last month, it was announced that professional footballers in england will be limited to ten so called higherforce headers a week in training. dawn astle s father, the former west brom and england strikerjeff astle, died in 2002. a neuro pathologist said the death was due to a brain condition caused by heading footballs. she wants more to be done to help former professionals. this is not just this is notjust about my dad or terry or dennis. it is about the whole generation of footballers that played before him. that played with him. and just as importantly the generation of players who are playing now because if football does not start to put its finger out about this and stop sweeping it under the carpet, the future generations of footballers will be a ticking time bomb because this will not go away. after a summer of speculation
3pm. to some sad news now, and the former liverpool and england midfielder, terry mcdermott, has been diagnosed with dementia. the 69 year old made more than 300 appearances for liverpool between 1974 and 1982. he announced he s in the early stages of dementia following tests just days after the manchester united and scotland legend, denis law, was diagnosed with the condition. last month, it was announced that professional footballers in england will be limited to ten so called higherforce headers a week in training. dawn astle s father, the former west brom and england strikerjeff astle, died in 2002. a neuropathologist said the death was due to a brain condition caused by heading footballs. she wants more to be done to help former professionals. this isn tjust this isn t just about this isn tjust about my this isn t just about my dad this isn tjust about my dad or terry this isn tjust about my dad or terry or this isn tjust about my dad or
Law, 81, issued a statement on Thursday announcing that he has a combination of Alzheimer s and vascular dementia, and said the road ahead will be hard, demanding, painful and ever changing .
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image captionElite rugby players may be more at risk from brain changes than other people, a study suggests
Sport has been allowed to mark its own homework on reducing the risks of brain injury, an MPs inquiry says.
Its report calls for a standard definition of concussion that all sports must use, and a paid medical officer at every major sporting event.
But the long-term effects on brain health are not clear, researchers say.
And they stress that there are many health benefits to taking part in sport, which must also be taken into account.