From left to right: Mike Earl, World Rugby Director of Anti-Doping and Game Equipment; Jane Rumble, UKAD Chief Executive; Prof. Kim Wolff, Director of King’s Forensics & Head of the Drug Control ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Whether making artful tackles in Paris or storming the pitch in Normandy, Western Michigan University exercise science alumnus Ivan Delgado, B.S.'21, M.S.'24, put the Bronco men’s ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community rugby in ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Players at the upcoming Women's Rugby World Cup will sport high-tech mouthguards that light up red when they suffer heavy head impacts, in a move aimed at improving player safety ...

To (1) systematically review the literature to identify which match-related risk factors and mechanisms of rugby tackle events result in musculoskeletal injury, concussion, head injury assessments, ...

The man who brought his unique explanations of science to sports fans has died at the age of 54. John Brenkus, who won six Emmy Awards as the founder and host of "Sport Science," died May 31 after a ...

Two international rugby powerhouses, Ireland and New Zealand, will meet once again at Soldier Field, nine years after playing their first match on American soil.

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Academics from three UK universities have called for a ban on tackling in rugby among school-aged children after a group of professional players claimed the sport had left ...

Under bright lights and cameras in Dubai, two large men charge at each other down a narrow, plastic pitch, colliding head-on with a bone-jarring thud that sends one of them sprawling. It's the start ...