Player welfare
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Bayern dressing room breaks silence on Vincent Kompany after health scare
Tom Bischof’s “we miss him” put a dressing-room voice to Vincent Kompany’s absence after Bayern Munich pushed the Belgian’s possible…
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FIFA defends mandatory World Cup hydration breaks amid fan and player backlash
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended the controversial mandatory hydration breaks at the 2026 World…
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UEFA rejects automatic hydration breaks for EURO 2028
UEFA is set to avoid automatic hydration breaks at Euro 2028, sticking instead with its…
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French television host to Jeremy Doku: ” I apologise for that”
Jeremy Doku’s wish to attend the birth of his first child has sparked a fierce…
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‘Impossible to justify’, FIFA slammed over heat rules before World Cup begins
Experts warn FIFA that current World Cup heat protocols are “inadequate” and outdated, urging immediate…
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Four ways to fix football’s frustrating ‘tactical time-out’
Ifab is proposing trials for new rules to prevent goalkeepers from feigning injury to create…