Chelsea moved into the Club World Cup quarter-finals with a remarkable extra-time win over Benfica which featured a two-hour weather delay at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. With Enzo Maresca’s side leading 1-0 thanks to Reece James’ clever free-kick, play was suspended in the 86th minute due to lightning in the vicinity of

Sebastian Stolz does not waste any time. Since being hired in February, the new COO of the Paris Musketeers, the only French American football team in the European League of Football (EFL), has been busy reviewing his new team’s strengths and weaknesses. The German-native was formerly general manager of the Munich Ravens for more than

England retained their U21 European Championship title after holding on to beat Germany 3-2 after extra-time in a gripping final in Bratislava. The Young Lions won the tournament in 2023 with a 1-0 win over Spain in Georgia and followed it up in Bratislava, just shy of two years later, repeating the feat the nation

Aldrich Potgieter will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Rocket Classic with major champions Collin Morikawa and Matthew Fitzpatrick among the chasing pack Potgieter – eyeing a first PGA Tour title after losing to Brian Campbell in a play-off at the Mexico Open in February – carded a seven-under 65 in

The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday’s newspapers… THE SUN ON SUNDAY Brentford are demanding Manchester United cough up £65million for Bryan Mbeumo. Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim is willing to loan Andre Onana and find a new No 1. Viktor Gyokeres has been given more time off as Sporting try to resolve his future

Fiorentina fans (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images) Fiorentina have asked for permission to play their Conference League play-off at Sassuolo’s Mapei Stadium, as the Stadio Franchi is still undergoing restructuring work. The Viola have qualified for this UEFA tournament for the fourth year in a row, having reached the Final twice, then the semi-final.