Chelsea wins 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Champions

 

English club, Chelsea has defeated Brazilian club Palmeiras, 2-1, to win the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup final. Chelsea has won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. The decisive goal was scored by Kai Havertz with 3 minutes of extra time to go. Kai Havertz’ nerveless 117th-minute penalty settled a gruelling Club World Cup final. The final was held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

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Key stats:

• Chelsea completed a full house of major trophies since Roman Abramovich took over the club in 2003: Champions League, Europa League, Super Cup, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield.
• Chelsea became the third English team to win the Club World Cup after Manchester United and Liverpool.

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Qatar World Cup Opening Ceremony: Watch, live stream Korean pop star Jung Kook of BTS perform, start time

It'sfinally World Cup time. The greatest tournament in soccer is set to kick off with Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup on Sunday, November 20. But before Qatar and Ecuador take the pitch, the opening ceremonies need to commence. Not only will they showcase the best of the 32 countries taking part in the tournament, but the opening ceremony will also have musical performances including an appearance from BTS member Jungkook. The popular boyband has confirmed that their member will be among the performers at the opening ceremony and will also feature in the soundtrack.

Originally scheduled to kick off on Nov. 21, the opening ceremony was moved a day earlier so that hosts Qatar could start the tournament as is customary for the home nation but the ceremony needed to be at night for a planned fireworks display. History will be made as not only is this the first winter World Cup but Jungkook will also become the first Korean to perform at the World Cup opening ceremony.

Along with Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi, Jungkook will perform the World Cup anthem, "Dreamers.”

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Who else will perform?

Qatari singer Fahad Al-Kubaisi will also perform at the opening ceremony. He is also a producer, model and human rights activist as the ceremony organizers foreground a message of encouraging dialogue on inclusion and diversity. Though, after FIFA president Gianni Infantino's speech Saturday, that may be easier said than done.

"Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker. We have been taught many lessons from Europeans and the Western world. I am European. For what we have been doing for 3,000 years around the world, we should be apologizing for the next 3,000 years before giving moral lessons," Infantino said. "If Europe really care about the destiny of these people, they can create legal channels as Qatar did where a number of these workers can come to Europe to work. Give them some future, some hope."

Atlanta-based rapper Lil Baby has confirmed that he will be performing at the World Cup on Twitter, but most of the opening ceremony performers will be surprises. Lil Baby won a Grammy for best melodic rap performance in 2022 for his feature on Hurricane by Kanye West and he has also been honored with an XXL award, BET awards, and others. As the opening ceremony performance is usually 30 minutes or so, there will likely be other people joining the seven act program.

Declines and other performance rumors

According to reports, Shakira who has been a staple in past World Cups was set to perform but has decided to not take part in the opening ceremony. Her song Waka Waka has a place in our memories from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Dua Lipa was also rumored to be involved but she released a statement on Instagram.

"There is currently a lot of speculation that I will be performing at the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar. I will not be performing and nor have I been involved in any negotiation to perform," Dua Lipa said on performing. "I will be cheering England on from afar and I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup."

World Cup Schedule

After the tournament kicks off on Sunday it will really get into full swing on Monday the 21st with three matches, including the USMNT facing Wales at 2:00 p.m. For the USMNT's schedule click here, and make sure to check out the full World Cup schedule as well. 

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HIGHLIGHTS | ENGLAND BEAT PAKISTAN AND LIFT THE T20 WORLD CUP

The pod team chat Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and England's white-ball dynasty.

After England claimed their second T20 World Cup with victory over Pakistan at the MCG, the Switch Hit team sat down to pore over the details. Alan Gardner was joined by Andrew Miller, Vithushan Ehantharajah and Matt Roller to discuss Ben Stokes' heroics, the transformation of Sam Curran and where England's current white-ball dynasty ranks among the greats.

World cup history

The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup)^[4] is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and is considered the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC.^[5]

The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier. However, a separate Women's Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa. The first three World Cups were held in England. From the 1987 tournament onwards, hosting has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system, with fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.

The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 10 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation, compete for the title at venues within the host nation over about a month. In the 2027 edition, the format will be changed to accommodate an expanded 14-team final competition.^[6]

A total of twenty teams have competed in the eleven editions of the tournament, with ten teams competing in the recent 2019 tournament. Australia has won the tournament five times, India and West Indies twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have won it once each. The best performance by a non-full-member team came when Kenya made the semi-finals of the 2003 tournament.

England are the current champions after winning the 2019 World Cup edition. The next tournament will be held in India in 2023 and the subsequent 2027 World Cup will be held jointly in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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How can I follow the final?

The final is scheduled to start at 7pm in Melbourne, 8am GMT, at the MCG. In the UK it will be shown free-to-air on Channel 4 and also on Sky Sports Main Event. Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra will have live commentary, while Rob Smyth will be helming theguardian.com’s unrivalled over-by-over report

How did they get here?

Pakistan had a miserable start, losing to India in a nailbiter and then to the qualifiers Zimbabwe. That looked to be their tournament over and even three wins from their final three group games would not have been enough if South Africa had not slipped to a stunning defeat to the Netherlands. That opened the door to a semi-final against New Zealand, who were swatted aside thanks to a century opening partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.

England had a similarly slow start, losing to Ireland in their second game then seeing a crunch tie with Australia rained off. But impressive wins over New Zealand and Sri Lanka saw them scrape through to the semi-finals on net run rate. Against India, Jos Buttler’s side truly ignited, with the captain and Alex Hales smashing them to an utterly dominant 10-wicket win.