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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Tom White

Fears for players’ physical and mental health after World Cup

PA Wire

The packed schedule around the World Cup will add to pressure on players’ physical and mental health, according to global union Fifpro.

Manchester City return to Premier League action next week with 16 of their players having played a combined 5,180 minutes and covered 486 kilometres in Qatar, the PA news agency’s player burnout study showed.

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