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   FIFA's revamped Club World Cup to be held for the first time in 2025 with 32 teams; USA to host 2025 edition, which will then be held every four years; Chelsea, Real Madrid and last season's Champions League winners Man City lead European qualifiers as Liverpool and Man Utd miss out.

FIFA's revamped Club World Cup to be held for the first time in 2025 with 32 teams; USA to host 2025 edition, which will then be held every four years; Chelsea, Real Madrid and last season's Champions League winners Manchester City lead European Qualifiers as Liverpool and Manchester United miss out.

By Kaveh Solhekol, Sky Sports News Chief Reporter 🕥18:45, UK, Sunday 17 December 2023

Liverpool and Manchester United have been locked out of playing in FIFA's new Club World Cup which will be held for the first time in the summer of 2025.

The FIFA Council meeting in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Sunday agreed the qualifying criteria, confirming that a maximum of two clubs can qualify from one country for the new 32-team tournament.

England's two places will go to recent Champions League winners Chelsea and Manchester City.

Until Sunday's confirmation of qualifying criteria, Liverpool had a chance of qualifying based on their Champions League performances over the past three seasons.

Arsenal can qualify but only if they win the Champions League this season.

The two club country cap is lifted if there are more than two Champions League winners from one country over the four-year qualifying cycle.

Europe will have 12 clubs in the 32-team tournament and the spaces are allocated based on performances in the Champions League over four seasons from 2020-21 up to and including this season

Champions League winners during the four-year qualifying cycle qualify automatically which means Chelsea, Real Madrid, Man City have already booked their spaces for the tournament which will be played in the USA between June 15 and July 13, 2025.

FA chair Debbie Hewitt is on the FIFA Council and attended the meeting in person with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin attending remotely

Depending on prize money and the size of broadcast and marketing deals, participating clubs are expected to make about £50m from the tournament, which will be held every four years.

The 12 European spaces are allocated according to the UEFA Champions League co-efficient.

Portuguese sides Porto and Benfica have qualified along with Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid due to their co-efficient rankings. Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan are also through.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, German teams Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, and Serie A sides Juventus, Napoli and Lazio are vying with Red Bull Salzburg for three or four of the remaining slots.

Real Sociedad, PSV Eindhoven and FC Copenhagen are in the same situation as Arsenal and would need to win the Champions League this season in order to qualify.

From South America, Brazilian sides Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense have qualified as champions, while Asian sides Al Hilal and Urawa Red Diamonds are also through.

Al Ahly and Wydad have similarly qualified from Africa, while Monterrey, Seattle Sounders and Club Leon are through from North America.

Oceania's Auckland City have sealed progress with no other team in position to overtake their points tally.

FIFA will confirm venues for the tournament in 2024, but they are all likely to be on the East Coast of the US as the Gold Cup is being held at the same time on the West Coast.

The tournament will be a classic World Cup format of 32 teams split into eight groups of four. The top two progress to the knockout stage, with the finalists playing a total of seven matches.

Teams will have three rest days between games and there will be no third-place play off.

PFA CEO Molango: Players have become pawns

"The decision to push ahead with yet another expanded summer tournament - adding more and more games to a fixture list that is already at bursting point - just confirms that any expression of concern for player welfare is merely a pretence.

"Ultimately, players have become pawns in a battle for primacy between football's governing bodies, with no one willing to take a step back or to work collaboratively to create a sustainable calendar.

"These decisions have consequences - not just for players who are being pushed until they break, but for the future quality of these tournaments, with players becoming injured or withdrawing from games as they make their own decisions about how to manage what have become ridiculous demands."

FIFPRO: Lack of consideration for players
Satament from world players' union FIFPRO:

"The FIFA Council's decision today to schedule the first edition of the 32-team FIFA Club World Cup between June 15 and July 13 without implementing further player workload safeguards demonstrates a lack of consideration for the mental and physical health of participating players, as well as a disregard for their personal and family lives.

"The expanded competition will undercut the rest and recovery time of these players at the end of the 2024-25 season, and further disrupt national employment markets by changing the balance between national and international competitions. Players will have to perform at the end of an 11-month season with little prospect of getting enough rest before the following season starts.

"The extreme mental and physical pressures at the pinnacle of the game is the principal concern of players with multiple club and national team competitions, leading to exhaustion, physical injuries, mental health issues, diminished performance, and risks to career longevity. They have repeatedly voiced concerns about mounting workload to their national player unions.

"However, once again, decisions to scale competitions have been introduced without implementing appropriate safeguards, and without any say from the players who are at the forefront of driving the game's popularity and revenue generation with their skill and endeavour. Unfortunately, FIFA's announcement in March 2023 for a working group on player welfare principles has seen no follow-up and requests by FIFPRO to launch this process have gone unanswered.

