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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Football bodies could be forced to cover care costs for ex-players with dementia

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died in 2020 after suffering from dementia and prostate cancer (Dave Thompson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Football organisations could be forced to pay towards the care costs of ex-players who have suffered brain conditions caused by heading footballs under proposals to be tabled in Parliament.

Campaigners are drafting amendments to the Football Governance Bill with the aim of treating it as an “industrial injuries issue” and overseeing a scheme to provide care and support for those affected.

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