The sixth edition of the FIFPro Tournament will be played in The Netherlands. Italy and Spain join last year’s participants, in the event organized for free agents. Rijnsburg will host the tournament on 17 and 18 July.

The Slovenian players’ union SPINS organizes a training camp for out of work footballers in Turkey. Amongst the participants are six former national team players.

Alberto López Moreno has been named in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee. ‘This is good news, a challenge and a great responsibility’, reacts the general secretary of the Spanish players’ union AFE.

FIFPro’s Transnational Steering Group Education held its first meeting on Tuesday 19th January. This ‘think tank’ set out the course to be followed for the establishment of the FIFPro Online Academy.

Lionel Messi was the only player who was chosen on all World XI's chosen by 27 countries from Division Europe. No wonder, as he was recently lauded as the best player in the World.