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UK Sports Clubs Failing to Run Comprehensive Health Checks on Professional Players

...oyment medical histories but less than half of the cricket and rugby union division 1 clubs did so. Fewer rugby union and cricket clubs recorded before employment whether a player had a history of concussion than did football club...

Brian Lara Opens Cancer Center Named After Him

Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has thrown a punch at the West Indies Cricket Board at the formal opening of a cancer center named after him. He commended the persons and organizations involved in the construction and management of the Brian Lara Cancer Center...

The Plot Gets Thicker In The Woolmer Case

...ed the weed killer that poisoned Pakistans former cricket coach Bob Woolmer, was in fact handed over to him ...manager for the world cup, Pervez Mir. Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his room at Pegasus hotel in Jamaica, a day after the shock defe...

Maninder Singh Confesses of Using Drugs

...e as commentator. Maninder played international cricket for India for 11 years. He made his Test debut aga...d for Delhi Ranji team and was currently imparting cricket coaching to children at the National Sports Club of India here....

No Foul Play, Woolmer Died of Naural Causes, Say Jamaican Police

...on 18 March, after Pakistan lost to Ireland in the cricket World Cup . An initial pathologist's report had co...gation thoroughly and with respect to the Pakistan cricket team. But Pakistan's former captain Imran Khan said he was shocked there was no apology to the natio...

Cricket Science and Medicine Congress in Barbados

...untries are doing well and dominating the arena of cricket while others have lagged behind over the years. ...e is very little scientific research being done on cricket and very few papers are presented or published. Australia's dominance in the last few world cups can...

Bob Woolmer Was Strangled With A Towel

The killer or killers of cricket coach Bob Woolmer used a twisted towel to throttle him. //That perhaps explains the absence of any marks on his neck, newspaper reports from Jamaica, West Indies say. Woolmer, reputed for introducing many modern techniques in coaching, was found u...

Bone in Woolmer’s Neck Found Broken, Say Police Source

Suspicions that Pakistan’s cricket coach Bob Woolmer might have been murdered are strengthening.// A bone in his had been found broken and it indicates that he might have been strangled in his hotel room, it is claimed. Less than 24 hours after Pakistan’s stunning defeat at the...

Woolmer’s Death Suspicious, Say Jamaican Polic

The death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Sunday is being treated as su...is the biggest blow in the history of the Pakistan cricket team. He was a father figure to all of us. He also used to impart knowledge and was also such a good...

Bob Woolmer Might Have Died of Accidental Drug and Alcohol Overdose

Bob Woolmer, the legendary cricket coach who died a bitter man in Jamaica on Sunday, might not have committed// suicide. A British newspaper reports that 'accidental drug and alcohol overdose' coupled with stress might have caused his sudden death. The 58-year-old coach was decl...

Philippoussis' Knee Operation a Success

...jury was common among elite sportsmen like such as cricket fast bowlers, netballers and rugby league players. He cited a rugby player who was back in action after six days following a similar operation. The prognosis for Philippoussis is closer to a month or more. Source-IANS...

Keep Kids Active in the Holidays

...un presents that promote fitness such as frisbees, cricket sets, soccer balls and tennis racquets are a great way to get kids interested in physical activity,” Dr Yong said. “Swimming or horse-riding lessons, bicycle outings, backyard cricket, or just taking the dog for a regular run around the local park a...

Keep Kids Active in the Holidays

...un presents that promote fitness such as frisbees, cricket sets, soccer balls and tennis racquets are a great way to get kids interested in physical activity,” Dr Yong said. “Swimming or horse-riding lessons, bicycle outings, backyard cricket, or just taking the dog for a regular run around the local park ...

British Heart Experts Use Cricket To Target South Asians

...eart experts are hoping to exploit the passion for cricket among South Asians to launch a campaign to encourage people from the community not to delay calling// emergency help when experiencing chest pain. Research shows that South Asians in Britain have a 40-50 per cent higher death rate from heart diseas...

Shoaib Akhtar files appeal against ban

...y. Both the players were banned from all forms of cricket by a PCB doping tribunal after it was revealed that they had taken the banned steroid Nandrolone. The tests were conducted by the PCB in September and both players missed the Champions Trophy in India following the test results. According to the new...

Pakistan Medical Association To Fight For Shoaib, Asif

...rs and Asif for one year from playing any class of cricket after it was confirmed that they had taken the banned steroid Nandrolone. "We feel the ban is unjust, and if it is not lifted after appeals we will move to the court through our panel of lawyers, which also includes renowned lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan," s...

India for using sports for development and peace

...ral Assembly. "In our neighbourhood, the game of cricket has sometimes served as an instrument of diplomacy, adding a new phrase to our lexicon, namely 'cricket diplomacy'," Mufti said. India has taken note of the secretary-general's suggestion to member states for maximising the positive impact of sport...

Healthy Lifestyle can Control Diabetes: Wasim Akram

... key to controlling diabetes, says former Pakistan cricket captain and all-rounder Wasim Akram.// "Diabetes ...ife ensured a consistently good performance on the cricket field. He said: "Recent studies have indicated that children in urban areas, especially in develop...

Six Indians Win Australian Studies Fellowships

..., and Vadodara wicket keeper Pinal Shah. An Indian cricket board committee, headed by Gavaskar, had picked them. They reached Australia June 19 for a six-week stint and they will have access to all CBCE coaches and facilities. Congratulating the studies scholarship recipients, the AIC chairman Darren Gri...

Mumbai Hospital gets Sports Therapy Rehabilitation System

...s on sportspersons was inaugurated by former India cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar here Tuesday//. PrimusRS, installed at Saifee Hospital, enables physiotherapists to accurately measure the performance, recovery, and fitness-levels of sportspersons. "The heavy emphasis on Indian participation in the int...

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