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Chelsea won the 32-team Club World Cup — what the format proved
Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the July 13, 2025 final in New Jersey, ending a month-long, 32-team tournament built on FIFA's billion-dollar prize pool.
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How NSF Certified for Sport Actually Vets a Supplement
Pro leagues and Olympic athletes lean on one label to avoid banned substances. Here is what a product goes through to earn it.
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Why NFL 'Voluntary' Workouts Aren't Really Voluntary At All
The rulebook draws a hard line between voluntary offseason work and one mandatory minicamp week — but the players who can afford to test that line aren't the ones the rule was written to protect.
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Why ESPN Made Less Money From a Record NBA Season
The NBA's new $76 billion TV deal produced a record $2.11 billion ad haul in its first season — and still left the league's longest-running broadcast partner writing a smaller check than before.
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How the Premier League's new spending cap actually works
The Squad Cost Ratio replaces PSR from 2026/27, tying what clubs can spend on their squads directly to what they earn.
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Why World Cup 2026 preparation has defined this football summer
Forty-eight teams, three host nations and 104 matches turned the 2026 close-season into the largest logistical exercise in World Cup history.
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How Olympic football squads are actually assembled
Age limits, over-age wild cards and release deadlines make the Olympic tournament a distinct negotiation between clubs and national programmes.
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Why finance rules have rewritten clubs' transfer strategies
Amortisation accounting and the pure-profit value of academy graduates now drive squad building as much as scouting does.
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How transparency rules on club ownership close old loopholes
Related-party controls, ownership registers and a new English regulator are dismantling the opacity that multi-club structures exploited.
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Why away ticket caps quietly shape football's fan policing
Price ceilings on away tickets, led by the Premier League's £30 cap, changed how clubs allocate, police and steward travelling support.