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Are professional footballers overworked? Their performance and wellbeing are definitely at risk

For some professional footballers, the ultimate sporting honour is to play – and hopefully win – for their country. A place in the international squad is highly prized and hard fought for.

The Conversation

Weston-super-Mare’s heartbreak, Arsène Wenger and the debate over football governance

Decision to scrap FA Cup replays reopens discussion about what buckles next in an increasingly unsustainable calendar

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s leagues and Fifpro accuse Fifa of ‘abusive and anti-competitive’ acts

Europe’s domestic leagues joined forces with the global players’ union to file a formal complaint against Fifa’s imposition of the sport’s match calendar

The Guardian - UK

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Players and leagues accuse Fifa of ‘abuse’ in landmark legal battle over football calendar

The newly expanded Club World Cup has proved a tipping point for action as Fifpro and Europe’s major leagues launch their case against Fifa and how it regulates the game

The Independent UK

Watch: Football leagues and union appeal to EU against Fifa’s packed calendar

Watch as the European Leagues umbrella body, FIFPRO players' union and Spain's LaLiga appealed to the European Union (EU) on Monday, 14 October, over Fifa's packed football calendar.

The Independent UK

European court ruling finds just cause to award soccer players greater freedom of movement

Many of us have quit a job at some point in our lives – but how many have wondered if they had “just cause” to do so? Were you acting on a whim? Did your departure make life difficult for your employer? And did your desire to move on really…

The Conversation

Why Lassana Diarra case could have monumental impact on future of entire transfer system

The Lassana Diarra case against FIFA is set for a final decision by a Belgian appeal court

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Court verdict on FIFA’s transfer rules will ‘change football landscape’

Court verdict on FIFA’s transfer rules will ‘change football landscape’, FIFPRO has said.

The National (Scotland)

Sarah Gregorius: ‘Women’s football is light years ahead of where it was in 2013’

The former forward has moved into football governance and is excited about making the NWSL even more attractive for players

The Guardian - US

Cristian Romero’s week on a plane and other shock findings from FifPro report

FifPro are in the process of taking legal action against Fifa over the sport’s ‘unworkable’ calendar

The Independent UK

Geyse abuse shows football still has a way to go in ensuring players’ safety

Homophobic abuse of Manchester United player may be a societal problem but the game can take meaningful action

The Guardian - UK

Global players' union builds on FIFA regulations with a guide for expectant mothers

The global soccer players’ union has released a guide to give athletes and teams alike a guide for best practices in returning from pregnancy and childbirth

The Independent UK

‘This is paramount’: footballers get new help with pregnancy and playing return

Fifpro has launched a guide to help players, club staff and other football stakeholders to better manage pregnancy and the return to playing

The Guardian - UK

FIFA Offers Talks To Resolve Deadlock With Global Soccer Groups

FIFA seeks dialogue with global soccer stakeholders to resolve disputes over congested competitions calendar and player welfare concerns.

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European Soccer Leagues And Player Union Challenge FIFA

European soccer leagues and player union challenge FIFA's new competitions before the European Commission, raising concerns about fixture congestion and pl...

The National (Scotland)

Leagues and unions to sue FIFA over ‘unsustainable’ international calendar

The Premier League and the Professional Footballers’ Association are suing FIFA alongside other European domestic leagues and unions over what…

The Guardian - UK

Euro 2024: Stones in England training, Scotland at full strength – as it happened

Scotland fans arrived in Munich before Friday’s opener, while John Stones returned to England training after illness

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The Guardian - UK

Footballers’ union starts legal action against Fifa over Club World Cup

The international footballers’ union Fifpro has started legal action against Fifa over the expanded men’s Club World Cup

The Independent UK

PFA joins legal action against FIFA to ensure players get protected breaks

The English players’ union will be a co-claimant in a case to be heard in the Belgian courts.

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FIFA's Club World Cup destroyed? Real Madrid stance revealed as Carlo Ancelotti gives blunt verdict

FIFA's expanded Club World Cup will take place in the USA next summer

Evening Standard

Real Madrid will REJECT Club World Cup place, says Carlo Ancelotti: 'FIFA can forget it'

Los Blancos boss insists that many other teams will also refuse to play in new expanded competition next summer

The Conversation

It’s easy to scoff at claims elite footballers are ‘at breaking point’ from workload – but their burnout speaks for the rest of us too

Maheta Molango, chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), has claimed that elite football players are now at “breaking point” because of excessive workload and insufficient rest. Speaking at the PFA and world footballers’ union FIFPro’s end of season review of player workload and recovery, Molango warned that players…

The National (Scotland)

'We are in danger': FIFPro warns football facing ’emergency’ over player fatigue

FIFA has been warned players will take “matters into their own hands” if nothing is done to address the growing demand on their workload, with…

The Independent UK

We are in danger – FIFPro warns football facing ’emergency’ over player fatigue

FIFPro says ‘players have gone beyond the limit’.

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