FIFPRO: U.S. Temps a Concern for '26 World Cup

Players ask FIFA to scrap early kick-offs and say Chelsea match should have been called off - The Mirror

Two matches at the Club World Cup - the games between Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid and Chelsea and Esperance Club Tunis - took place at swltering temperatures

Fifpro calls for longer half-time breaks after heat ‘wake-up call’ at Club World Cup

Union says 20-minute pause could be ‘significant’Temperatures at tournament have exceeded 40CHalf-time breaks should be extended to 20 minutes in extreme heat, the global players’ union has said. Fifpro is calling for extra measures to protect footballers after what it describes as the “wake-up call” of the Club World Cup, which has been plagued by extreme temperatures over the past two weeks.Fifa protocols allow for a cooling break lasting for …

FIFPRO: U.S. temps a concern for '26 World Cup

FIFPRO has raised concerns over the effect of intense heat during the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States by saying that two games -- Paris Saint-Germain-Atlético Madrid and Chelsea-Esperance -- should have been postponed due to extreme heat.