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Study: Heading a soccer ball causes short-term brain dysfunction

Heading a soccer ball causes at least short-term cognitive dysfunction, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Houston. High school soccer players who had just completed a practice session that included heading the ball performed worse on an iPad-based cognitive test that measured reaction times compared to non-soccer players. […]

Soccer ball

How do you make an indestructible soccer ball? You start with Crocs…

Football is the mass sport. It’s just as easy to play in the modern temples of the game like Arsenal’s Emirates London, where the legendary Champions League Round of 16 began this week, as it is on the tough streets of Marseille, France, where legends like Zinedine Zidane learned to kick for the first time. […]