NEWS / Football

To everyone's surprise, Chelsea won the inaugural edition of the Club World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in New York on Sunday evening.

Diogo Jota, Liverpool's Portuguese striker, died in a road accident at the age of 28. His brother also died in the crash.

The new FIFA Club World Cup, featuring 32 teams, will kick off in the United States on 14 June and continue until the final on 13 July.

On Sunday evening, a supporter died during the Nations League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The man did not survive a fall from eight metres.

The Dutch Health Council warns that head contact in sports, such as heading in football, increases the risk of dementia and other brain diseases.

Flemish youngsters Neal and Senne pulled off the stunt of their lives last weekend.

On Saturday evening, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, better known as PSG, won the Champions League for the first time in its history. The Italian Internazionale was easily brushed aside 5-0. But it is mostly what happened after the match that, sadly, will stick in many people's memories.

The figures from PSG's victory against Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Munich speak volumes: not just the 5-0 scoreline, but also the 2 dead, 559 arrests throughout France and 192 injured.

With a relieving goal last week, striker Romelu Lukaku dispelled all doubts, and after the final whistle, it was time to celebrate: Napoli were crowned Italian champions for the fourth time in the club’s history. Forward Romelu Lukaku has undoubtedly played his part in manager Antonio Conte’s title-winning season. The Belgian striker scored his fourteenth goal on Friday evening. Lukaku also won the championship under Conte three years ago, then scoring 24 goals for Inter.

A Belgian was stabbed on Friday in the Italian city of Naples during the title celebrations of football club Napoli. The 27-year-old Belgian tourist suffered several stab wounds amid the festivities.

China is taking unprecedented measures to tackle match-fixing. The sentencing of former national football coach Li Tie to twenty years in prison is just the latest in a series of steps taken by China to fight match manipulation.

Cristiano Jr. was first called up for the Portuguese national U15 team and has since made his debut in the Portugal shirt.