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Football banning orders: analysing their use in court [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In the months prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the government funded a number of targeted policing operations aimed at securing Football Banning Orders against known or suspected football hooligans. This article is based on court observations
James, MD, Pearson, G
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Is Physical Performance a Differentiating Element between More or Less Successful Football Teams?

open access: yesSports, 2019
This study investigated the time-motion characteristics of football teams in the Spanish first division, in relation to their final competitive level as defined by league position (Champions League, Europa League, Upper mid-table, lower mid-table and ...
Jose Antonio Asian Clemente   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Home game': domestic abuse and football [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Increased reports of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) following football matches have been documented, within both quantitative studies and the media, leading to questions about the policy and practice responses required.
Brooks-Hay, Oona, Lombard, Nancy
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Mental health symptoms in electronic football players

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2021
Background The escalated competitive pressure and professionalisation of esports players could predispose them to mental health symptoms. We aimed to develop a model to explore the association between distress and anxiety/depression symptoms and ...
Vincent Gouttebarge   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can prognostic factors for indirect muscle injuries in elite football (soccer) players be identified using data from preseason screening? An exploratory analysis using routinely collected periodic health examination records

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Background In elite football, periodic health examination (PHE) may be useful for injury risk prediction.Objective To explore whether PHE-derived variables are prognostic factors for indirect muscle injuries (IMIs) in elite players.Design Retrospective ...
Tom Hughes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

"It All Ended in an Unsporting Way": Serbian Football and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia, 1989-2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Part of a wider examination into football during the collapse of Eastern European Communism between 1989 and 1991, this article studies the interplay between Serbian football and politics during the period of Yugoslavia's demise.
Allcock J. B.   +25 more
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‘I don't think I can catch it’: women, confidence and responsibility in football coach education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Whilst women’s participation in sport continues to increase, their presence remains ideologically challenging given the significance of sport for the construction of gendered identities.
Bains J.   +19 more
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Virtual sports deserve real sports medical attention

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2019
In recent years, virtual sports or ‘eSports’ have grown exponentially both recreationally and at the professional level. eSports comprise several regulated video games played competitively, using electronic platforms.
João Brito   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patellofemoral Pain, Q-Angle, and Performance in Female Chinese Collegiate Soccer Players

open access: yesMedicina, 2023
Background and objective: Female sports injuries have been neglected by science, and few relevant studies have considered female subjects. Knee pain in female soccer players is more common than in male soccer players.
Songhui You   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Including Goalkeepers on the Intensity Demands of Walking Football Practice

open access: yesSports
This preliminary study examined the effects of playing walking football with and without a goalkeeper (GK) on physiological, physical, technical, and perceptual variables in older men. Twenty participants (67 ± 4.7 years) engaged in two five vs.
Júlio A. Costa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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