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Business Upturn
6 days ago
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- Business Upturn
FIFA Club World Cup: A complete list of Individual Award Winners
As Chelsea won the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, they will now be considered as World Champions for the next 4 years. By Ravi Kumar Jha Published on July 14, 2025, 09:40 IST Chelsea are the new FIFA Club World Cup champions after thrashing Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final. With this win, the Blues will now be recognised as world champions for the next four years, until the tournament returns in 2029. The final saw standout performances from several players, and the tournament concluded with major individual honours being awarded. Player of the Tournament: Cole Palmer (Chelsea) Cole Palmer was named Player of the Tournament after a sensational campaign. The Chelsea star played a key role in the final, scoring two goals and assisting the third to secure a historic win for his side. Golden Glove: Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez took home the Golden Glove for his excellent performances throughout the tournament. He kept three clean sheets and made crucial saves, especially in the final against PSG. Young Player of the Tournament: Désiré Doué (PSG) Despite PSG's defeat, 18-year-old Désiré Doué earned the Young Player of the Tournament award. The French midfielder impressed with his control, work ethic, and maturity beyond his years. Golden Boot: Gonzalo Garcia (Real Madrid) Real Madrid's Gonzalo Garcia claimed the Golden Boot after finishing as the tournament's top scorer. He scored four goals and provided one assist, narrowly edging out his competitors. With dominant team displays and individual brilliance, Chelsea's Club World Cup triumph marks a new high in the club's history as they proudly hold the title of world champions. Ahmedabad Plane Crash Ravi kumar jha is an undergraduate student in Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia and Mass Communication. A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication and he also has a genuine interest in sports. Ravi is currently working as a journalist at
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer's cool double
The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday. It was 90F down on the pitch in New Jersey but, oh, this was cold all right. Two wonderful almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed assist from Cole Palmer made Chelsea the first winners of the 32-team Club World Cup, history made here. Paris Saint-Germain had seemed peerless, a side that shifted the paradigm, but they could not find a way past Robert Sánchez at one end and were picked off, victims of a perfect plan, defeated inside half an hour. It had started so well, so unexpectedly, and it ended even better, history made. 'We know that they start the games very fast, very strong,' Marc Cucurella had said but while Ousmane Dembélé, forever on the prowl for prey, almost caught Sánchez 95 seconds in, it was Chelsea who did so. The first chance was theirs inside 10 minutes and it was so close that some of this stadium celebrated, the ball bending just past Gigi Donnarumma's right post and hitting the pole holding the net up. João Pedro had teed it up, Palmer was the man whose shot with the inside of his left foot fooled them. Not for long. That, it turned out was just a sighter; next time, the MetLife could let go for real. Chelsea's plan was clear: quick into the challenge, quicker to send the ball into the space behind PSG. Luis Enrique's team took a degree of control and most of the possession, soon up at 66%, but that, it appeared, had been anticipated. This was no parked bus but space behind was denied and the ball was released rapidly, starting with Sánchez directly from his own area. And while PSG could have led, Désiré Doué's cut-back to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia being cut out by Cucurella when he might have taken the shot himself before his effort from the edge of the area was stopped by a superb low save from Sánchez, it was Chelsea who did. Sánchez's diagonal went right where Nuno Mendes leapt with Malo Gusto; the PSG defender got there first but, buffeted, didn't judge the leap well. Suddenly, he was down and Gusto was away, wide space opening on the wing before him. Reaching the area, he cut back, ready to shoot. Lucas Beraldo blocked the first effort but Gusto got it back and laid into the path of Palmer who opened up his body and curled it into the bottom of the net. Off he went, holding himself and shivering in trademark celebration. If that was similar to his first shot, his next was almost identical to this one. Coming in from the right, Palmer saw Gusto fly up outside him. So, and this was the key, did the PSG defence. A slight pause, a little shuffle of the hips was enough to clear Beraldo and Marquinhos from his path, momentarily drawn to the run, and Palmer didn't just put the ball in the same corner of the net; he put it in the exact same square. They had been playing half an hour and he had taken almost the same shot three times. Two had gone in, the other looked like it had. And nor was he finished. Just before half-time, with PSG turned again, that press broken, Palmer carried the ball from near halfway, tracing a straight line in the inside-right position and given the room to do so. When he got to the edge of the area, he slipped the ball through. The pass was smooth, João Pedro running on to it, so was the Brazilian's finish, dinked over Donnarumma as if he was playing on the beach, which 10 days ago he was. This was barely believable. They had only completed 126 passes, but that was at least partly by clinical design: three shots on target, all of them clearly constructed and calmly executed, had given them a lead that wasn't for overturning. Which isn't to say PSG didn't try after a 24-minute half-time. They were out first, waiting for Chelsea, and went for them. Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football after newsletter promotion Sánchez almost immediately had to get to the feet of Fabián Ruiz and then scramble away a Kvaratskhelia shot. He then made a superb close-range stop from Dembélé, which really should have been taken. Chelsea got deeper, of course they did, not always in a hurry to get the ball back. When they did, they tried to keep it, each pass greeted with olés. The supporters were enjoying this. Sánchez dived to save Vitinha's dipping effort from the edge of the area, but in truth the momentum was not what PSG would have wanted, and only rarely did Chelsea feel under the kind of pressure that might prise their fingers from the trophy. João Neves was then given a straight red card after 86 minutes for pulling Cucurella's hair.
