Latest news - The Drake Foundation

February 19, 2021

By James Drake, Founder and Chairman of The Drake Foundation The long-term impact of head injuries in football and rugby has recently become ...

Amateur footballers, rugby players and parents have voiced concerns about the long-term health risks from head injuries in both sports and are ...

January 29, 2021

Gareth Southgate is participating in The Drake Foundation-funded HEADING study and is encouraging eligible former footballers to do the same. ...

July 23, 2020

Ex-Arsenal and England footballer Tony Adams is urging former footballers to sign up to a major study examining the link between heading the ball ...

December 17, 2019

Following the launch of The Drake Football Study at The Health Challenges in Professional Football symposium (Emirates Stadium, London, UK; 16 ...

Written by Kimberley Ndungu, Editor of Concussion Zone On the 27th November 2019, we had the pleasure of attending the 4th Annual UK Sports ...

October 21, 2019

Former professional football (soccer) players are over 3.5-times more like to die due to dementia, and over 5-times more likely to die due to ...

July 09, 2019

Professional footballers in England will join the Drake Football Study tracking player health over a 10-year period thanks to a cooperation ...

June 07, 2019

The Drake Foundation has announced the commitment of funding to a ground-breaking study into the health of professional association football ...

January 17, 2019

The University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have launched a new study, supported by the Premier League ...