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VAVEL • 7th July 2025

Fluminense vs Chelsea: FIFA Club World Cup Preview, Semi-Finals, 2025

The semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup get underway on Tuesday night with Chelsea set to face Fluminense at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

A place in Sunday's final at the same venue will be up for grabs, with either Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid awaiting Tuesday night's winners.

Chelsea have been impressive throughout the tournament having won four of their five matches thus far, with their sole defeat coming against Fluminense's Rio rivals Flamengo in the group stages.

Following a...

VAVEL • 3rd June 2025

Germany vs Portugal: UEFA Nations League Preview, Semi-Final, 2025

The semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League will commence on Wednesday night with a clash between two of European football's biggest names as Germany and Portugal go head-to-head at the Allianz Arena.

The winner will book their place in Sunday's final which will also be held at the Allianz Arena, where either Spain or France will be awaiting them.

Julian Nagelsmann's side topped League A, Group 3 with four wins and two draws from their six matches, before they dispatched Italy 5-4 on aggregate...

VAVEL • 23rd May 2025

England Squad Announcement: Tuchel Names Strong Squad Ahead of Andorra and Senegal fixtures

Thomas Tuchel has named his second squad as England manager ahead of the Three Lions' upcoming fixtures against Andorra and Senegal in June.

England will travel to Barcelona to face Andorra in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on June 7, before they return home and head to Nottingham to host Senegal in a friendly on June 10 - the first time in 86 years that the City Ground will host the England national team.

Despite the English domestic season concluding on Sunday and the FIFA Club World Cup looming...

VAVEL • 7th May 2025

Manchester United vs Athletic Bilbao: UEFA Europa League Preview, Semi-Final 2nd Leg, 2025

Manchester United will be looking to cement their place in the final of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night when they host Athletic Bilbao at Old Trafford for the second leg of their semi-final tie.

The Red Devils already have one foot in the final after a comprehensive 3-0 win in the first leg at the Estadio de San Mamés, courtesy of a clinical first-half performance that saw a Casemiro header and a brace from Bruno Fernandes hand the advantage in the tie to Manchester United.

While Unit...

VAVEL • 5th May 2025

Inter Milan vs Barcelona: Champions League Preview, Semi-Final 2nd Leg, 2025

A place in the UEFA Champions League final will be at stake on Tuesday night when Inter Milan and Barcelona face off in the second leg of their semi-final tie at the San Siro.

The first leg produced one of the games of the season as the two European giants played out a captivating 3-3 draw at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, setting up a monumental second leg in Milan.

Inter flew out of the blocks with two goals in the opening 21 minutes of the match, and despite being pegged back twice by B...

VAVEL • 29th April 2025

Barcelona vs Inter Milan: Champions League Preview, Semi-Final 1st Leg, 2025

The UEFA Champions League semi-finals are set to commence with Barcelona, the five-time champions, hosting Inter Milan, the three-time champions, in the first leg at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Wednesday evening.

The two European giants are set to face off fifteen years after their iconic semi-final clash in 2010, which saw José Mourinho's Inter side advance to the final, where they would go on to win the competition for a third time.

Barcelona will approach Wednesday night’s match fu...

VAVEL • 25th April 2025

2025 NFL Draft: The 5 Most Surprising Selections in Round One

Round one of the 2025 NFL Draft is now in the books, and it certainly did not disappoint.

From the booing of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell by a crowd of hundreds of thousands to the acquisition of potentially game-changing players by teams, and even the monumental trades that showcased teams’ aggressive pursuit of their desired targets, the unpredictability of the NFL Draft was on full display.

Although, some selections did take everyone by surprise and raised a fair few eyebrows, so let's ta...

VAVEL • 23rd April 2025

5 Potential Landing Sports for Shedeur Sanders

We are just one day away from the start of the 2025 NFL Draft, and one of the most captivating storylines heading into the draft concerns which team will select quarterback Shedeur Sanders out of the University of Colorado.

Sanders joined his father, Deion Sanders, at Colorado in 2023 with the Buffaloes coming off the back of a 1-11 season in 2022. Sanders helped Colorado to a 4-8 record in his debut season, before leading them to a 9-4 record in 2024 in a season which saw him throw for over 4,...

VAVEL • 15th April 2025

NFC South Draft Needs

We are now just 10 days away from the 2025 NFL Draft which is set to be hosted in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the 32 NFL teams will be doing their final pieces of due diligence as they finalise their big boards and narrow down the prospects they wish to target.

The NFC South saw only one team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, reach double-digit wins, while the Atlanta Falcons, the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints all finished the 2024 season with losing records. However, all four teams will...