Football proves to be a beautiful game for people with dementia
Football can help stimulate the recollections of some people who have dementia, a project has found
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Winning Amputee Footballers Look to World Cup
The Great Britain Amputee Football team enjoyed an ‘incredible’ 10-0 victory over their French counterparts on 5 June. Before a capacity crowd, the highly-contested match proved a fitting climax for the Takeda Cup, sponsored by pharmaceutical company Takeda UK, and was an encouraging result in the run up to the 2010 World Amputee Football Federation [...]
Sport: Football Tough Guy in Wheelchair Challenge
Defender Danny Mills is better known for crunching tackles than his charity work. But the loss of his son, and an early end to his playing days, have driven the former Leeds, Manchester City and England star in an entirely new direction. We meet at Wembley – ironic really, given Mills never played here for [...]
Sport: British Amputee Footballers Take on France
British amputee footballers will take on the French national team AFFA this June in what promises to be a closely-fought contest for the new Takeda Cup. The invitation-only game will be part of fundraising efforts by the England Amputee Football Association (EAFA) to support the British squad that will travel to Argentina for the World [...]