Midfielder Adam Lallana believes winning is an 'addiction' and he and the rest of the squad are hooked on securing more silverware.

The Liverpool centre back has recovered from an illness, which ruled him out of the Club World Cup semi-final against Monterrey on Wednesday evening.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has outlined the 'massive differences' between the South American and European outlook on winning the FIFA Club World Cup ahead of Saturday's final.

Liverpool clinched their first-ever FIFA Club World Cup title on Saturday after Roberto Firmino scored an extra-time winner to earn a 1-0 victory over Brazilian side Flamengo in Doha.

Current rules state that only charitable messaging can be added to shirts in the middle of a Premier League season. But the Reds have asked if the badge can be worn in all top-flight matches.

Liverpool have been granted permission to wear their gold FIFA Club World Cup winners badge in the Premier League - but only for one game. They will wear it against Wolves on December 29.

Champions League holders Liverpool overcame Monterrey 2-1 on December 18 thanks to Roberto Firmino's injury-time winner, before they went on to beat Flamengo in the final.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: The government are 'committed' to backing a British and Irish bid for the 2030 World Cup - even if they have to go up against China.

ADAM SHERGOLD: England memorably won the Under-17 World Cup back in 2017. Some members of that team have already shot to stardom. We take a look at what happened to them.

The Welshman co-owns the eSports franchise along with 38 Entertainment Group, with the team founded by investor Jonathan Kark and former footballer Larry Cohen.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: UEFA will escalate their battle with FIFA for control of the international calendar by endorsing a new Champions League-style tournament in 2021.

FIFA's competition was meant to be played in a new, expanded format between mid-June and the start of July of next summer, with 24 teams from six confederations taking part.

Times feel rather bleak right now, with life drastically altered due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus. Football fans are looking to fill the void in their lives, and FIFA are now providing the answer.

EXCLUSIVE BY ANDREW WARSHAW: World football's top medical expert slammed Europe's major leagues for targeting a mid-May resumption of fixtures.

Disgraced ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who was hit with a lifetime ban, is said to have received $5 million in exchange for his vote in favour of Russia hosting the 2018 tournament.

Sepp Blatter was being investigated into matters over selling World Cup TV rights too cheaply. Prosecutors are set to drop the case, but are still probing an alleged £1.8m payment to Michel Platini.

A whistleblower who lost her job in football for speaking up against corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process, has called on FIFA to apologise for their wrong-doing.

For almost a decade many of us have suspected, or known, that the hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar were awarded after a corrupt process - and bribery.

FIFA is refusing to give up on resolving a corruption case relating to Germany's successful 2006 World Cup bid, despite a trial in Switzerland ending due to a statute of limitations.

Queensland woman Bianca Saez, 27, was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome when she was just three years old after she began punching and scratching herself and her loved ones.

Rudolph 'Rudi' Heider battled the deadly virus for weeks at a nursing home in Chesterfield, Missouri, before he was finally cleared to come out of quarantine on Tuesday - his 107th birthday.

KIERAN GILL - THE NUMBERS GAME: When Leicester pulled off the Premier League's greatest-ever shock they were not the only winners. Puma won too.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message to Prime Minister Boris Johnson today that he wanted to 'express my sincere support at this difficult moment for you', according to the Kremlin.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: There's a rich irony in Harvey Weinstein's New York trial starting on the morning after the Golden Globes, the night when the movie industry kicks off the awards season.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is the fifth highest paid world leader with a massive salary of around AUD$538,000 - seven times the average national wage in Australia.

Body language expert Judi James told MailOnline there was a 'sense of intimidation' coming from other leaders while Boris had 'an air of happy oblivion' at the G7 in Biarritz, France.

G7 leaders posed on the shore of the Atlantic this evening for a 'family portrait' at the summit in Biarritz but Boris Johnson found himself in a place at the far side of the front row of 19 leaders and spouses.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has begged Poland for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War at a service in Weilun, Poland.

Mahamadou Issoufou has blamed Niger's explosive birth rate on a misreading of Islam which has led people to believe girls as young as 12 can be married instead of continuing education.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been crowned Forbes' most powerful woman for the ninth year running, closely followed by ECB head Christine Lagarde and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

EXCLUSIVE: John Baird, who steered Canada's foreign policy from 2011 to 2015, believes the Prime Minister can spearhead the Western push-back against Iran.

Angela Merkel urged Germans to heed the stringent confinement measures imposed this week as the number of infections soared over 11,000 today, including 28 deaths.

Tyson Fury - the new WBC heavyweight king after his triumph over Deontay Wilder - has agreed to pay Mick Hennessy after he claimed the British boxer breached his contract, according to a report.

Rupert Grint surprised one 'massive' Harry Potter fan, who is also an NHS midwife working on the frontline in Birmingham during the coronavirus pandemic, via video link.

Jordan Wylie, one of the stars of C4's Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, rowed across the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait from Djibouti to Yemen, on a gruelling journey that took him over 13 hours.

It was a 'historically low' number but South American countries have become increasingly violent and are now just as dangerous as those in the Middle East.

The annual United Nations World Happiness Report ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own lives.

The world's largest iceberg that broke off from the Antarctic back in 2017 has accelerated its drift towards the Southern Ocean and could pose a threat to shipping vessels if it doesn't break apart.

Former world number one Woods has won 15 major titles during his stellar career to date, including last year's Masters, while Harrington won three majors in the space of 13 months in 2007-08.

The Open has joined the list of major sporting events that have been called off following the coronavirus outbreak. The event was set to begin on July 16 at Royal St George's in Kent.

Ryder Cup captains Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker have issued a joint letter stressing Europe and the US must remain united in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

James Bond star Daniel Craig performed a top secret mission right under the noses of the world's media at this week's royal global premier of the latest 007 movie, Skyfall, which goes on general release today.

It accelerates from rest to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds and will cost around £77,000 when in showrooms early next year (for delivery in summer).

It will be in showrooms this spring, priced at £160,000, following its global unveiling at the Detroit Motor Show on January 14. Bentley describes it as its ' performance flagship convertible'.

Let's hear it for 12 plucky drivers who drove for 24 hours at an average speed of 125 mph in British-built Vauxhall Astra hatchbacks.

The new Chelsea tractor is designed for fashionable, adventurous types who want wind-in-the-hair motoring.

While technical details are sparse, the French car manufacturer claims it will be the 'world's most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car.'

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Norman Hunter, one of the iconic figures in British football, was on Friday being treated in hospital for coronavirus.

Norman Hunter, the Leeds United legend, has died after a brave fight with coronavirus. The 76-year-old, who played 726 games in 15 years at Elland Road, was admitted to hospital with Covid-19.

The Australian scientists from the University of Queensland said the fast-tracked timeline was  'incredibly ambitious' but reflected overwhelming success in pre-clinical trials.