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Club World Cup 2025: Teams, fixtures, format, prize money & how it works

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Emma Middleton |Jonty Colman

Media caption, What is the Club World Cup? The 2025 Fifa Club World Cup gets under way in the United States on Saturday. Played under a new format, the month-long tournament will now take place once every four years rather than annually. The competition was previously contested by only seven teams but will now feature 32. Once described as a "mistake" by former Fifa president Sepp Blatter, the revamp has been as significant as it is controversial.
Club World Cup 2025: Teams, fixtures, format, prize money & how it works

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Emma Middleton |Jonty Colman

Media caption, What is the Club World Cup? The 2025 Fifa Club World Cup gets under way in the United States on Saturday. Played under a new format, the month-long tournament will now take place once every four years rather than annually. The competition was previously contested by only seven teams but will now feature 32. Once described as a "mistake" by former Fifa president Sepp Blatter, the revamp has been as significant as it is controversial.
Interpol's first Silver Notice: Increasing global law enforcement cooperation to facilitate international asset recoveries | JD Supra

Jan 28, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Jonah Anderson |Neill Blundell |Emma Middleton

Previously, where a country needed assistance from law enforcement in another jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute criminal offences, it would have to go through the notoriously slow and often fruitless process of issuing a mutual legal assistance request. Interpol aims to change that with its new Silver Notices.
Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players?

Jan 15, 2025 | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Emma Middleton

Why is the Australian Open using cartoon players? The tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the racquets they are holding sometimes seem to drift away from their hands. But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking place at Melbourne Park. How has this come about?
Why the Australian Open is streaming matches in cartoon style

Jan 14, 2025 | bbc.com | Emma Middleton

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alex de Minaur's win over Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp was available to watch on YouTube in an animated formatThe tennis balls are unusually large, players' heads are out of proportion and the racquets they are holding sometimes seem to drift away from their hands. But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking place at Melbourne Park.
Why do some Welsh clubs play football in England?

Jan 13, 2025 | sports.yahoo.com | Emma Middleton

For more than a century, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County have been playing football across the English-Welsh border. But why? BBC Sport looks into the key questions... How does the Welsh football system work? At the top, you've got the Cymru Premier - the Welsh top division. This was launched in August 1992, then known as the League of Wales. Numerous previous attempts to get a league going had failed.
EFL Cup: Why do different competitions have different footballs?

Jan 8, 2025 | bbc.com | Emma Middleton

Different competitions have different official ball suppliers. Nike has supplied the Premier League match ball since the 2000-2001 season, though Puma will take over from 2025-2026. Nike also has the Women's Super League contract. Puma provide the match ball for all EFL competitions - including the Championship and Carabao Cup - while Mitre do likewise for the FA Cup.
How do footballers play in very cold conditions?

Jan 8, 2025 | sports.yahoo.com | Emma Middleton

Football clubs always strive to keep their performances consistent - regardless of the conditions. But when it's cold, they have to be particularly proactive to help players perform at their best. How do teams acclimatise to the cold? For European games, clubs might travel to countries that have much lower average winter temperatures than the UK. Chelsea's Conference League match against Astana in Kazakhstan, for example, was played in temperatures of -11C.
2030 World Cup: how will it work?

Dec 11, 2024 | bbc.com | Emma Middleton

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The 2030 tournament will be hosted across three continentsOne tournament, two hemispheres, six countries. Spain, Portugal and Morocco will co-host the 2030 men's World Cup - but the opening matches will be held in South America to mark the centenary of the Fifa World Cup. That means teams will play across different seasons and hemispheres within the same tournament.
Who decides the Sports Personality of the Year shortlist?

Dec 9, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Emma Middleton

The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year recognises outstanding sporting performances across another unforgettable 12 months. Eight awards are handed out - including the main prize, for which there are six contenders: footballer Jude Bellingham, runner Keely Hodgkinson, darts player Luke Littler, cricketer Joe Root, Para-cyclist Sarah Storey and triathlete Alex Yee. Who decides the SPOTY shortlist?