Fossil Free Football lobby group backs Fifpro and WLA call to scrap 2025 Club World Cup

May 14 – Fan-led environmental pressure group Fossil Free Football has given its support to the Fifpro and World Leagues Association (WLA) calls for FIFA to scrap its expanded Club World Cup in 2025 and reconsider its planned calendar expansion.

The Amsterdam-based pressure group said in a statement that “scaling up competitions is entirely inappropriate given the negative impact on both overburdened players and an overheating planet.”

Fifpro and the WLA argue that they were not...