The Mindful Game – Exploring Dementia in Football

In 2002 West Brom legend Jeff Astle sadly passed away in his daughters’ home at the age of 59, the cause of death was later ruled to be the neurodegenerative disease CTE. As this is disease is often associated with boxers it had come as a shock to the family, but the coroner stated thatContinue reading “The Mindful Game – Exploring Dementia in Football”

COVID-19 is killing Women’s football

2019 will go down as the year that Women’s football finally came into the public spotlight. The Women’s World Cup was a major success, drawing a viewership of 1.2 billion over the tournament, the final between the USA and Netherlands topped out at 264 million unique viewers, a figure that was up 56% from the previousContinue reading “COVID-19 is killing Women’s football”

Lionesses will benefit from Euro 2021 delay

Following the pushback of the men’s Euros 2020 competition to the following summer, we have also seen the women’s competition be delayed from 2021 to 2022. Although many people may see this as the women’s competition being an afterthought with it having to make way for the men’s competition, I believe it will actually beContinue reading “Lionesses will benefit from Euro 2021 delay”

How is the best female footballer not at the World Cup?

Imagine you sit down to watch the World Cup, Argentina vs Portugal are scheduled to play, however there is something wrong, there is no sign of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo because they have taken a stance not to feature in the biggest sporting competition on the planet. It is impossible to imagine, however, overContinue reading “How is the best female footballer not at the World Cup?”

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