Concussion in sport

Training sessions a ‘blind spot’ in concussion fight, say rugby league players

Rugby league players have declared the training field to be the next battleground with the NRL in a bid to protect brain health

Jack Snape

17, Dec, 2024 @2:44 AM

Phil Vickery: ‘I’m not angry, I’m not bitter … but I will need help’

The former England captain on CTE, legal action and 2003 World Cup winners reunion for ‘Unbreakable’ documentary

Guardian staff

13, Dec, 2024 @12:00 PM

A player’s foreseeable death raises existential questions for college football

If the purpose of universities is to cultivate the mind, it is nearly impossible to deny that football, by degrading the brain, is antithetical to the process

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

05, Dec, 2024 @10:00 AM

Four Lions revealed to be part of group suing authorities over brain injuries

Lawyers have withdrawn their application for anonymity for 43 players in a lawsuit as World Rugby, RFU and WRU ask for end to delays in case

Andy Bull

28, Nov, 2024 @3:02 PM

‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read

After suffering a head injury, I found I was unable to read without headaches, eye strain and wild mood swings – and that my condition was far from rare

Edward Posnett

23, Nov, 2024 @11:00 AM

Borthwick defends recalling Curry to face Japan despite concussion criticism

England’s head coach insisted specialists have cleared Tom Curry to start against Japan after he suffered a second head injury in two months

Gerard Meagher

22, Nov, 2024 @6:49 PM

Rugby brain injury lawsuit stuck in legal limbo – and players are still suffering

Push and pull for public opinion between lawyers and rugby authorities rumbles on but where would we be if no one had taken action in the first place?

Andy Bull

20, Oct, 2024 @7:00 AM

Plum review – Brendan Cowell triumphs as a rugby league player off the rails

Based on its star’s novel of the same name, the series about recovery and redemption is affecting, poetic and anything but cheesy

Luke Buckmaster

19, Oct, 2024 @11:00 PM

‘I’m paying the price’: Bristol Rovers legend Ian Alexander on career of concussions

Diagnosed with CTE, the 61-year-old has only a few years to live and there are others suffering similar symptoms

Matt Hughes

13, Oct, 2024 @12:00 PM

‘I wrote the book on head trauma’: Favre was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in January

New details have emerged about Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s Parkinson’s diagnosis

Guardian sport and agencies

25, Sep, 2024 @8:44 PM

‘There were lots of red flags’: the dark, tragic downfall of Aaron Hernandez

Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story drama looks at the troubling tale of an NFL player who became a killer and the many issues that surfaced

David Smith in Washington

25, Sep, 2024 @8:05 AM

Hall of fame quarterback Brett Favre says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease