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Footballers 'overwhelmingly support' taking a knee, says players' union

Teams at Premier League and English Football League games have been making the gesture since matches restarted in June following the coronavirus shutdown.

Wayne Rooney says English football must follow US example and ban children from heading ball

A study carried out in Scotland concluded professional footballers are around three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than the general population.

Premier League: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hails Kevin De Bruyne as best midfielder in the world

City playmaker De Bruyne was named the Professional Footballers' Association's player of the year this week after an outstanding 2019/20 campaign in which he clocked up a Premier League record-equalling 20 assists.

EFL League One, League Two clubs vote in favour of salary caps, to be introduced with immediate effect

The cap will be set at $3.2 million in League One, the third tier, and $1.9 million in League Two and has been introduced with immediate effect, the EFL said.

Premier League, Football League and PFA launch initiative to increase number of BAME coaches in English football

Sterling’s comments are backed up by figures which show only six head coaches in England’s 92 clubs are from the BAME community. More than a quarter of players in the Premier League are either black or mixed race.

Professional Footballers' Association survey reveals around 70 percent of footballers in England anxious over future

Around 70 percent of Professional Footballers' Association members who responded to a survey over the last month said they were worried about their futures in the sport or their livelihood.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Watford's Troy Deeney raises concerns about Premier League's plans to restart campaign

Watford skipper Troy Deeney says he will put his family’s health before football and has raised concerns about the Premier League’s plans to restart the campaign disrupted by COVID-19.

Premier League: Footballer's association Gordon Taylor suggests shortened halves when season resumes

English Football League chairman Rick Parry said that there had not yet been discussion of having reduced halves but that he was open to new ideas.

EFL reaches 'compromise proposal' with PFA, says up to 25 percent of players' April wages may be deferred

The EFL has agreed a “compromise proposal” with the PFA, allowing clubs to defer 25 percent of their wages for April amid the new coronavirus outbreak, it said on Tuesday.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Premier League footballers painted as villains by government, media, says Burnley's Ben Mee

Mee said that although the players are well paid, most are from working-class backgrounds and want to give back to their communities.