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Hayward, L., Hogan, D., Melam, A., Raine, L., McCullough, A., Bell, A. “…WHOQOL-BREF means averaged 60 points for all four domains, no significant differences existed between US and Scandinavian players. …”

Phillips, I., Harland, A., Mitchell, S., Lepper, P. “…In association football, players repetitively head the ball for competitive advantages, potentially inducing or exacerbating repetitive acute asymptomatic brain injury pertaining to an elevated risk of neurodegenerative disease development and mortality in later life. During these collisions, the mass of the ball is widely considered an important determinant to collision duress. …”

Selbekk, S., Lilleengen, M., Stålesen, J., Ransom, D., Sæther, S. “…Introduction: The purpose of this case study is to gain insight into and a deeper understanding of the predominant sources of stress during the junior-to-senior transition experienced by current and former female junior players and their male coaches from both the junior and senior teams. Methods: All three groups of participants were affiliated with the same Norwegian professional football club. …”

Ramos, N. C., Almeida, I. C. O., Silva, L. L., Jr. Sevilio, M. N. O., Rodrigues Jr., J. F. C. “…In addition to a proper diet, the assessment of athletes` body composition provides an important component in a physical fitness program, controlling body weight, maintaining a high level of physiological functioning, being related to health, quality of life and performance (Mantovaneli et al., 2023). …”

Fältström, A., Hägglund, M., Kvist, J. “…Males were more satisfied with their knee function and activity level and rated higher scores in the IKDC-SKF (mean ± standard deviation, 83 ± 16 vs 76 ± 16, p = 0.006), KOOS Sport/Recreation (79 ± 19 vs 72 ± 22, p = 0.034), KOOS Quality of Life (73 ± 22 vs 64 ± 20, p = 0.008), ACL-QoL (7.6 ± 2 vs 6.8 ± 1.8, p = 0.008), and ACL-RSI (6.7 ± 2.1 vs 5.5 ± 2.3, p < 0.001) than females (all with small - medium effect sizes). …”

Koch, P., Charbonnet, B., Ronkainen, N. “…Central to this framework is the shift from static, one-size-fits-all approaches to a dynamic, idiographic perspective where intertwined relationships between athletes and their social environments influence each other over time. …”

Waffo, B. T., Hauw, D. “…By identifying challenges faced, and psychological process involved, those researches highlight at what extent culture frames athletes` sport and non-sport life experiences. However, no studies focused on neither the first cultural transition nor African athletes. …”

Almousa, S., Mullen, R., Williams, K., Bourne, M., Williams, M. “…Results: One hundred and nine athletes provided one-year follow-up injury data, of whom, 44 suffered at least one lower limb injury. All athletes who reported high scores for negative life-event stress sustained lower limb injuries. …”

Teixeira, E., Silva, C., Vicente, A. “…Results and discussion: To analyze and discuss the data, a content analysis was carried out on all the answers given to each question in the script by the interviewees. …”

Hague, N., Law, G. “…This study sought to explore life "off the pitch" at one English Championship Youth Academy. …”

Rist, B., Quartuccio, C., Smith, B., Pearce, A. J. “…Correlations showed that retired players were more confidence in their finances, reported greater psychological flourishing, and lower attachment to an athletic identity (all p = 0.05). The results of this study suggest that as deselected players expressed poorer perception of club`s handling of the transition process the role of AFL club staff could improve the transition process in in preparation for life outside of professional sport.…”

Baize, D., d'Arripe-Longueville, F., Piponnier, E., Mériaux-Scoffier, S. “…They were exposed to a controlling coaching context with a fear of negative staff evaluation, and had recently undergone injuries or life stressors. When injured, all athletes were in positive psychological states. …”

Folkert, A. K., Tripp, B. L., Brown, C. D. “…Although not seen often in athletic populations, athletic trainers should be aware of the possibility of AVN in patients. AVN is a life-altering condition and accurately documenting all patient encounters, and proper interprofessional collaboration is imperative for positive outcomes.…”

Haxhnikaj, L., Miftari, F. “…Taking into account the role that the selection of athletes has in the success of clubs as well as in the sports life of young people, this research aims to highlight the impact of the Relative Age Effects (RAE) in the selection of athletes for representative teams of Kosovo in collective sports and the difference between the respective groups. …”

Illmer, S., Daumann, F. “…From 2.396 records, 150 were selected for detailed screening. 21 studies were included in this review that met the following inclusion criteria: professional male or female soccer players over 18 years of age; field study under real-life conditions; effects on physical and/or technical performance, influence of at least one weather-related factor. …”

Acoumambo, D. “…Introduction According to the theory of the development of lexical knowledge (Lieury & Lorant, 2013), the lexicon is built progressively over the course of life through different stages and experiences. The objective of this study is to measure the effect of age on the size of the football tactical lexicon. …”

Löbig, A., Schlesinger, T., Breuer, M., Ehnold, P. “…The article explores the impact of intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural conditions as well as influences from other areas of life on youth football membership and dropout. With reference to a life course approach, football players (n = 15) from various clubs (n = 4) were interviewed using biographical mapping. …”

Kassimeris, C., Lawrence, S., Pipini, M. “…From individual fans either throwing bananas or making monkey-like sounds to organized neo-Nazi fans celebrating on the terraces, the superiority of all things white, non-white football players has long suffered abuse in football. …”

DeLang, M. D., Garrison, J. C., Hannon, J. P., McGovern, R. P., Sheedy, P., Christoforetti, J. J., Thorborg, K. “…Participants: One hundred one academy soccer players (mean age 14.3 ± 1.8 years). Intervention: All players underwent clinical examinations to classify groin pain by the Doha agreement taxonomy. …”

Bandyopadhyay, K. “…The spread of COVID-19 and the consequent pandemic since early 2020 have brought about unprecedented changes in all spheres of global life, creating a new sense of (in)security with social distancing, physical isolation, quarantine and lockdown becoming buzzwords to combat the disease. …”