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Concussion in sport

July 2024

  • England’s Steve Thompson is tackled against Australia in 2010

    Former England players accuse RFU of ‘suppressing data’ in brain injuries case

  • Pressure on players to compete while they’re still hurt can be huge

    ‘Play hurt, practice hurt’: How life-threatening injuries became normalized in college football

June 2024

  • Compelling evidence suggests that the NCAA, the main governing body of college sports, has long understood the magnitude of the danger posed by football.

    ‘I started crying. I lost my breath’: the long toll of concussions in college football

    Traumatic brain injuries are common among young players, who are left dealing with them long after their athletic careers are over

May 2024

  • Wigan’s Luke Thompson is tackled by Castleford’s Elie el-Zakhem.

    Super League cuts number of head collisions after tackle height law change

  • Joe Kinnear heads the ball clear while playing for Tottenham in 1968.

    Four Premier League-era players and Joe Kinnear’s family part of brain injury legal action

April 2024

  • Dragons centre Moses Suli was concussed seconds after kick-off when Roosters’ Jared Waerea-Hargeaves (pictured) collided with him at top speed.

    Rugby league kick-off rules could be changed to reduce collisions, NRL says

    St George’s Moses Suli concussed on first play of Anzac Day game as the league says it’s ‘desperately’ trying to reduce head impacts
  • Harlequins’ Alex Dombrandt is tackled by Yann Lesgourgues of Bordeaux Bègles.

    The Breakdown newsletter
    Beleaguered World Rugby attempts to tackle conflict at heart of the game

    Of all the myriad campaigns to save the sport we love, not one has come up with a solution to the inherent risk of brain injury

    • Sportblog
      Nathan Murphy gives reminder that courage in AFL comes in many forms

    • Collingwood’s Nathan Murphy forced to retire from AFL due to concussion

    • ‘I’ve damaged my body’: Raphaël Varane warns against trauma of concussions

March 2024

  • Jonathan Horn

    Peter Wright’s four-game ban shows AFL is changing – one unconscious player at a time

    Jonathan Horn
  • Richmond’s Shane Tuck playing in 2006

    AFL to consider independent doctors to monitor head injuries in response to Shane Tuck inquest

  • Nobby Stiles

    FA ‘fully aware’ of brain injury risks in 1980s but failed to act, high court told

  • Ronda Rousey was one of the most high-profile fighters in the world at the time of her retirement

    Ronda Rousey says concussions forced her to retire from UFC

  • Former NHL player Chris Simon dies at 52 as family blames CTE

  • First professional rugby union player confirmed to have died with CTE

  • AFL faces years of litigation over ‘messy’ concussion lawsuits, court hears

  • AFL tightens concussion rules amid 21-day stand down period for community football

  • AFL lays down marker with seven-game ban for St Kilda’s Jimmy Webster

  • Confusion reigns in Super League as new rules and legal case cast shadow

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