Head injuries in sport: 'I don't remember any of the game'

  • 📰 BBCNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 37 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 97%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Former Wales rugby player Nic Evans has no memories of her first appearance at Twickenham.

"That happened in the June, I was back in pre-season training in the July.

The player-turned-coach said, at the time, she just wanted to play rugby but she had not ever considered she could have been doing "long-term damage". On Tuesday, MPs will question consultant neuropathologist Prof Willie Stewart and neurodegenerative disease specialist Prof Craig Ritchie. Debates about the links between sport - and specifically rugby - with serious head injury were sparked again when former Wales international Alix Popham and former England World cup winner Steve ThompsonThe Professional Footballers' Association is also setting up a taskforce to further examine the issue of brain injury disease in football, following high profile campaigns by families of some former players.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Said all Liverpool fans

GRET Britain afghan left behind interpreters are not safe their lives are at risk becouse of working with British forces plz help them relocate to UK In new scheme plz include Terminated Terps in relocation to UK pritipatel BWallaceMP ukhomeoffice DefenceHQ larisamlbrown

This sounds like a Gazza interview

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

One Direction: Harry Styles and Liam Payne go head-to-head for acting roleONE DIRECTION stars Harry Styles and Liam Payne are currently being pitted against one another for an upcoming role in a legendary British film franchise as their odds have been revealed.
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Dermot O'Leary lands new ITV series that will see families go head to headHE became a dad last ­summer – and now ­Dermot O’Leary is going to oversee more family challenges. I’m told that the popular presenter, who already hosts The Pet Show and This ­Morning, is to front… No 1 gives a fuck Yawn yawn yawn 🥱 I won’t be watching
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Former Christian charity head admits to being 'extraordinarily incurious' over reports of abuseReport criticises chief of Scripture Union church group, who oversaw camps where disgraced clergyman John Smyth groomed his young victims
Source: The Telegraph - 🏆 41. / 63 Read more »

Former Ofsted chief drafted in to help Pimlico academy headSir Michael Wilshaw advising London secondary after staff and students revolt over uniform and curriculum
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Elections 2021: voters head to polls across Scotland, Wales and England for devolved and local elections – live newsLatest updates: ballots cast in largest test of political opinion outside of a general election
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »