Eight Aberdeen football players have gone into isolation as two tested positive for Covid-19 after flouting team rules by heading out to a bar at the centre of the city’s outbreak. Training was cancelled yesterday after one player tested positive for Covid-19 and it was later established a second player had also caught it – … Read more
Wimbledon give out £10m in prize money… for a tournament that isn’t happening! Players are handed up to £25,000 each after SW19 chiefs’ pay-out from pandemic insurance Players will reap the divident of Wimbledon’s pandemic insurance This weekend would have marked the finals of the 2020 tournament All England Club have unveiled a £10m fund … Read more
Early humanoid ancestor Homo erectus was the first to be able to run long distances despite having ‘wide, deep chests’ like Neanderthals, a new study revealed. Researchers from the Natural History Museum examined the ribcage of the famous Homo erectus skeleton – Turkana Boy – to better understand the species breathing. This is the first … Read more
Microsoft is BANNING players of the racing game Forza who decorate their cars with the confederate flag online Microsoft is banning the use of the confederate flag in the racing game, Forza It also banned Nazi symbols and imperialist Japan’s rising sun flag Players who use the flag must be reported before being banned By James … Read more
Premier League stars continue to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement as Norwich and Southampton players kneel before kick off as football united against racism Norwich and Southampton players took a knee ahead of kick-off on Friday The action was taken in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement Clubs have united against racism … Read more
by Mia de Graaf, US Health Editor As athletes of all sports speak out about their brain injury fears, we run through the need-to-know facts about risks, symptoms, tests and research. 1. Concussion is a red herring: Big hits are not the problem, ALL head hits cause damage All sports insist they are doing more … Read more
The NBA will ask players to wear smart rings whenever they’re off court to monitor their heartbeat and body temperature as part of COVID-19 health precautions ahead of re-opening the league The NBA issued a new 100-page memo outlining its plans for reopening Players will be asked to wear Oura Rings to monitor heart rate, … Read more
Players’ names on the back of shirts to be replaced with ‘Black Lives Matter’ when Premier League resumes… as stars are given the green light to ‘take a knee’ before or DURING games Premier League stars will have Black Lives Matter on kits when football returns The words will replace their surname in a display … Read more
Blackburn captain Elliott Bennett and two Fulham players test positive for coronavirus as the EFL confirm three new cases across the 71 clubs after 1,030 new tests Two Fulham players have tested positive for Covid-19 in latest round of tests Blackburn’s Elliott Bennett has also returned a positive test, the club revealed They will now … Read more
Hackers target developers of online games in an effort to profit off of in-game currency and infect players with malware The hacks affected unnamed developers in South Korea and Taiwan Compromises allowed hackers to sneak malware into ‘game executables’ It also gave hackers access to servers and manipulate in-game currency It’s unclear how many people, … Read more