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A young girl heads the ball during the Futsal-Cup 2019 in Wuppertal, Germany. It is thought children’s brains are much more susceptible to concussion than those of adults.

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Jack Anderson: Why the FAI should follow our neighbours’ lead on kids heading

Last week, in a joint announcement by the English, Scottish, and Irish Football Associations, guidelines were published mandating that there should be no heading of footballs in training for children of primary school age.

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Spot-on Moussa Dembele keeps Celtic’s European hopes alive

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Sergio Aguero stars as Manchester City rain goals

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O’Shea: We caught the Germans at perfect time

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Hero O’Shea happy to meet World Champions at right time

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Flu rules Schurrle out of Irish clash

Low worries about morale in German camp

Germany coach Joachim Low has admitted that the mood in the world champions’ camp is less than "brilliant" as they seek to make amends for Saturday’s European Championship qualifier loss to Poland in Warsaw.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2014

Germans vow to rediscover scoring touch

Poland 2 Germany 0

Mon, 13 Oct, 2014

Poland stun Germany to throw Group D wide open

Poland 2 Germany 0

Sat, 11 Oct, 2014

FIFA urged to act on concussion

World governing body FIFA has been urged to stop young children from heading footballs and faces an accusation of leaving players vulnerable to brain injuries caused by concussion.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2014

Gotze’s golden goal enough for Germany

Germany 1 Argentina 0

Mon, 14 Jul, 2014