The FIFA Club World Cup is underway, where some of professional soccer’s best teams from around the world are competing to see who’s at the top of the heap.

But, the craziness of foreign soccer fans has hit the United States, with chaos ensuing in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon.

Manchester City of the Premier League in England and Wydad AC, who compete in Botola of Morocco, took the pitch at Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday – but the players weren’t the only people, or objects, on the field.

During the game, protesters invaded the field. The pitch invaders took the field with a sign that said “Morocco! Stop shooting dogs and cats.” 

He ran for a few seconds before he was tackled by security workers and escorted out of the stadium. One of the protesters’ shirt and sign included the logo of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

According to PETA, “homeless cats and dogs in Morocco are being shot, poisoned, and left to die in cages without food or water.” The government has expanded a “Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return” program for stray animals, but activists have claimed that animals are being killed rather than neutered.

PETA wrote about the incident on X.

“Activists stormed the @FIFACWC field to expose Morocco’s mass shooting, poisoning, and burning alive of dogs and cats ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup in order to make the country’s streets look presentable,” PETA wrote.

“Call on the Moroccan government to end the slaughter of homeless animals and tell FIFA to stop standing by while animals die.”

Morocco is among the hosts of the 2030 World Cup.

A pitch invader is taken down by security during the Club World Cup group G soccer match between Manchester City and Wydad AC in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

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Later on, the atmosphere at the game became potentially dangerous, as Wydad fans threw smoke flares onto the field. Fire crackers were reportedly being thrown onto the pitch as well. A flare thrown behind Manchester City goalie Ederson caused a brief stoppage in the second half.

Manchester City’s Phil Foden scored two minutes into the match and later had an assist to lead the Premier League powerhouse to a 2-0 victory.

In the 88th minute, Rico Lewis was shown a red card after a hard foul on Samuel Obeng, leaving City with 10 men on the field.

Wydad Casablanca fans with flares in the stands during a group stage match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Lincoln Financial Field.  (Brian Snyder-Reuters via Imagn Images)

Manchester City leads Group G and will face Al-Ain on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Wydad remains in Philadelphia, where it will face another tough opponent in Juventus.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark got hit in the eye and knocked to the ground, while also doing some shoving of her own, during a testy and physical game against the Connecticut Sun on Monday night in Indianapolis.

The Fever emerged with an 88-71 win after a game that featured a pair of skirmishes, including a fight in the final minute that led to three ejections.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Indiana coach Stephanie White blamed “bad officiating,” which she said is a league-wide issue.

“This is what happens,” White said. “You’ve got competitive women who are the best in the world at what they do, right? And when you allow them to play physical and you allow these things to happen, they’re going to compete. And they’re going to have their teammates’ backs. It’s exactly what you expect out of fierce competition.

“So I started talking to the officials in the first quarter. And we knew this was going to happen. You could tell it was gonna happen. So they’ve got to get control of it. They’ve got to be better.”

Things appeared to be chippy between Clark and Connecticut’s Jacy Sheldon throughout the game, with ESPN cameras showing Clark giving Sheldon a bit of a shove as the two were exchanging words during the second quarter.

Then, during a play midway through the third quarter, Clark got poked in the eye by Sheldon and responded by giving the Sun star another shove. Connecticut’s Tina Charles stepped in and wagged her finger toward Clark, then the Sun’s Marina Mabrey pushed Clark to the ground.

Sheldon was called for a flagrant 1 foul, while Clark, Mabrey and Tina Charles each received a technical foul. When Clark was asked about the technical foul during the postgame news conference, White jumped in and said she’d handle questions about the officiating.

Clark and Charles each led their teams with 20 points apiece.

Later, with less than a minute left in the game and the Fever up by 17, Sheldon made a steal and was taken down hard by Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham. A scuffle ensued, with Cunningham, Sheldon and Connecticut’s Lindsay Allen eventually being ejected.

After the game, Sun coach Rachid Meziane said Cunningham’s foul on Sheldon was “disrespectful.”

“When you are winning a game by 17 points, and you doing this … for me, [it’s] a stupid foul,” Meziane said.

Asked about the same play, White said, “It was a flagrant foul.” When pressed on whether Cunningham might have made the move in defense of Clark or the team, White simply repeated, “It was a flagrant foul.”

With the win, the Fever earned a spot in the Commissioner’s Cup championship game against the Minnesota Lynx on July 1.

Rafael Devers is starting his tenure with the San Francisco Giants on the right foot, and it began with him saying all the right things at his first news conference. 

Devers, putting on his new jersey for the first time since shockingly being traded by the Boston Red Sox, was introduced to Bay Area media Tuesday ahead of his first game. 

Devers was in the lineup as the team’s designated hitter, and the one big question about his new MLB chapter was where the Giants planned on playing him. 

Matt Chapman, a Gold Glover, is cemented at third base, Devers’ natural position.

But Devers doesn’t mind where he plays with his new squad. 

“I’m here to give my 100%,” he said through an interpreter Tuesday. “I don’t put any buts. They’re the men in charge. 

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“I am here to play wherever they want me to play.”

This is a different tone than Devers took all season with the Red Sox, which began when they signed Alex Bregman, another Gold Glove third baseman, to presumably start the year at the hot corner. 

That’s exactly what happened for Alex Cora’s team after Devers publicly said he wasn’t going to give up third base to Bregman in spring training. After conversations with Cora and the front office, he changed his tune. But it went escalated again when Triston Casas, the team’s starting first baseman, was lost for the remainder of the year. 

The San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers speaks at a news conference before a game against the Cleveland Guardians in San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Devers publicly revealed he wouldn’t be playing first base, preferring to remain the full-time designated hitter. 

While there was a rift between Devers and the front office, he reportedly did not want to be traded. Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow spoke to the media Monday after the blockbuster deal, saying the team “had a different vision for him going forward than he had.”

“We couldn’t get there, what we felt we needed from him, that would be in the best interest of the ball club,” Breslow said.

Devers signed a 10-year deal worth $313.5 million in January 2023 to be a Red Sox cornerstone.

The San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers smiles at a news conference before a game between the Giants and the Cleveland Guardians in San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

But the Giants, who assume all financial responsibilities for the remainder of that deal, are excited to see what Devers can bring in a loaded NL West.

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