Allowing children to play impact sports, such as rugby or boxing, amounts to a form of child abuse, researchers from three British universities said in a new study. Writing in Sports, Ethics & ...

A clash of values has been identified between those who assert that: 1. all childhood injuries, regardless of origin, are inherently undesirable and should be prevented and; 2. those who believe that ...

The risk of severe head injury in rugby union means it has become a form of child abuse and should be banned among Under-18s, according to a new report by British academics. The sport has just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sports for children should not intentionally harm their brains, says Eric Anderson, a professor of sport at the University of ...

Rugby World Cup winners have joined a chorus of voices calling to reduce tackling in the sport in a bid to stop the growing number of brain injuries afflicting many of its former players. When the ...

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