Reflecting experience in former professional athlete populations where CTE-NC is documented, we hypothesised that, despite being an amateur sport until relatively recently, risk of neurodegenerative ...

Brain injuries in sport are a growing public health issue that affects players at all levels, from local community teams to seasoned professionals ...

British law firm Rylands Garth says that over 1,000 rugby players have joined a lawsuit against various governing bodies ...

The lawyers representing ex-players suing rugby's authorities for alleged negligence have accused the sport's authorities of ...

The number of former rugby players taking legal action against sports governing bodies on claims they suffered brain injuries during their careers has grown to more than 1,000, a British ...

Purpose To examine whether sports-related concussion increases the risk of subsequent injury in elite male football players. Study design Prospective cohort study. Methods Injuries were registered for ...

Earlier this month, New Zealand Rugby chair David Kirk told media that he felt that rugby’s greatest challenge to staying relevant within New Zealand was not its financial performance ...

Riley Mansfield's rugby league career was just taking off, but he's been told by doctors to hang up the boots due to serious head knocks.

At the French Open tennis tournament, being a visitor playing against a French player can feel as though the whole world is against you. The crowds don’t just cheer. They boo, they whistle ...

A team of researchers from the UCL Institute of Neurology have joined the ongoing Saracens study for the 2015/16 season, which combines impact sensors with blood samples to determine the effects of ...

Despite warnings from critics about potential head trauma and brain injuries, the challenge has been endorsed by some professional rugby players.