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Why is there so much stoppage time at World Cup 2022?

A total of 563 minutes – more than nine hours – added to the clock at the World Cup.

Al Jazeera

Fifpro asks why Gabon’s FA chief was at World Cup opener when facing trial

Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, who has been charged with ‘failure to report crimes of paedophilia’, was pictured with Gianni Infantino and Qatar’s emir

The Guardian - UK

Why Qatar is a controversial host for the World Cup

FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of holding a soccer tournament in desert heat.

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Football takes centre stage after troubled World Cup build-up

DOHA: After a 12-year build-up engulfed by a desert storm of controversy, the World Cup finally kicks off in Qatar on Sunday with Lionel Messi aiming to crown his glittering career by winning football's greatest prize.

Bangkok Post

Football moves centre-stage after troubled World Cup build-up

Doha (AFP) - After a 12-year build-up engulfed by a desert storm of controversy, the World Cup finally kicks off in Qatar on Sunday with Lionel Messi aiming to crown his glittering career by winning football's greatest prize.

AFP

Mid-season World Cup 'ominous' for player welfare, warns FIFPro

Doha (AFP) - World Cup stars are at greater risk of injury due to the unprecedented demands of the congested calendar, global players' union FIFPro warned on Tuesday.

AFP

Fifpro and Toni Kroos agree on World Cup problem amid Son Heung-min and Sadio Mane concerns

The players' union are asking questions of the dangerously increasing workload on footballers as a mid-season World Cup adds more fixtures on the calendar

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‘Really high’ extra risk of injury at Qatar World Cup, warns players’ union

Fifpro is concerned by the knock-on effects of a congested calendar and one consultant says: ‘Add the heat in and you’ve got an extra risk’

The Guardian - UK

Socceroos' video seeks real legacies from World Cup in Qatar

The Australian men’s soccer team has issued a three-minute video highlighting Qatar’s human rights record involving the treatment of foreign workers and restrictions on the LGBTQI+ community and demanding genuine reform as a legacy of the Gulf country’s staging of the World Cup

The Independent UK

Judge, jury and executioner — the AFL's iron grip authority is being challenged

External pressure is rising on the AFL after the abuse allegations levelled against Hawthorn, writes Tracey Holmes, with the Federal Government watching developments closely.

ABC News

Football injuries 'up 20 percent' in Europe's top leagues

London (AFP) - Injuries across Europe's top five leagues rose by 20 percent in the 2021/22 season, according to a study published on Wednesday, as arguments intensify over football's congested calendar ahead of the World Cup.

AFP

Europe’s top clubs paid record-high price for injuries last season – study

Injury costs surpassed the half a billion pound mark for the first time last season

The Independent UK

Player workloads the key issue when deciding on new football calendar say FIFPRO

PROTECTING players from excessive workloads must be the starting point for any new international match calendar, one of the leading figures at the…

The National (Scotland)

Player workloads key issue when deciding new football calendar, say FIFPRO

Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne were among a group of players who expressed concern over the football calendar and the risk of burnout.

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The Guardian - UK

Hope not hate: most social media posts on Lionesses positive, study shows

Research finds female Euro players got 125 positive posts for each hate one – in contrast to abuse directed at England men

The Independent UK

Frenkie de Jong’s deferred wages explained: Why Barcelona stand-off is part of growing trend

Disputes over unpaid and deferred wages are on the rise in world football

Daily Mirror

Barcelona slammed over 'insane' Frenkie de Jong treatment as Dutch players union wade in

Frenkie de Jong is owed millions by Barcelona but the club have failed to pay him the wages he is owed with the treatment of the player resulting in heavy criticism

Evening Standard

Gary Neville tells Man United target Frenkie de Jong to consider suing Barcelona over salary claims

Frenkie de Jong should consider legal action against Barcelona for “bullying” him over his contract as Manchester United attempt to push home a £70million transfer.

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Daily Mirror

FIFA study lays bare shocking scale of social media abuse after England stars targeted

New studies from FIFA were commissioned after Euro 2020 and the Africa Cup of Nations, with the results detailing how more than half of all players involved received abuse

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The National (Scotland)

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…

Daily Record

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.

The Independent UK

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

AFP

FIFPro sounds alarm over player workloads ahead of Champions League final

Paris (AFP) - Global players' union FIFPro has sounded the alarm over the damaging impact on professional footballers of playing too many matches in a report released Thursday, ahead of this weekend's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris.

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