HAMSTRING injuries went down 5.6% as a proportion of the total in the Premier League last season, according to the website premierinjuries.com.

A MANCHESTER start-up has launched the world’s first virtual reality talent ID and rehab system.

Injury rates are reduced when players get at least six days of recovery between matches, new research has found.

UKRAINIAN side Oleksandriya have been looking to sign a fast attacking player under the age of 21 - who has to be black.

ENGLAND boss Gareth Southgate has outlined how he plans to get his team playing without inhibition.

NEIL REDFEARN was sure he was watching a future England captain as 17-year-old Lewis Cook cajoled his weary team-mates during a 4-1 defeat by Ipswich in December 2014.

ENGLAND UNDER-21s have appointed a sports psychologist for the Euros in Poland after identifying the absence of one as a key flaw in 2015.

FORMER Bournemouth co-owner Eddie Mitchell has appealed to the police and military to use his elite skills arena as an anti-terrorism training tool.

A US study has found that NBA players who tweeted late at night performed worse in games the next day.

IPSWICH Managing Director Ian Milne says he does not believe in Norwich’s new structure and prefers a manager to be in charge of all footballing matters.

MANCHESTER UNITED Under-18 coach Kieran McKenna says Academies are producing outstanding players - but admits their pathway to the first team is a big problem.

The British and Irish Lions have taken a 36-strong backroom staff to New Zealand - but no psychologist.