S.L. Benfica—Portugal’s top football team and one of the best teams in the world—makes as much money from carefully nurturing, training, and selling players as actually playing football. Football ...

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The results of a recently published Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System study show that football players who take up the sport before the age of 12 may develop ...

Advances in sports science, data analysis and AI are having a huge impact on the way football is played. With England rated highly in this year’s World Cup, and teams such as Paraguay causing upsets – ...

A new book is championing science backed research to help develop women’s football. Women’s Football: From Science to High Performance provides a thorough, yet straightforward and accessible, analysis ...

These days, a person can't talk about football without bringing up questions about the health effects of hard hits. Evidence is mounting that concussions experienced by players could lead to changes ...

The FIFA World Cup finally kicks off today! Despite my team’s recent Champions League Final defeat to Gareth Bale, this huge global tournament still excites me. The problem for me is that the Venn ...

Let’s get the discouraging stuff out of the way first. For the chapter titled “Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Concussions,” the authors of “Newton’s Football’’ spoke with Bill Simpson. For years, Simpson ...

Jocks may have a reputation for not being smart, but you'll find plenty of science in the sports they play. The National Science Foundation has teamed up with the NFL and NBC to produce a series of 10 ...

These days, a person can't talk about football without bringing up questions about the health effects of hard hits. Evidence is mounting that concussions experienced by players could lead to changes ...