lawyers representing a group of 100 former rugby league players and 14 former footballers say they will file claims at the high court today for brain damage caused by playing their respective sports. it s part of a legal action already being pursued by 223 former rugby union players, with another 40 set to file new legal claims. it means there are now 375 former players pursuing cases against governing bodies across the three sports. if you look at most occupations, somebody smacked their head and you have got 11 stitches down your head, they d send you home, they put you to hospital, things like that. they wouldn t sort of take you up, pick you back up and throw you back on the pitch. so there comes a point where there may well have been a little bit of a problem with that, and that s something where everybody has got to look at this, and look at it properly. and i don t meanjust the players, just the pfa, but the fa as well.
at everton in the premier league. spurs led through a second half harry kane penalty and had a man advantage for around 30 minutes after abdoulaye doucoure was sent off, but a late red card for substitute lucas moura and a 90th minute michael keane equaliser saw spurs throw away three points for the second league game in a row. it is something that we have to improve. it is something we have to work on. it is something we have to improve game by game. it is not an easy thing to do, because obviously you need time to do it, because it is a long process. lawyers representing a group of 100 former rugby league players and 1a former footballers say they ll file claims at the high court for brain damage caused by playing their respective sports. it s part of a legal action already being pursued by over 200 former rugby union players.
the train driver with broken bones but he is understood to be conscious. criminal investigation is under way crash site investigators are under way and at the scene to try and establish what happened. anna, thank you. a group of former sportsmen and women is seeking compensation from their governing bodies for brain damage allegedly caused by playing their sports. the claims, by 378 former footballers, rugby league players, and extra rugby union players, are being filed at the high court. they say they weren t reasonably protected from concussion and other injuries. matt graveling reports. agoat a go at home in the manchester derby. it a go at home in the manchester derb . , a go at home in the manchester derby.- gibson. - a go at home in the manchester derby.- gibson. a - a go at home in the manchester i derby.- gibson. a stunning derby. it is in. gibson. a stunning strike that derby. it is in. gibson. a stunning strike that lives derby. it is in. gibson. a stunning strike that liv
titles against british fighter daniel dubois. it follows the collapse of usyk s proposed fight with tyson fury. the pair were set to meet later this month but couldn t agree terms, so usyk s attention will now turn to dubois, who ll face his first world heavyweight title challenge. and it s been confirmed that lawrence okolie will defend his wbo cruiserweight title against chris billam smith at bournemouth s vitality stadium on the 27th of may. okolie retained his title against david light last month to extend his unbeaten record to 19 fights. lawyers representing a group of 100 former rugby league players and 1a former footballers say they ll file claims at the high court for brain damage caused by playing their respective sports. it s part of a legal action already being pursued by over 200 former rugby union players. in total across the two codes of rugby and football 378 former players are pursuing cases against the governing bodies of their sports.