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Researchers found that soccer players who use their head to control the ball show abnormalities in their brains similar to CTE – what we used to call "punch drunk" syndrome in boxers.

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A team of scientists from Brigham Young University (BYU), Utah, has developed a smartfoam-based sensor system that could give NFL coaches the tools they need to catch concussions as they happen, and take appropriate action.

​A newly published study has provided further evidence linking participation in American football with a degenerative neurological condition called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which is thought to be triggered by repeated blows to the head.

Athletes have long looked to technology to gain an edge over their opponents on the sporting field. Having taken to the court with its ConnectedX Basketball,​ Wilson is now running onto the football field with the Wilson X Connected Football​.

Work recently started on the construction of the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The stadium, to be shared with a new Major League Soccer team, will contain a number of high-tech and sustainability features. It will also boast a "one-of-a-kind" eight-piece interlocking retractable roof.

The 2014 NFL season will see RFID tags placed inside player shoulder pads, allowing real-time tracking of such things as current location, acceleration, total distance run and even orientation, with an accuracy of down to 6 inches (15 cm).

Can technology help to cut down on concussions in the NFL? A new enterprise app from Microsoft, designed specifically for NFL medical staff, takes all the player health history a team could need, and puts it in a Surface. Gizmag went eyes-on with the X2 app in a private meeting with Microsoft.

Nike is debuting the Nike Vapor Laser Talon cleat, that is made with 3D printing technology.

Gizmag heads for the line of scrimmage with its review of Madden NFL 13.

The US Army and the US National Football League are cooperating on a project to develop better ways of preventing concussion.

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