Iain Gaynair and fellow Belize national team player Woodrow West, were approached by a match-fixer and asked to help manipulate a match at the Gold Cup tournament.
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Join the FIFPRO Health Surveillance Programme
Both during and after a career in professional football, players are likely to struggle with their health. Therefore, FIFPRO starts with a unique health surveillance programme in order to monitor the health (mental, joints, brain, heart) of male and female professional footballers over their pre- and post-retirement years (in total 10 years).
Women's Football: Global Report, 2017
Hundreds of women footballers are leaving the game in the 20s, before they have reached their potential, according to our report based on a survey of 3,500 players Only 9.4 percent of female players globally are aged 29 and over. Of those still playing, 90 percent are considering ending their career earlier to find a better-paid job or start a family, among other reasons.
Stephanie Labbé: Winning Olympics isn’t enough to cure mental health
Ready to Board: Footballer Ana Lucia Martinez guided by Concacaf mentor
FIFPRO's 'Ready to Board' program is preparing talented women for boardroom roles in football.
FIFPRO and the Homeless World Cup
FIFPRO Fair Play Award winner Nikolas Figueroa has gone from being sleeping in abandoned buildings to representing Australia at the Homeless World Cup.
Raising Our Game: A Player's Perspective
Ashleigh Shim fulfilled a childhood dream when she went with the Jamaican national team to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the journey to France was fraught with complications reflecting the substandard conditions many women’s footballers face.
Diane Caldwell: "Young girls in Ireland will benefit from this equal pay deal"
Raising Our Game in Morocco: Interview with Fatima-Ezzahra Akif
Fatima-Ezzahra Akif, a midfielder in Morocco’s Under-20 national women’s team, is set to sign her first contract as a footballer after the national federation agreed to bankroll player wages as they professionalize the national league. FIFPRO spoke to her about football and her hopes to pursue a career in the sport.
World anti-doping agency code update
FIFPRO welcomes the landmark decision to amend the 2021 World Anti-Doping Agency Code to reduce the disciplinary sanction to as little as one month for athletes where they test positive for a substance in cases unrelated to sports performance.