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Professional Footballers Association recommends temporary concussion substitutes to further safeguard players

If players are replaced in football, they cannot return to the field. In rugby, in contrast, a substitute comes on while an off-field head injury assessment is carried out.

Football's five-substitutes option set to be made permanent

The decision to permanently amend football's laws came at a virtual FIFA-chaired IFAB meeting following requests from different confederations, associations and leagues.

Teams to be allowed five substitutes at FIFA World Cup 2022, says OFAB

IFAB said the rule, first introduced last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will remain in place until 31 December, 2022, "for all top-level competitions".

Trials of permanent concussion substitutes in English football 'fall short' of objective, say FIFPRO, PFA

In a joint letter sent to the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which determines the laws of the game, FIFPRO and the PFA said existing trials using permanent concussion substitutes should be extended to test parallel temporary concussion replacements "as soon as possible".

Clarence Seedorf urges yellow cards for players covering mouths to talk to rivals as way to curb racial abuse

Football bodies UEFA and FIFA have closed previous disciplinary cases when players say they have been racially abuse by an opponent by citing lack of evidence to support their claims.

Premier League to trial concussion substitutes from February as concerns rise over head injuries in football

Premier League and FA chiefs have agreed that teams will be able to make two permanent concussion substitutes even if they have made all their permitted changes.

England manager Gareth Southgate to take part in football dementia study

Southgate, who had a long playing career, has volunteered to be part of the HEADING study at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which is backed by the Football Association.

Premier League, IFAB agree on introducing trial for concussion substitutes

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the guardian of the laws of the game, approved such experiments in December.

FIFA to trial concussion substitutes at Club World Cup in February

FIFA said in a statement that it will "trial additional permanent substitutions for cases of actual or suspected concussion" at the competition in Qatar on 1-11 February.

Extra concussion substitutes to be trialed in world football starting next month

Teams will be allowed a permanent substitution in concussion cases, with the player involved not allowed to return later in the game.