With Leinster, Bath and Leicester Tigers all involved in domestic finals last weekend, and Toulouse’s season still ongoing in France, it was a smaller panel that Farrell brought to Portugal last week for a training camp. Although Leinster hooker Ronan Kelleher will be on the bench on Friday night six days after lifting the URC,...
Getty Images Dr Hamdi al-Najjar – pictured here being visited by his niece – died from his wounds on Saturday, health officials said A Palestinian doctor whose children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 23 May has died from injuries sustained in the same attack, health officials say. Dr Hamdi al-Najjar...
Tennis players get used to playing through pain and discomfort during a long season. Japan’s Naomi Osaka says she won two of her four Grand Slams while injured, adding: “I can rarely count the number of times I have felt perfect on the court. “But I do know I’m the type of person that if...
James Delaney BBC Scotland News SNS Jake Doyle-Hayes is pursuing legal action against Hibs A former Hibernian player is suing the Scottish Premiership club over injuries suffered in a training game involving an ex-manager. Lawyers for Jake Doyle-Hayes said the midfielder’s career had been “greatly restricted” by the ankle issue sustained in a tackle with...
Ange Postecoglou has signalled he will rest key players when Tottenham play Aston Villa on Friday as he “can’t afford to lose another” to injury with the Europa League final less than a week away. Midfielder Dejan Kulusevski has become the latest first-team regular to suffer an injury that will rule him out of Wednesday’s...
At least 62 soldiers were injured amid the pier operation, with one later dying to his injuries. President Joe Biden’s military pier installed for a short time off the coast of Gaza last year lacked basic planning and was far more dangerous to U.S. soldiers than previously known, a new report finds. The Department of...
An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man whose head was injured in a seaside town fight, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a report of fighting in Fleet Street, Torquay at about 23:30 BST on Friday. The force is appealing for witnesses and said: “A...
“We want to examine whether athletes may be more predisposed to injuries because of the functional changes in terms of their anatomy and physiology during the menstrual cycle,” said Simon Augustus, senior lecturer in sport biomechanics at the university. “We know hormones fluctuate during different phases of the cycle but we don’t yet know how...
The rate of hamstring injuries in the Premier League is set to decrease this season compared to the 2023/24 campaign, although data shows players are being ruled out for longer. Marcus Rashford’s injury is the 124th of its kind this season. With an average of four hamstring injuries recorded every game week – and with...
A motorcyclist in his mid-20s has suffered life-changing injuries in a collision in Plymouth, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to Hyde Park Road, Peverell, at 06:35 on Saturday. A male rider of a Suzuki motorcycle was involved in a collision with a white Toyota, and the road was closed....
A person has been seriously injured following a crash on a bridge in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers received calls about the incident involving a pedestrian and vehicle at New Bridge on the A379 Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday. The force said it was reported the pedestrian had...
A man has sustained life-changing injuries in an assault in Teignmouth, police say. Officers said they responded to reports that a group of people were involved in an altercation in Dawlish Street at about 02:05 GMT on Saturday. The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital by an ambulance with facial and...
While little research has been carried out regarding pitches for female athletes specifically, plenty of data has been gathered in football generally. Everything from traction, the hardness of the surface, how high the ball bounces, how far the ball rolls and shock absorption have been looked into. Neil Rodger, the principal consultant at STRI Group...