European football’s governing body UEFA will not be joining the global crackdown on time-wasting, as it believes the increasing amount of added-time being played in the Premier League and elsewhere is damaging player welfare. FIFA, UEFA’s international counterpart, has been encouraging match officials to add more time at half-time and full-time to compensate for the minutes taken out of the game by goal celebrations, substitutions and VAR checks. This led to matches at the men’s World Cup in Qatar last year routinely going beyond 100 minutes in total playing time and the International...