Paris, Sept 29, 2025 (AFP) - FIFPro sounds alarm over 'extreme' conditions at 2026 World Cup

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2025-09-29

Global players' union FIFPro on Monday sounded the alarm over the dangers of playing in extreme heat at the 2026 World Cup, which will take place across the United States, Mexico and Canada. In the wake of the Club World Cup, which ran through June and July in the US this year, FIFPro's director of policy and strategic relations Alexander Bielefeld called the tournament "a wake-up call in the context of a warming planet". With many of the matches......

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