FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - November 29, 2020 Arsenal's David Luiz and Wolverhampton Wanderers' Raul Jimenez after a head-on collision Pool via REUTERS/Catherine Ivill
(Reuters) - A group of former soccer players and managers have sent letters to the government asking for another review into the links between heading the ball and dementia, British media reported.
The letters, which were signed by former Tottenham Hotspur forward Vinny Samways and ex-Hull City coach Phil Brown among others, reference research conducted by doctor Willie Stewart, which found that ex-footballers are three-and-a-half times likelier to die of degenerative brain injuries than the general public, Sky Sports said https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12170406/dementia-in-footballers-ex-pros-call-for-further-review-into-link-between-heading-and-brain-disease.
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