Why are football’s player unions so powerless compared with U.S. sports?
FIFA president Gianni Infantino spent much of the summer strolling around the U.S. at the Club World Cup,…
Maresca ecstatic as Chelsea beat ‘best in the world’ PSG
Enzo Maresca has hailed the performance of his players after Chelsea thrashed Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to win the…
PSG and Chelsea in the Club World Cup final reflects the state of the game in 2025
There was a temporary exhibit in the lobby of Trump Tower this week, near the 60-foot waterfall, the…
It is now blindingly obvious that PSG are the world’s best football team
Sixty-two games down, one game to go, 192 goals scored and almost 2.5million people through the turnstiles. The…
Club World Cup is not a glorious new era for football, whatever Gianni Infantino tries to tell us
Gianni Infantino has no doubt about it. This Club World Cup, the FIFA president says, represents a “new…
Keeping it cool: Bayern Munich preparing to face off with PSG indoors
When Bayern Munich squares off with Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup quarterfinals, the game will be…
Europe asserts itself as Club World Cup threatens to reinforce football’s established order
Filipe Luis had staked his hopes on the right mix of European thought and Brazilian heart. Speaking in…
Lionel Messi has made Miami America’s new soccer capital. Will it last?
In Scarface, Tony Montana is driving through Miami on a balmy summer night, top down, his car upholstered…
Pep Guardiola and the age of football amnesia
When Keanu Reeves was doing press for Bill & Ted Face the Music in 2020, he had to…
Forget the football – this is why the Club World Cup really matters
FIFA gave its 32 competing teams a billion reasons to take a revamped Club World Cup seriously when…
‘Strange’ to play in front of 50,000 empty seats: Chelsea’s Maresca | National
Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca labelled the atmosphere in his team’s opening Club World Cup game on Monday “strange”…
NFLPA taking notice of grass field at MetLife for Club World Cup
The NFL Players Association took notice. After video surfaced on X of a grass field being installed at…