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‘Football saved Dad’s life’: meet the coach of the England women’s Parkinson’s team
It began with getting her dad into walking football after his diagnosis – now Gemma Darvill is taking a national team on tour to Canada game-sweetbonanza.com
When Gemma Darvill’s dad, Les, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease aged 58, joining a walking football team stopped him from confining himself to his own home, and she believes the game saved his life.
What she could never have foreseen was that, eight years later, she would find herself coaching the first England women’s Parkinson’s team, helping transform the lives of women with the disease from all across the country. She is set to embark on a journey to Toronto to help spread awareness of the ways in which walking football can help put the brakes on the progression of Parkinson’s symptoms.
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“Nothing hurts me more than a non-performing Pakistan team,” says Krishnamoorthy V, who has clearly never had piles. “I still recall with awe the super-talented, all-conquering team of 1992. It is true they have been falling steadily but one would exoect a correction and reversal of fortune/form from such a cricket talent nation. West Indies and Pakistan shall forever remain a mystery in their current underperformance. And the bulk of the common malady lies with their respective boards.”
Some injury news from the England camp. Jamie Smith took a blow on the thumb yesterday while standing up to the stumps. He’ll bat this morning but Jordan Cox may keep wicket in Pakistan’s second innings.
Continue reading...Frankrike trekker støtten til Infantino
Frankrikes fotballforbund har vedtatt å ikke stille seg bak Fifa-president Gianni Infantino på neste års kongress.
Avgjørelsen ble tatt i et styremøte torsdag. Det franske forbundet peker på at Infantino «har påført fotballens omdømme og enhet betydelig skade».
Infantino er under press etter at han i sommer ønsket å la private aktører kjøpe eierandeler i Fifas turneringer, deriblant fotball-VM. Motstanden ble så voldsom at prosjektet raskt havarerte.
Det europeiske fotballforbundet (Uefa) vedtok kort tid senere mistillit mot Fifa-sjefen og har siden jobbet for å presse fram hans avgang. (NTB)
