Unlike in American sports, the act of retiring a number in English football is incredibly rare, though not completely unprecedented. In fact, only two other clubs currently in the Premier League have retired kit numbers: Manchester City and West Ham. Manchester City retired the number 23 after the Marc-Vivien Foe died from an undiagnosed heart condition after collapsing during a …
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Ambitious Chelsea will not park bus despite challenge of full-throttle PSG | Club World Cup 2025
Chelsea have already made more than £80m from their Club World Cup adventure but they can achieve something priceless against Paris Saint-Germain. This goes beyond gaudy gold badges and money in the bank. The season with no end is almost over, the final of the tournament that nobody asked for is here and while Chelsea have no intention of getting …
Read More »Club World Cup: Has run to final been worth it for Chelsea?
With pre-season now set to be cut significantly, Maresca has used the competition to experiment with a new system. Against Flamengo he switched to a formation utilising more traditional full-backs and with Cole Palmer playing as an inverted winger, just as he did under previous boss Mauricio Pochettino. That ended in a disappointing 3-1 defeat and attracted criticism, although they …
Read More »How should Chelsea line up against PSG in the Club World Cup final?
There are two major decisions facing Chelsea for Sunday’s Club World Cup final against all-conquering PSG. The first has to do with Moisés Caicedo and his twisted ankle, which appears to be mending but probably not mending fast enough. Do we risk starting him? Should we risk starting him and potentially aggravating the injury? Is a hobbled Caicedo a better …
Read More »Genesis Scottish Open 2025: Third-round tee times, pairings at The Renaissance Club
Highlights: 2025 Genesis Scottish Open, Round 2 July 11, 2025 04:58 PM Watch the best shots and top moments from the second round of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour’s Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. Source link
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Having both won major European trophies at the end of the 2024–25 campaign, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain now have the chance to claim world champion status. PSG secured their first ever Champions League title in May, before which Chelsea had won the Europa Conference League to cap an encouraging first season under Enzo Maresca. Both sides have flexed their muscles …
Read More »Luis Enrique shrugs off praise for PSG’s season with Club World Cup final to come | Paris Saint-Germain
There is just one game left in the season in which Paris Saint-Germain finally won the first Champions League in their history to complete a historic treble and that game is the Club World Cup final, but Luis Enrique says it has not been his best. He was better, he claims, when he lost. Besides, the PSG coach said, Manchester …
Read More »Crystal Palace removal from Europa League a ‘terrible injustice’ – club chairman
Crystal Palace being denied entry to this coming season’s Europa League is a “terrible injustice” and a “bad day for football”, the club’s chairman Steve Parish has said. A UEFA panel has recommended that Palace are denied entry to the competition after it found that the club breached the governing body’s rules on multi-club ownership. The south London club are …
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