Adam Cohen and Dr. Hal Scofield Adam’s Journal In addition to your day job as a physician-researcher at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, I know you spend a good deal of time and energy as a referee for youth soccer. With the fall season recently having come to an end, I wondered whether there were…
By OLIVER SALT Published: 20:59 EST, 28 November 2024 | Updated: 21:04 EST, 28 November 2024 Former United States women’s captain Megan Rapinoe has leapt to the defense of Barbra Banda amid fierce controversy surrounding the Zambia soccer player’s gender. Banda, 24, is the latest women’s sports star facing questions over her gender after she…
Interim coach Cindy Tye is expecting a stiff challenge Friday when the sixth-ranked Canadians take on No. 13 Iceland in an international women’s soccer friendly in Spain. Iceland posted a 4-1-1 record in qualifying for the 2025 UEFA Women’s Championship, finishing runner-up to fourth-ranked Germany in a group that also featured No. 17 Austria and…
BEING FRANK Congratulations to Frank Lampard, who has defied the odds to be named the new manager of Coventry City. In an age when people are losing their collective minds over the quality of English managers and the supposed opportunities they are failing to be presented with in the wake of Thomas Tuchel’s appointment of…
A whopping 70 million votes have been cast in the Beyond Developments Globe Soccer Dubai Awards with 10 days of polling still to go, equalling last year’s record figure already. The competition will take place alongside the 19th Dubai International Sports Conference, at Atlantis, The Palm in partnership and support with Dubai Sports Council, on…
Open this photo in gallery: Former Canadian women’s soccer Coach John Herdman, left, prepares for practice with Bev Priestman, at the time a member of his coaching staff, ahead of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, in Houston, on Feb. 20, 2016.Neil Davidson/The Canadian Press A majority of MPs voted Wednesday to meet privately with…
Soccer heading may cause more brain damage than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers from the Radiological Society of North America looked into the links between one of soccer’s commonplace practices — headbutting the ball — and neurodegenerative diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Soccer headers may cause more brain damage than…
Here’s a roundup of Pensacola-area high school sporting events for the week of Nov. 25-30. Don’t see your team’s results? Have your coach email a brief summary to bgrieco@gannett.com, along with score, statistics and notable performers. MONDAY Boys Basketball Milton 65, Booker T. Washington 45: A battle between two heavyweights in Northwest Florida went in…
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Alyssa Naeher #1 of the United States is presented with the best … [+] goalkeeper award following the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup Final against Brazil at Snapdragon Stadium on March 10, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Getty Images United States women’s goalkeeper…
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Alyssa Naeher #1 of the United States is presented with the best … [+] goalkeeper award following the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup Final against Brazil at Snapdragon Stadium on March 10, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Getty Images United States women’s goalkeeper…
