Injuries in football: artificial turf is less dangerous for players
At the time of the development of synthetic turf to play football without making the planet thirsty, researchers have looked ...
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Football: players would be more likely to develop dementia
Male footballers are 1.6 times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, according to a ...
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Death of Pelé: what are the signs of colon cancer?
This Friday morning, the world of football wakes up without Pelé. The Brazilian legend died of colon cancer. But how ...
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Football, rugby: supporting a team is good for mental health!
An English study has shown the benefits of sport on the mental and physical health of its supporters. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Contact sports: head impacts increase the risk of brain damage
Head impacts are believed to increase the risk of suffering brain damage in contact sports such as football, American football ...
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Here’s why kids should play soccer instead of tennis
© ShutterstockIf the mental health of young people is at an all-time low after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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Football: headers banned among young people in England, Scotland and Ireland
More and more European countries are banning the game of headers in training among young footballers. A few months ago, ...
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Stress: e-sport players in the same boat as athletes
Professional esports players experience as much stress and pressure as high-level football and rugby players. If you thought being a ...
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Football: playing with the head harms the brain
The analysis of blood samples shows a deterioration in the levels of certain molecules present in the brain in footballers ...
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Can neuroscience help footballers develop their team spirit?
A scientific institute and a Japanese football club are launching a year-long project to measure and analyze synchronization levels between ...
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Pelé released from the hospital: what is the colon cancer from which he suffers?
Brazilian soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé, has been discharged from hospital but will continue chemotherapy after undergoing ...
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Pelé released from the hospital: what is the colon cancer from which he suffers?
Brazilian soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé, has been discharged from hospital but will continue chemotherapy after undergoing ...
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Football: professional players have three times more risk of dementia
Defenders would be particularly exposed. This increased risk of dementia would be linked to the head game. THE ESSENTIAL In ...
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Euro football: supporters, spare your heart!
During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a spike in heart attack hospitalizations was recorded in Germany. THE ESSENTIAL During the ...
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Footballer Christian Eriksen will be equipped with it: the cardiac defibrillator, instructions for use
The 29-year-old Danish player, Christian Eriksen, will be implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after having a heart attack last Saturday ...
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Football, handball: team sports would increase longevity in women
In women, the practice of team sports such as football or handball would have a real effect against aging, by ...
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Penalties: to score a penalty, it is better to have short ideas!
Penalty takers tend to be too focused on the possible consequences of a miss which leads to disturbed brain activity ...
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For sport, the ideal heart is that of a footballer
Thanks to the necessary versatility it demands from the body in terms of endurance, power and explosiveness, football is a ...
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Death of Gérard Houllier: why the coaching profession decreases life expectancy
The profession of football coach is particularly stressful, and therefore potentially dangerous for health. Some say moreover that it would ...
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Death of Maradona: possibly due to a subdural hematoma
At the beginning of the month, a hematoma in the brain was detected in the Argentinian football star who died ...
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A football team’s losses increase the heart risks of fans
Football match scores can trigger heart attacks in male fans, study finds. THE ESSENTIAL The day after a football match ...
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One in ten footballers depressed because of the stoppage of the championships
More than one in ten footballers have exhibited symptoms of depression since the start of confinement and the cessation of ...
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Coronavirus: the list of canceled, postponed or threatened sporting events
Champions League, Roland-Garros, Tour de France, Euro football, Olympic Games… The summer of sport promised to be epic. With the ...
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Football: France could limit the game of head among players
In a few months, UEFA, the body that manages football on a European scale, will unveil a series of measures ...
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Football: when the stress of supporters increases the risk of heart attack
During an important football match, fans secrete more cortisol, the stress hormone, which dangerously increases their risk of having a ...
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Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s: former professional footballers on the front line
A British study carried out on former Scottish football players shows that professional footballers have a three and a half ...
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Alcohol in football stadiums: Agnès Buzyn would like to ban it in VIP boxes
Not only does the Minister of Health refuse to relax the Evin law in football stadiums, but she is also ...
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Doping: athletes more sensitive to morality than to the dangers to their health
A study shows that, for athletes, the notion of morality deters them more from using banned doping products than the ...
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Ebola: football matches again authorized in Guinea
CAF has lifted the ban on international matches in Guinea, as the country celebrated the official end of the epidemic ...
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Football: neurologist calls for head ban on players under 18
Dr Bennet Omalu is a renowned neurologist in England who advocates banning heads for players under the age of 18. ...
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