Neurosurgeons sound alarm over concerning levels of brain trauma in slap fighting matches
Slap fighting is a lot more dangerous than meets the eye.
Tag: sports
Coaches encourage football players to sprint “like a jet” to run faster. And it works
Researchers found that athletes at Tottenham Hotspur's academy ran 3% faster when encouraged to run like "a jet plane taking ...
DeepMind’s new AI robot can probably beat you in ping pong
It won't win any Olympic medals just yet, but the robot is probably the best ping-pong machine ever built.
What’s the deal with the purple track at the Paris Olympics? It has a secret ingredient
The colour choice is largely aesthetic but the material used is unique.
Google’s AI is now suggesting new football tactics
Football (or soccer) is about to get a lot more tactical.
NBA and NHL games expose viewers to a boom of sports betting ads
Researchers found a vast proliferation of messages related to sports betting during NBA and NHL games and advertising.
Amateur sports show how people with foreign-sounding names are discriminated against
A new study maps discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sports.
Sweat, not oil: Sports are floating on a sea of high-carbon sponsorship
It's a multi-million-dollar business but also a high-emissions one.
Calling the shot: New study shows the best way to practice football penalty-taking
However, we can only hope that crucial matches won't be decided by penalties.
Vegetarian athletes can perform just as well — or even better — as meat-eaters, nutrition study finds
No matter what they chose to put in their mouths, both meat-eating and vegetarian athletes performed equally well.
What an amazing 104-year-old cyclist might teach us about aging and elite sports
Well this is embarassing for most of us.
