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Rebecca Blackwell/APBoiling point was reached earlier this year when unions representing soccer players launched a legal challenge against FIFA’s “unilateral” decision to set the international match calendar – notably an expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup. “This Club World Cup is something that has to exist, but it’s just hard to find the right way into it. “I think (soccer) players will not mind to play nine months non-stop with proper preparation and load management,” he says. “This year is a Club World Cup, then next year is the World Cup, then the year after something else, so there’s no rest for players.”Indeed, the Real Madrid goalkeeper knows all too well about the toll of fixture congestion. “We increased the number of participants for the (FIFA) World Cup but still it’s one month every 48 months,” he continued.
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CNN —Authorities are trying to identify 22 women murdered in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands over the last few decades. Who they are, where they are from and why they were in these countries is unknown,” Interpol said. “The woman also wore dark plaid shorts, beige/brown knitted cardigan and a plastic or horn ring,” Interpol said. The woman in the well also wore dark plaid shorts. Belgium, German and Dutch police are working with Interpol on finding more information about the women.
Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason. For the past few decades, Russia has been the preferred offseason destination for WNBA players to compete because of the high salaries that can exceed $1 million and the resources and amenities teams offered them. Nearly a dozen WNBA players competed in Russia last winter and none of them are heading back this year. Like Stewart, Vandersloot also isn’t headed back to Russia, choosing to play in Hungary where she obtained citizenship in 2016. The Griner situation also is weighing heavily on the minds of young WNBA players.
WNBA players skipping Russia, choosing other places to play
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Brittney Griner's highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country's invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason. For the past few decades, Russia has been the preferred offseason destination for WNBA players to compete because of the high salaries that can exceed $1 million and the resources and amenities teams offered them. Nearly a dozen WNBA players competed in Russia last winter and none of them are heading back this year. Like Stewart, Vandersloot also isn't headed back to Russia, choosing to play in Hungary where she obtained citizenship in 2016. The Griner situation also is weighing heavily on the minds of young WNBA players.
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