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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

Study reveals footballers more likely to have worse brain health after age of 65

Iwan Roberts wins a header for Norwich
Iwan Roberts, winning a header for Norwich, is one of the former footballers to take part in the study. Photograph: Action Images/Reuters

Professional footballers are more likely to have worse brain health after they turn 65 compared with the general population, according to groundbreaking new research.

The study, which compared 75 former male professional footballers, including the former Norwich players Iwan Roberts and Jeremy Goss and the Crystal Palace striker Mark Bright to non-footballers, found that footballers’ brain health was typically better in their 40s.

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