On the march

FIFA Club World Cup

Gold Cup review by James Nalton

The 2024-25 Championship was a split league. The second tier produced an unprecedented two 100-point campaigns, with Leeds and Burnley pulling clear of play-off finalists Sheffield United and Sunderla

The Club World Cup in the USA painted a picture of what next year’s jointly-hosted FIFA World Cup could look like

But that sense of respite is temporary. Luton have landed still with Premier League parachute payments, while Cardiff – in the third tier for the first time since 2003 – and Plymouth Argyle are planni

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World