Transformation of the game in two decades has been phenomenal The physicality of the collisions in international rugby is breathtaking but so too the athletic prowess, as demonstrated here by Australia’s Kurtley Beale, who beats team-mate Israel Folau and Ireland’s Rob Kearney to the ball at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. One truth […]
Athletes who since the time of the ancient Greeks have plunged into icy water after intense exercise are not getting any benefit and might even be putting their health in danger, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth found cold water immersion was no more and no less effective in helping an […]