Concussion in sport

Rugby’s authorities hit a new low with unworkable change to tackle rules | Michael Aylwin

The draconian shift will be virtually impossible for referees to enforce and will do little to reduce the number of head injuries

Michael Aylwin

20, Jan, 2023 @6:00 PM

AFL accused of failing to protect players from concussion in submission to parliament

Player agent Peter Jess lists 32 AFL players that have retired with some form of brain trauma injury since 2009

Henry Belot

20, Jan, 2023 @12:00 AM

‘If you could walk straight you carried on’: why 55 amateurs are launching legal action against rugby authorities

Alex Abbey played ‘probably 600’ games of union and league as a talented teenage amateur. He believes only rugby can explain his diagnosis of probable CTE

Andy Bull

19, Jan, 2023 @1:00 PM

Amateur players launch lawsuit against rugby authorities over brain injuries

Rugby union authorities are facing a second major lawsuit as group of more than 55 former amateur players have begun legal action against the RFU, the WRU and World Rugby

Andy Bull

19, Jan, 2023 @11:10 AM

Urgent need for temporary concussion substitutes inexplicably ignored by Ifab | Barry Glendenning

The worrying cases of Denis Zakaria, Neco Williams and Alireza Beiranvand illustrate the dangers of football’s current protocols

Barry Glendenning

02, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

‘We respect the scientists’ – how new heading rules affect Scottish football

Clubs accept new guidelines either side of games, with Celtic’s Ange Postecoglou saying repetitive heading in training is ‘silly’

Ewan Murray

28, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM

Premier League wants to introduce temporary concussion subs next season

The Premier League wants to use temporary concussion substitutes next season in a departure from established thinking within the game

Paul MacInnes

21, Dec, 2022 @6:31 PM

Study reveals footballers more likely to have worse brain health after age of 65

Groundbreaking research that compared former players to the general population shows the delayed impact repeatedly heading footballs can have

Sean Ingle

09, Dec, 2022 @12:01 AM

Concussion and head trauma in contact sports to be examined by parliamentary inquiry

Lidia Thorpe’s proposal receives unanimous support, with the Greens senator saying ‘sports organisations need to be transparent about evidence’

Melissa Davey Medical editor

01, Dec, 2022 @5:50 AM

World Rugby investigates why White was not replaced after brain injury

World Rugby says it is ‘looking at the circumstances’ when Australia’s Nic White was allowed to return despite clear signs he had sustained a brain injury against Ireland

Robert Kitson

21, Nov, 2022 @6:48 PM