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How Cole Palmer upset the odds and made Chelsea ‘the Best Team in the World’.
Chelsea 3 Paris Saint-Germain 0 FIFA Club World Cup final. Going into the Club World Cup final, and indeed at the outset of the competition, not too many pundits, or fans, were predicting that Chelsea would win[read more]
Fluminense made it to the FIFA Club World Cup semi-final, but no further.
FIFA’s expanded club showpiece gave the USA a taste of the atmosphere that can be generated by South American fans as the big names from Argentina and Brazil competed in this much expanded competition. So we saw the[read more]
Mexico made it a record-extending ten Gold Cup titles before their ecstatic fans.
The NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas staged the 2025 final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and it matched familiar foes, Mexico and the USA. It would be the Mexicans 12th final, while for the Americans it would be[read more]
European powerhouses Bayern Munich prove too strong for CR Flamengo.
Bayern Munich 4 Flamengo 2 FIFA CWC Round of 16. Miami. Bundesliga powerhouses Bayern Munich set up a quarter-final meeting with PSG after this solid defeat of one of the leading South American teams. Two well taken[read more]
Inter Miami does the MLS proud as they qualify for the knockout rounds of the Club World Cup.
With LAFC and Seattle Sounders both exiting the competition after two straight defeats it was left to Miami to represent Major League Soccer in the latter stages of this heavily hyped event. They did this by beating Porto,[read more]
With over half the regular season completed which teams are looking good (and bad) in the MLS?
After their dominance of most of the 2024 campaign 2024 Inter Miami are currently down in sixth in the Eastern Conference (and 10th overall), albeit with games in hand over most of the other teams. Despite playing less[read more]
The masters of the FIFA World Cup universe, Brazil, now have a confirmed place at the 2026 edition.
Despite a slow start to their campaign the Selecao secured their qualification for next year’s FIFA World Cup (WC) with a draw in Ecuador followed by a single goal defeat of Paraguay in Sao Paulo. Those last two[read more]
Who were the most influential players of the 2024-25 season?
The CIES Football Observatory has analysed and ranked the leading players from some 60 major leagues around the world during the last season. They have based the listings on six areas of competence:- aerial play, ground defence, distribution,[read more]
What can we expect of the new, expanded, FIFA Club World Cup?
The announcement of an expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup tournament brought significant criticism particularly from those concerned about player welfare especially in light of the volume of fixtures in what many see as an already crowded club[read more]