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After what feels like the first summer break from men’s football in a very long time, the 2022-23 campaign is almost upon us, and what a fascinating season it promises to be. On paper, we are set for some familiar-looking podiums at the top of Europe’s major leagues come May and June 2023, yet in reality the upcoming campaign has the potential to be one of the most unique and unpredictable ever. In a word, the cause of that unpredictability is: Qatar. The interruption of a winter World Cup is sure to have huge ramifications to the upcoming campaign. The hope is that this will mean less predictability, as even the big boys are thrown into disarray, and outsiders earn a one-off shot at the title or Champions League qualification. On the…

It was a clean sweep for African champions Senegal at the CAF awards, as Sadio Mane was voted men’s Footballer of the Year for the second time and his country won the men’s Team of the Year prize. The Bayern Munich forward, who converted the winning penalty in the AFCON 2021 final shootout in February, beat former Liverpool club-mate, Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah, and compatriot Edouard Mendy to the gong, presented at a ceremony in Rabat, Morocco. In the other men’s categories, Mane’s national team boss Aliou Cisse was Coach of the Year, while Pape Ousmane Sakho and Tottenham’s Pape Matar Sarr (both also Senegalese) won Goal and Young Player of the Year respectively. In the women’s awards, Nigeria and Barcelona forward Asisat Oshoala retained her crown as best Player (her fifth in…

The FA has announced that a ban on heading will be trialled in Under-12s football for the start of the coming season. The move comes in the wake of growing research that suggests ex-footballers are more likely to die from brain diseases than other people. In 2020, Sir Bobby Charlton was diagnosed with dementia, with his fellow World Cup winners Jack Charlton and Nobby Stiles joining a long list of former players to pass away with the disease. Children under11 are already not coached to head the ball during training, and heading at youth level may soon become a thing of the past. “Should the trial be a success, the aim is to then remove deliberate heading from all football matches at U12 level and below from the 2023-24 season,” said the…