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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 · May 26, 2022

‘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 · May 26, 2022

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 · May 26, 2022

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 · Mar 4, 2022

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 · Feb 15, 2022

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 · Feb 15, 2022

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 · Feb 1, 2022