Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?
Athletes would then receive a detailed report including graphics and graphs, to help them understand what’s working well and what needs improvement. The athletes’ data then gets compared to normative information collected from Speedworks, a company run by renowned performance consultant Jonas Dodoo.
After two weeks of new Premier League season some ghastly injuries raise questions about fitness levels of players
For context, Eduardo, now 24, spent four years at EFL club Lincoln City’s academy as a teenager and still plays regular five-a-side when he is not writing articles, so he is probably in better shape than most of us who watch sport for a living instead of playing it.
Kenya towers over 13 members of FEASSA as curtains come down on East and Central Africa school games
Team Kenya collected a total of 63 medals, 21 gold, 24 silver and 18 bronze to retain their dominance in the regional championship. Uganda followed closely with 48 medals with 16 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze, while Tanzania finished third with nine medals. Rwanda settled for five medals, Burundi managed two, while Ivory Coast finished without a medal.
Eberechi Eze’s switch to Arsenal illustrates just how Premier League transfers are an incoherent mix of art and craft
Except, it wasn’t really a hijacking at all. Arsenal had actually struck the principles of an agreement with Palace as early as the morning of August 10. They managed to keep it extraordinarily quiet as illustrated by how it was only after Wednesday evening’s sensations that multiple sources were willing to talk about it.
Why Liverpool’s Mo Salah is prolific: He spends time on meditating and visualising matches, then studies goalkeepers
Mohamed Salah’s performances last season were an accumulation of many factors, both on and off the pitch. The thread that connects them all is his willingness and desire to do everything he can to perform at his best, no matter what his age.
Mohamed Salah: A fitness ‘freak’, who like wine, is delivering better performances as he gets older
Salah is also a Pilate’s devotee, and has stationed a Pilate’s reformer among the squat rack, weight stacks and treadmill in his home gym. “When you’re playing any sport, it takes movement away from you,” explains Rosenblatt. “A footballer might lose range around their ankle, hip or thoracic spine (the middle section) and Pilates will help restore that.”
Busia got talent: Harambee Star’s mother praises son Boniface Muchiri’s never-say-die spirit and outstanding display
At the centre of interest a son born and brought up in Busia, one of the five counties in western Kenya that have contributed directly and indirectly more than 90 per cent of current Kenyan team that has shocked Africa’s football powerhouses like Morocco, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Angola and Zambia.
Corner-kick masters Arsenal have new trick; it worked for them against hapless Man United goalkeeper in their season opener
Since Amorim’s arrival in November 2024, Manchester United have looked like they lack the physicality to operate in the 3-4-3 shape and the principles the Portuguese head coach wants the team to abide by.
FEASSA president places Kakamega in line to host future editions of East African school games again
Due to the good reception, Mugisha said that Kakamega County will be considered to host other editions of FEASSA games if fans will behave well during this year’s edition.
Labours of love: Success-starved, rowdy fans land Football Kenya Federation in CAF bad books with $50,000 fine
The board charged the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) with breaching CAF’s Media Regulations during the Match Day One press conference ahead of their CAF African Nations Championship opening match against Democratic Republic of Congo.