Irish Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer's cool double
Club World Cup final: Chelsea 3 (Palmer 22, 30, Pedro 43) PSG 0 The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday. It was 32 degrees down on the pitch in New Jersey but, oh, this was cold all right. Two wonderful almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed assist from Cole Palmer made Chelsea the first winners of the Club World Cup, history made here. Paris Saint-Germain had seemed peerless, a side that shifted the paradigm, but they could not find a way past Robert Sánchez at one end and were picked off, victims of a perfect plan, defeated inside half an hour. It had started so well, so unexpectedly, and it ended even better, history made. 'We know that they start the games very fast, very strong,' Marc Cucurella had said but while Ousmane Dembélé, forever on the prowl for prey, almost caught Sánchez 95 seconds in, it was Chelsea who did so. The first chance was theirs inside 10 minutes and it was so close that some of this stadium celebrated, the ball bending just past Gigi Donnarumma's right post and hitting the pole holding the net up. João Pedro had teed it up, Palmer was the man whose shot with the inside of his left foot fooled them. Not for long. That, it turned out was just a sighter; next time, the MetLife could let go for real. READ MORE Chelsea's plan was clear: quick into the challenge, quicker to send the ball into the space behind PSG. Luis Enrique's team took a degree of control and most of the possession, soon up at 66 per cent, but that, it appeared, had been anticipated. This was no parked bus but space behind was denied and the ball was released rapidly, starting with Sánchez directly from his own area. And while PSG could have led, Désiré Doué's cut-back to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia being cut out by Cucurella when he might have taken the shot himself before his effort from the edge of the area was stopped by a superb low save from Sánchez, it was Chelsea who did. Sánchez's diagonal went right where Nuno Mendes leapt with Malo Gusto; the PSG defender got there first but, buffeted, didn't judge the leap well. Suddenly, he was down and Gusto was away, wide space opening on the wing before him. Reaching the area, he cut back, ready to shoot. Lucas Beraldo blocked the first effort but Gusto got it back and laid into the path of Palmer who opened up his body and curled it into the bottom of the net. Off he went, holding himself and shivering in trademark celebration. If that was similar to his first shot, his next was almost identical to this one. Coming in from the right, Palmer saw Gusto fly up outside him. So, and this was the key, did the PSG defence. Referee Alireza Faghani issues a red card to Joao Neves of Paris Saint-Germain. Photograph: Luke Hales/Getty A slight pause, a little shuffle of the hips was enough to clear Beraldo and Marquinhos from his path, momentarily drawn to the run, and Palmer didn't just put the ball in the same corner of the net; he put it in the exact same square. They had been playing half an hour and he had taken almost the same shot three times. Two had gone in, the other looked like it had. And nor was he finished. Just before half-time, with PSG turned again, that press broken, Palmer carried the ball from near halfway, tracing a straight line in the inside-right position and given the room to do so. When he got to the edge of the area, he slipped the ball through. The pass was smooth, João Pedro running on to it, so was the Brazilian's finish, dinked over Donnarumma as if he was playing on the beach, which 10 days ago he was. This was barely believable. They had only completed 126 passes, but that was at least partly by clinical design: three shots on target, all of them clearly constructed and calmly executed, had given them a lead that wasn't for overturning. Which isn't to say PSG didn't try after a 24-minute half-time. They were out first, waiting for Chelsea, and went for them. Sánchez almost immediately had to get to the feet of Fabián Ruiz and then scramble away a Kvaratskhelia shot. He then made a superb close-range stop from Dembélé, which really should have been taken. Chelsea got deeper, of course they did, not always in a hurry to get the ball back. When they did, they tried to keep it, each pass greeted with olé s. The supporters were enjoying this. Sánchez dived to save Vitinha's dipping effort from the edge of the area, but in truth the momentum was not what PSG would have wanted, and only rarely did Chelsea feel under the kind of pressure that might prise their fingers from the trophy. João Neves was then given a straight red card after 86 minutes for pulling Cucurella's hair. - Guardian
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer's cool double
The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday. It was 90F down on the pitch in New Jersey but, oh, this was cold all right. Two wonderful almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed assist from Cole Palmer made Chelsea the first winners of the Club World Cup, history made here. Paris Saint-Germain had seemed peerless, a side that shifted the paradigm, but they could not find a way past Robert Sánchez at one end and were picked off, victims of a perfect plan, defeated inside half an hour. It had started so well, so unexpectedly, and it ended even better, history made. 