With dementia than the general population, though it doesnt try to say exactly why. How many times have you seen two players go up to compete for the ball and have managed to collide heads, get a head injury . So, thats the kind of risk that is there. So, what were saying is, lets just take that one changeable thing we can do, which is just cut down the risk of head injury, cut down the risk of head impacts and that may make a big difference long term. Commetator astle nodding it on. Jeff astle developed dementia and died in 2002 at the age of 59. A coroner ruled that heading had contributed to the cause of death. His wife and daughter have since campaigned for more research and are frustrated its taken so long. That coroners ruling was a landmark ruling and in any other industry, it would have had earthquake like repercussions for that particular industry. But not football. Today at wembley, i asked the english Football Associations medical chief why the research hadnt been launched s
the pitch to the dugout. after ten seasons as manager of clyde he joined the scotland setup, first as assistant boss in 1980s it is. he was to stay with the national setup until 2001. as assistant or boss he helped scotland to fool major tournaments, the last being the world cup in france in 1998. he resigned in 2001 after world cup qualification failure. i resigned in 2001 after world cup qualification failure. qualification failure. i would say it has been qualification failure. i would say it has been a qualification failure. i would say it has been a wonderful - qualification failure. i would say i it has been a wonderful impossible job. the truth is i m in between brilliant and hopeless. he wasn t finished with brilliant and hopeless. he wasn t finished with management, - brilliant and hopeless. he wasn t i finished with management, though. brilliant and hopeless. he wasn t - finished with management, though. he had spells with preston, motherwell and aberdeen, mo
here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. all out by lunch, england women crumble at trent bridge in the first match of their ashes series. one of scotland s most successful managers, craig brown, dies. we will hearfrom one of managers, craig brown, dies. we will hear from one of his players. ryan reynolds and robert michael any turnaround wrecks some fortunes, but why are they getting into formula 1? also coming up on sportsday: there s been success at the eastbourne international for british tennis. wejoined the we joined the british wejoined the british paralympic in george peasgood as he fights his way back after injury. back evening, welcome along, a really summery feel to sportsday today, lots of cricket and tennis, we ll start with the womens ashes because england have lost their one off test to australia on the final day at trent bridge. they had hope this morning with 152 runs required and five wickets in hand, but it was all over by lunch. jo currie report
he put them 3 2 up in the first half of extra time, and then luka modric scored from the penalty spot his 24th goal in 165 caps for croatia he was named player of the match. and croatia will play either spain or italy in the final they play on thursday. european champions, italy, are looking to save some face, after failing to qualify for the world cup last year. manager roberto mancini says the nations league would be an important trophy for his team. translation: we re playing to win. if we were translation: we re playing to win. if we were to translation: we re playing to win. if we were to win, - translation: we re playing to win. if we were to win, it - win. if we were to win, it would be a trophy. we made it to the final four of this competition for the second time, and you can t take that for granted, given the squad we had available. we played with players and teams that more experienced than us, while we played with young players, so i think it s very posit