Who are the Channel 5 presenters and pundits for Club World Cup 2025?
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Ade Oladipo
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Ade Oladipo is leading Channel 5's presenting duties
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At the forefront of the C5 presenting team is
His career in sport started at a young age
— Ade represented Essex in both
football
and
athletics
, as well as training at the
Tottenham Hotspur
Academy as a youngster.
He began his career in sports broadcasting as an analyst on Arise News in 2015.
In 2017, Ade founded his eponymously named
YouTube
channel, Ade Olapido, where he discusses
boxing
news and has amassed nearly 80k subscribers and 20million views as of June 2025.
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Ade's gone on to work with major broadcasters including
DAZN
, talkSPORT,
Amazon Prime
,
Sky Sports
, ESPN and Fox Sports.
His natural charisma and ability to connect with audiences is sure to make C5's Club World Cup coverage of the highest quality.
Kelly Somers
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Kelly Somers is also bringing all of the action from the Club World Cup to a TV screen near you
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She has built a solid reputation through her work with
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She has also worked with other major broadcasters including talkSPORT, Premier League Productions and Optus Sport.
Her deep understanding of the game and clear, articulate analysis are sure to enrich C5's coverage of the
James Richardson
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James Richardson is back on British TV bringing us coverage of the beautiful game
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Veteran football presenter
He built up a cult following while hosting
Channel 4
for decade, starting from 1992.
James' passion for the beautiful game and engaging presenting style have earned him widespread acclaim.
He currently hosts the
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His Club World Cup presenting stint will be welcomed by fans who appreciate an insightful and witty approach to broadcasting.
James brings his wealth of knowledge about international football and unique ability to blend humour with expert analysis to C5's tournament coverage.
Olivia Buzaglo
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Olivia Buzaglo completes C5's presenting line-up
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She always dreamed of going into sports journalism and is a die-hard Chelsea fan.
Olivia began blogging for now-defunct magazine Shoot, before scoring a job at Premier League Productions.
In 2016, she started working with the non-affiliated Chelsea FC Fan TV on YouTube — recording live segments at Stamford Bridge or videos discussing main talking points.
It got her noticed by Chelsea TV, who soon welcomed her to their
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Premier League Productions also promoted her to hosting duties alongside Clinton Morrison and Robbie Savage, where she worked on The Weekend Review.
She has gone on to work with other major broadcasters including Teqball, DAZN and Sky Sports.
Olivia's brings her professionalism and clear communication skills to C5's
When is the Club World Cup 2025
and how can I watch it?
The Club World Cup 2025 will begin on Sunday, June 15, in the UK.
The tournament will run until Sunday, July 13.
It is being held across 12 different cities and stadiums in the United States.
The whole tournament will be broadcast and streamed by DAZN for FREE in the UK.
Matches can be watched on
Channel 5 will also air select games on terrestrial TV in the UK and have rights to a total of 23 matches.
Alternatively, SunSport will live blog certain matches throughout the tournament - that includes Chelsea and Man City games as well as the latter stages.
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