Brain injuries hearing: ?no safe number of times? a footballer can head the ball

• Former players in joint action against FA, EFL and FAW
  
• Claimants include family of World Cup hero Nobby Stiles

There is ?no safe limit? for heading a football, the high court heard, as lawyers acting for former players who suffered permanent brain injuries sought to advance their case against the game?s authorities.
Claimants in the case argue that the authorities should have made players aware of the risks they were taking by heading a ball as far back as the 60s, claiming that information on the danger of repeated blows to the head was in the public domain.
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