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FIFPRO released a report according to seventy-five percent of footballers want the FIFA Football World Cup to be held after every four years instead of the proposed biennial model. The report also claimed that players mark World Cup and domestic leagues as their favourite tournaments. A survey was conducted of around 1000 players across six continents and 70 countries by FIFPRO and Nation unions. FIFPRO is a FIFA-affiliated international federation of professional players. FIFA had come up with a plan in November to replace the 4-year world cup format and conduct it every two years. When the Idea was tabled FIFPRO was with the opinion that players must agree to this new format FIFPRO said, "that any plans to change the match schedule must have the agreement of players and began a process to canvas their opinion as part of a wider consultation on workload in the men’s game." The…

Mohamed Salah is currently having one of his best seasons with Liverpool in the Premier League, his disappointment at losing the African Cup of Nations final to Senegal was there for everybody to see. Jurgen Klopp explained the human emotions that the Egyptian star winger is still facing after coming agonizingly close to winning glory with his national side. Klopp said, "He's very disappointed, it was a massive thing. Losing a final is always really hard, I can sing that song, but losing the way they did was especially hard. He is happy to be back but is disappointed as well, massively so." the German manager added, "We spoke about the tournament. He will deal with that of course. I hope today [Wednesday] will already be better but yesterday everyone could see he has the final on his mind. Is there greater determination for Mo? I am not sure that…

Mikel Arteta has hit back at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the 32-year old claimed that the problem was with the Arsenal coach rather than him. Aubameyang left the club a month after he was dropped from the squad entirely due to a disciplinary issue. The Gabonese striker spent three and a half seasons at the Emirates Stadium and scored 92 goals in 163 games during this time. While responding to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's claims ahead of Arsenal's clash against Wolves on Thursday, Mikel Arteta said, "It's his opinion. That's his opinion, that is what he said and you have to respect that. I am grateful for what Auba has done at the club and his contribution since I have been here. The way I see myself in that relationship is the solution, not the problem." The Spanish coach believes that the 32-year old's exit from the club was the best solution for…

The Host Nation Cameroon produced a remarkable comeback from three goals down to defeat Burkina Faso on penalties to win bronze following a 3-3 stalemate at the ongoing TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. Indomitable Lions were down 3-0 through Burkina Faso's Steve Yago's poked finish, Andre Onana's own goal and Djibril Ouattara's header at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé. Cameroon coach Antonio Da Concecao made changes introducing captain Vincent Aboubakar after Burkina Faso a 2-0 lead at half-time but it was Burkinabe adding another goal five minutes after the restart to give the Stallions of Burkina Faso a 3-0 advantage. Cameroon hit back through Stephane Bahoken and skipper Vincent Aboubakar, who netted twice in the last five minutes secured the Golden boot. No extra time meant the match went to penalties, Cameroon converted all five spot kicks while Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Blati Toure missed the decisive penalty…