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
With a rare hereditary disease. And after beating a former champion, Johanna Konta is bidding for a wimbledon semifinal spot shell be back on court again this afternoon. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. President trump has stepped up his attack on the uks ambassador in washington, saying, we will no longer deal with him. In a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a mess of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new Prime Minister. The remarks follow a leak of emails written by Sir Kim Darroch, describing the Trump White House as inept and dysfunctional. Downing street says sir kim has the governments full support. Andy moore reports. Shortly after President Trump criticised mrs may and her ambassador, downing street issued a statement saying Sir Kim Darroch continued to had the full support of the Prime Minister. The leak was unfortunate, the statement went on, but the special relationship would endure. On his
Place here in the uk is one of the most robust systems in the world. We felt that the idea of criminalisation would change the burden of proof, would actually make it harder to investigate these incidents and actually you could end up incidents and actually you could end up with a lesser punishment if you went through the criminal procedures. So we genuinely think the system we have in place is the right one. Some other stories now. Venus williams has recorded her first win at the end of season wta tour finals in singapore. After defeat in her opener, the seven time grand slam winner beat french open champion jelena ostrapenko in a hard fought three sets, 7 5, 6 7, 7 5. Karolina pliskova secured her place in the semifinals with a straight sets win over wimbledon champion muguruza. She had already beaten williams in her opening match and sort of muguruza 6 3, 6 2. Saw off. Kyle edmund is through to the second round of the Erste Bank Open in vienna after a straight sets win over david fe
And theres confirmation that real are three points clear heading to malaga while barcelona need to win at home to eibar in the hope that their fierce rivals slip up with both matches kicking off at 18 gmt on sunday. He team real will face in the Champions League final next month, juventus, are one step closer to potentially winning their first ever treble after they defeated lazio 2 0 to claim the coppa italia title in rome. Goals from dani alves and Leonardo Bonucci inside the opening 25 minutes proved to be enough for massimilliano allegris side as they made it a third successive trophy in this tournament. If they can add the serie a and Champions League titles to their haul they would become just the second italian club, and first since inter under Jose Mourinho in 2010 to claim the hat trick of trophies in one campaign. Monaco have confirmed their first french title since 2000 with a comfortable 2 0 win at home to saint etienne. Goals from kylian mbappe, His 15th League goal of the
Bolster their ranks but with the test five days away and the coaches for that new recruits have fitted in seamlessly. It hasnt been difficult, its been great. The lads are very interactive. It is fantastic because that is what it is all about. Not all are so positive, though. England battled their way to a series win on saturday that neither they nor irish players were called up. Gatlin thought they were too far away in argentina and japan so too far away in argentina and japan so they werent considered. England boss eddiejones said the call ups should have been made on merit rather than sheer of geography. Jetta what he is doing right now is devaluing it and will players on the tournament will say, you dont deserve to be here. The lions ethos has always been about the greater good. Every game has its importance. Every time you put on the lions shirt, you have to leave it in a better place than you founded. Gatlin was briefly part of the team 11 years ago. On the touchline tomorrow, no