English FA to probe football dementia link London (AFP) – The English Football Association is commissioning new research into what causes an increased risk of dementia among professional players, it announced on Thursday.
A 2019 study carried out in Scotland found that professional footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease compared with members of the general population.
That project, led by the University of Glasgow, was co-funded by the FA and the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA).
FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: “This call for research is the next important step in our commitment to understanding more about the link between neurodegenerative disorders in former professional footballers.
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Timing, as they say, is everything. Rugby union got its World Cup out of the way in late 2019, and World Rugby and Japan banked the financial and emotional spoils from what was a hugely successful tournament.
But with the COIVD-19 pandemic now into its second year, sport continues to compromise significant extremes. Japan’s Olympic Games is limping along like Monty Python’s black knight, games chief Yoshiro Mori seemingly too preoccupied with women who “talk too much” to notice the health, logistical and public opinion elephants crowding his and the IOC’s boardroom.
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The IRFU says plans to launch a joint bid to host the 2031 Rugby World Cup are not being progressed at this time.
In a statement to RTÉ Sport on Tuesday, Irish rugby s governing body revealed that exploratory talks had taken place last Autumn with the English, Welsh and Scottish unions but that, for the moment, it is not being taken further.
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Australia proposes hosting Lions vs. Springboks series
January 31, 2021 GMT
SYDNEY (AP) Rugby Australia has officially offered to host this year’s test series between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported Sunday that Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has invited South African Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux to play the series in Australia in July and August. Rugby Australia has also sent a proposal to the chairman of England’s Rugby Football Union, Andy Cosslet, and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont.
The newspaper said under McLennan’s plan South Africa and the Lions would share revenue from the three-test series and Australia would only take enough to cover costs. Australian Super Rugby teams might also play the Lions in matches outside the tests.