 12

The inaugural Club World Cup is set to kick off this weekend and there has been outcry over the amount of tournaments players are having to feature in. Now FIFPRO want big changes to be introduced that will protect stars from burnout

Sport

53 h. ago Pep Guardiola handed Man City Club World Cup problem he's desperate to avoid after De Bruyne warning

Manchester City begin their Club World Cup campaign on Wednesday and a new FIFA diktat will force Pep Guardiola to consider how he manages his squad.

Events

3 d. ago Curbing free speech at WC a ‘betrayal of the spirit of football’ – fans’ chief

The United States is co-hosting the 2026 tournament alongside Canada and Mexico, with FIFA’s Club World Cup starting in the US on Saturday.

Sport

3 d. ago Conor Coady lands Rangers transfer side hustle as FIFA World Club Cup beckons for Ibrox target

Talks are ongoing over a move from Leicester City to Ibrox but the defender will have another new job this summer

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