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Tired and Sad, Mane and Salah Head to Africa for AFCON Qualifying

Premier League stars Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah head to Africa for 2023 Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers weary and disappointed after a 70-match season that ended with Liverpool's Champions League final loss. Mane-inspired defending champions Senegal host Benin and visit Rwanda in Group L and should secure maximum points…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Callum McGregor dismisses burnout talk after FIFPro report and admits evergreen Cristiano Ronaldo is an inspiration

CALLUM McGregor has dismissed fears his punishing schedule with Celtic and Scotland could lead to him suffering from burnout and admitted seeing…

The National (Scotland)

Callum McGregor's Celtic iron man exploits cited in alarming report as players' union calls for drastic change

The Parkhead skipper hardly misses a minute of action for club or country.

Daily Record

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PFA chief claims football is ‘sleep-walking into a crisis’ amid burnout fears

Maheta Molango is concerned by the demands an unrelenting schedule is putting on players.

The Independent UK

‘We are athletes, not machines’: Packed fixtures affecting players’ mental health, Fifpro survey finds

Forty percent of players who took the survey say their mental health has been affected

The Independent UK

Overload risks footballers’ health, study finds, as Salah and Mané face game 70

A culture of overload in elite men’s football is putting players’ health at risk, a new Fifpro study has found, days before the Champions League final

The Guardian - UK

Risk of burnout? Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane set to play 70th match of season

Mane has also racked up 94,000 miles in the season up to and including Sunday’s match against Wolves.

The Independent UK

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Fifa criticised after clearing women’s football coach of sexual harassment

Fifpro has said the Fifa ethics committee’s decision to not sanction an Argentinian women’s football coach accused of sexual harassment and abusive behaviour raises ‘extremely serious questions’

The Guardian - UK

Concern grows over investigation into alleged sexual abuse in Gabonese football

The international players union has expressed ‘deep concerns’ over the handling of the investigation into widespread sexual abuse in Gabon

The Guardian - UK

‘Too timid’: Fifa deal for foreign players to leave Russian clubs is criticised

Fifa is opening a special transfer window for foreign players stranded in Russia but Fifpro has said allowing players to suspend contracts does not go far enough

The Guardian - UK

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

The Guardian - UK

Survey claims 75% of male footballers want World Cup to stay every four years

A survey by the international players’ union Fifpro has found that a clear majority of players in the men’s game oppose a biennial World Cup

The Guardian - UK

World Cup: 75% of players reject Fifa plans for tournament every two years

Fifa is proposing to cut the gap between its showpiece tournaments to two years

The Independent UK

Women’s game suffering from uneven schedule, says Fifpro union

Players only competed in an average of 22 games in 2019/20, according to the survey by Fifpro, the players’ union

The Guardian - UK

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