'We know that they start the games very fast, very strong,' Marc Cucurella had said but while Ousmane Dembélé, forever on the prowl for prey, almost caught Sánchez 95 seconds in, it was Chelsea who did so. The first chance was theirs inside 10 minutes and it was so close that some of this stadium celebrated, the ball bending just past Gigi Donnarumma's right post and hitting the pole holding the net up. João Pedro had teed it up, Palmer was the man whose shot with the inside of his left foot fooled them. Not for long. That, it turned out was just a sighter; next time, the MetLife could let go for real. Chelsea's plan was clear: quick into the challenge, quicker to send the ball into the space behind PSG. Luis Enrique's team took a degree of control and most of the possession, soon up at 66%, but that, it appeared, had been anticipated. This was no parked bus but space behind was denied and the ball was released rapidly, starting with Sánchez directly from his own area. And while PSG could have led, Désiré Doué's cut-back to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia being cut out by Cucurella when he might have taken the shot himself before his effort from the edge of the area was stopped by a superb low save from Sánchez, it was Chelsea who did. Sánchez's diagonal went right where Nuno Mendes leapt with Malo Gusto; the PSG defender got there first but, buffeted, didn't judge the leap well. Suddenly, he was down and Gusto was away, wide space opening on the wing before him. Reaching the area, he cut back, ready to shoot. Lucas Beraldo blocked the first effort but Gusto got it back and laid into the path of Palmer who opened up his body and curled it into the bottom of the net. Off he went, holding himself and shivering in trademark celebration. If that was similar to his first shot, his next was almost identical to this one. Coming in from the right, Palmer saw Gusto fly up outside him. So, and this was the key, did the PSG defence. A slight pause, a little shuffle of the hips was enough to clear Beraldo and Marquinhos from his path, momentarily drawn to the run, and Palmer didn't just put the ball in the same corner of the net; he put it in the exact same square. They had been playing half an hour and he had taken almost the same shot three times. Two had gone in, the other looked like it had. And nor was he finished. Just before half-time, with PSG turned again, that press broken, Palmer carried the ball from near halfway, tracing a straight line in the inside-right position and given the room to do so. When he got to the edge of the area, he slipped the ball through. The pass was smooth, João Pedro running on to it, so was the Brazilian's finish, dinked over Donnarumma as if he was playing on the beach, which 10 days ago he was. This was barely believable. They had only completed 126 passes, but that was at least partly by clinical design: three shots on target, all of them clearly constructed and calmly executed, had given them a lead that wasn't for overturning. Which isn't to say PSG didn't try after a 24-minute half-time. They were out first, waiting for Chelsea, and went for them. Sánchez almost immediately had to get to the feet of Fabián Ruiz and then scramble away a Kvaratskhelia shot. He then made a superb close-range stop from Dembélé, which really should have been taken. Chelsea got deeper, of course they did, not always in a hurry to get the ball back. When they did, they tried to keep it, each pass greeted with olés. The supporters were enjoying this. Sánchez dived to save Vitinha's dipping effort from the edge of the area, but in truth the momentum was not what PSG would have wanted, and only rarely did Chelsea feel under the kind of pressure that might prise their fingers from the trophy. Sign up to Football Daily Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football after newsletter promotion João Neves was then given a straight red card after 86 minutes for pulling Cucurella's hair.
Telegraph
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Chelsea leave Djordje Petrovic out of Club World Cup squad despite no deal for Mike Maignan
It remains to be seen whether Chelsea revisit their interest in the French goalkeeper later in the window, but the club have reiterated their faith in Robert Sánchez, Filip Jorgensen and Mike Penders, who have all been included in the Club World Cup squad. A number of clubs are interested in signing Petrovic permanently this summer and his Chelsea future is now in some doubt. It will be up to the 25-year-old to decide whether he wants guaranteed first-team football. Chelsea's interest in Maignan had put the future of Sánchez in doubt, but the club believe he improved through the season and saved the team at least nine points, which were crucial to their qualification for the Champions League. Jorgensen helped Chelsea win the Europa Conference League in his first season at the club, while 19-year-old Penders is rated as one of the brightest prospects in Europe. Fifa rules dictate that any player named in a Club World Cup squad is then cup-tied for the remainder of the tournament, should they move to a club also in the competition, regardless of whether he has made an appearance. The transfer window for the Club World Cup shut at 7pm on Tuesday night, but clubs can register new players to take part in the later stages of the tournament from June 27 to July 3. Benfica are believed to be interested in re-signing Felix and his omission from Chelsea's squad means he could play for the Portuguese club later in the tournament if he joined before July 3. Felix, Sterling and Disasi will all be allowed to leave Stamford Bridge this summer. Chelsea increased their £35 million offer for winger Jamie Gittens to £42 million before the Club World Cup transfer deadline, but Borussia Dortmund rejected the offer. Chelsea remain in talks with Dortmund over Gittens and could still sign the 20-year-old this month, or later in the summer window. Dortmund have been demanding a fee in excess of £50 million for the player.
