How the tournament opened last night
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Paris Saint-Germain kicked off their 2025 Club World Cup campaign with a hugely impressive 4-0 win against Atletico Madrid.
The European champions were far too good for their Group B opponents, who finished the match with 10 men after Clement Lenglet's second-half red card.
Goals from Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha set PSG on their way to a convincing victory, both finishing superbly into Jan Oblak's bottom corner. And the win was wrapped up in the closing stages when Mayulu hammered in from close range and Lee scored from the penalty spot.
Julian Alvarez thought he had halved the deficit earlier in the second half, but the goal was disallowed after consultation with VAR.
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The 2025 Club World Cup didn't give us any goals on opening night, but it gave us some pretty good entertainment.
Inter Miami met Egyptian champions Al Ahly at Hard Rock Stadium and, for the entirety of the first half, it looked like one of the MLS representatives might be embarrassed on the global stage.
But Oscar Ustari saved a 43rd-minute penalty and it sparked his side into life.
In the end Miami left the pitch frustrated with a goalless draw as, led by Lionel Messi, they enjoyed a host of decent late chances.
Unfortunately for them, they found Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy in inspired form, with his last-minute fingertip save to deny Messi a world-class winner proving to be the highlight. Getty Images
A super busy day is in store across the United States today for the Club World Cup, and it is already under way.
We started in Cincinnati and with focus switching to Los Angeles for this one, we soon head east to New Jersey before finishing today's action in Seattle.
Here are the fixtures (all times in ET):
12pm ET Bayern Munich vs Auckland City (TQL Stadium, Cincinnati)
3pm ET Paris Saint-Germain vs Atletico Madrid (Rose Bowl, Los Angeles)
6pm ET Palmeiras vs Porto (MetLife Stadium, New Jersey)
10pm ET Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders (Lumen Field, Seattle) The Athletic
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From the UK, we've got you covered ahead of the expanded Club World Cup and on into the build-up to next summer's World Cup.
Then in the U.S. the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final and MLB season are all in full flow, with golf's U.S. Open concluding at Oakmont later today.
And that's without mentioning F1's Canadian Grand Prix and tennis' Wimbledon Championships to come.
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All matches at the Club World Cup are available on DAZN, so that is where this evening's game will be shown in the United States and anywhere else that has access to DAZN.
Broadcasting to a selection of the matches has been licensed out to other broadcasters. This match will also air on TNT and truTV in the U.S.
In the UK, that is free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 — but this particular game is not available through them. Getty Images
It's a midday start in California for this one, with kick-off at 12pm (PT).
That translates to 3pm ET, 8pm in the UK, 9pm in both France and Spain and 3am in the morning for those of you keen folk in Australia. Getty Images
Good day to you all and welcome to our coverage of the Club World Cup — and specifically a tasty Group B opener between two European heavyweights.
It's the recently crowned Champions League winners and arguably the most exciting team in club football right now, Paris Saint-Germain, taking on Spanish spoilers par excellence, Atletico Madrid.
And it's taking place in the magnificence of the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.
We will have full build-up and match updates for you, as well as all the insights you could ever want from our team of correspondents at the ground and watching on.
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