Nearly one in five World Cup matches reached heat levels players’ union warns against

Guardian analysis finds 19% of games reached heat levels warranting delays, as Fifa defends its player safeguards The climate crisis has come for football. During this year’s World Cup , nearly one in five of the tournament’s 100-plus matches took place in levels of heat and humidity that a football players’ union h…

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