DR IMTIAZ AHMAD has been promoted to Head of Medicine and Performance by QPR as the club look to get the two departments working together cohesively.

DEREK WRIGHT has spoken about his first week 'on the other side' after retiring as Newcastle United's Head Physio after 38 years.

ARSENAL Senior Physio Simon Murphy has left the club after a year to become Head Physio at newly-promoted Nottingham Forest.

TEAM doctors from the 32 teams that have qualified for the 2022 World Cup have met in Qatar to discuss new medical services at the competition. These included a number of new measures designed to help doctors assess and treat concussion.

ARSENAL Head of Academy Performance Tony Strudwick has joined West Brom as their Director of Medical Services.

DARCY NORMAN says performance staff need to be wary of becoming constant ‘takers’ due to the nature of their jobs. Norman is a Performance Strategist at Kitman Labs and was formerly Director of Performance at AS Roma and a fitness coach for Bayern Munich and the German national team.

SENIOR Sport Scientist David Kelly has left Manchester United after 12 years. The Yorkshireman joined the club in June 2010 when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge and went on to serve under five other managers.

BEN RYAN, who famously led Fiji to Olympic gold in Rugby Sevens, has been appointed to the new role of Director of Elite Performance by Brentford.

BEN ROSEN has been appointed Performance Director at Blackburn Rovers after new manager Jon Dahl Tomasson confirmed his backroom staff at the Championship club.

HEAD OF PERFORMANCE Shad Forsythe has left Arsenal after eight years. The American was brought to the club by Arsene Wenger in August 2014 and was one of the longest-serving members of backroom staff at the North London club.

TOM LITTLE has left Preston after nine years to become Head of Performance at Championship rivals Sheffield United.

SOCIAL media is rife with conspiracy theories about the prevalence of asthma within Liverpool's squad and their use of inhalers. We decided to do a fact check about them with the country's leading expert on asthma in elite sport.