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Cole Palmer inspired Chelsea to a surprisingly dominant victory in the Club World Cup final, defeating Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium. Kick-off was delayed by eight minutes at the stadium that will hold next summer’s World Cup final as the showpiece match in FIFA’s expanded club competition was preceded by a military flyover, the national anthem (with …

The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday, that shiver celebration shown to everyone. It was 90F (32C) in New Jersey, humid too, but oh, this was cold, all right. Two wonderful, almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed …