From left: Joost van der Westhuizen, Ed Slater, Doddie Weir and Lewis Moody – all rugby players diagnosed with MND Photos: Getty Images; design: Demetrius Robinson As motor neurone disease started to ...
Two studies led by researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have identified structural brain changes and blood biomarkers linked to dementia in former professional rugby players. The findings ...
Popham’s wife, Mel, would have a conversation with her husband and an hour later he would have “no recollection,” he tells CNN Sport. “I was putting it down to kids, everyday living – I was making ...