"Consequently, FIFA's current process to address the global issue of the match calendar has not only excluded the player unions on the future format of competitions but has ignored the voice of players when it comes to their own health, well-being, and performance. As a matter of urgency, FIFPRO is calling for FIFA to facilitate discussions with all football stakeholders about the introduction of a basic set of player health and safety regulations to support the welfare of professional footballers."

Will artificial intelligence takeover human intelligence? What should student do to ensure that AI doesn't override but enhance their ability to learn through research?

In recent years, the idea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking over human intelligence has become a hot topic. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way people interact with technology and could have a massive impact on the way people learn, work, and live. While AI does have many benefits, the potential for it to take over human intelligence is a concern, as it could lead to a decrease in human creativity and decision-making. 

The idea of AI taking over human intelligence is based on the idea that AI can learn and adapt more quickly than humans, and can be programmed to do tasks that would otherwise require a human. AI is already being used in a variety of ways, such as in medical diagnosis and in autonomous vehicles. As AI technology continues to advance, it is likely that AI will become increasingly capable of performing tasks that were previously only done by humans.

The potential for AI to take over human intelligence is a cause for concern, as it could lead to a decrease in human creativity and decision-making. AI can be programmed to do tasks quickly and accurately, but it lacks the ability to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions to problems. This could lead to a decrease in human creativity and decision-making, as AI would be able to do the same tasks more quickly and accurately than humans.

The potential for AI to take over human intelligence is also a cause for concern as it could lead to a loss of jobs. As AI becomes increasingly capable of performing tasks that were previously done by humans, there is a risk that AI could replace humans in a variety of roles. This could lead to a loss of jobs for humans, as AI would be able to do the same tasks more quickly and accurately than humans.

In order to ensure that AI does not take over human intelligence, it is important for students to develop their own skills and abilities. Students should focus on developing their own creativity and problem-solving skills, as this will help them to remain competitive in the job market. Students should also focus on learning how to use AI technology effectively, as this will help them to use AI to their advantage.

In addition to developing their own skills and abilities, students should also focus on researching and understanding the potential implications of AI technology. By understanding the potential implications of AI, students can ensure that AI is used responsibly and ethically. This will help to ensure that AI does not take over human intelligence, but rather enhances it.

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McTominay rescues Man United but questions mount for Ten Hag

Dawson: Man United were 'woeful' despite late win. Rob Dawson and Steve Nicol recap Manchester United's dramatic late victory over Brentford in the Premier League.

MANCHESTER, England -- Scott McTominay found an answer for Manchester United against Brentford on Saturday, but the questions are mounting for manager Erik ten Hag.

McTominay came on after 87 minutes with United 1-0 down and scored in the 93rd and 97th minutes to secure a 2-1 win and blow the roof off Old Trafford. Ten Hag punched the air and McTominay sank to his knees as United gave fans one of their famous late flourishes and the stadium descended into bedlam.

Ten Hag, no doubt, will delight in watching the final minutes when he comes to analyse the game in his Carrington office next week, but the other 90 might make him wince.

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This was like the 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace a week ago, except Palace managed to survive United's late pressure and this time Brentford collapsed. Quite why Bryan Mbeumo decided to intentionally handle the ball with the score at 1-1 and give Bruno Fernandes the chance to throw a long free kick into the box for McTominay's last-gasp winner is anyone's guess.

Ten Hag won't be complaining. Judging by this performance, he needs all the help he can get. Just minutes before the miraculous turnaround, the Brentford fans had been singing, "You're getting sacked in the morning."

"It has to be a turning point but also a restart because we have to get into higher levels," Ten Hag said after the match. "The spirit is good, the belief is good and the team is together. We have shown that, we have shown strong character. It can be a turning point but it is up to us.

"We had some opportunities and then the same story again, we conceded a goal on a decisive moment, totally the wrong decision. Two or three players. We started and we were not in formation, an easy giveaway and it sums up our season. Such easy giveaways, you get punished in top football. We have too good players to act like this."

For the sixth time in 11 games this season, United conceded the first goal thanks to defending so bad it was like something from an elaborate comedy sketch.

First, Casemiro needlessly gave the ball away in midfield and then missed his tackle to win it back. Victor Lindelöf, who looked uncomfortable as a makeshift left-back alongside a centre-back pair of Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans, scuffed his clearance in the penalty. When Mathias Jensen's weak shot finally arrived, it squeezed under André Onana's right hand.

It got so bad that midway through the first half, Onana stopped trying to play out from the back and instead started pumping long balls up to Rasmus Højlund. The Denmark striker, strong and aggressive at centre-forward, was the only United player to emerge from the first half with any credit and at half-time Ten Hag decided he'd seen enough of Casemiro and brought on Christian Eriksen in his place.

Scott McTominay scored twice in second-half stoppage time to secure Man United a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Brentford on Saturday.

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