TELEGRAPH SPORT: Fury at football’s great mascot rip-off #TomorrowsPapersToday

Fans are having to pay upwards of £500k a season for their children to be mascots for Premier League clubs. It’s a tax on dreams and memories and needs to stop. Bravo to those who don’t charge.

Quite a long article, but interesting read about how money could kill football in the long run

EXCLUSIVE: (C)helsea FC Women 🏆🏆🏆 become the first club to tailor training to menstrual cycle Major moves 👏👏👏 telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/…

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen... for a while

Amy Hunt, the British teenage sprinter tearing up the record books. By Sean Ingle theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb…

Manchester City's punishment from Uefa is a turning point – the age of unfettered power for billionaire owners has passed | Paul Hayward telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/…

Manchester City were last night reeling from a two-year Champions League ban imposed by Uefa for manipulating sponsorship income and the club are facing the prospect of further sanctions — including a possible points ­deduction by the Premier League thetimes.co.uk/article/manche…

A pole vaulting masterpiece. Mondo Duplantis's incredible world record of 6.17m💫

When it all kicks off next weekend, consider the reliability and validity of each test and how useful the data gathered is theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb…

For those of you churning through coursework, here you can see the records and tests used in the NFL Combine nfl.com/combine/top-pe…

Commercialisation in sport: the battle between incomes and getting new spectators theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar…

Consider how you would help keep your players in peak condition when they can’t train or play because of Coronavirus? Use your knowledge of the principles of training and periodisation theguardian.com/football/2020/…

Collective bargaining agreement rumbles on in NFL. Links to injuries, as players want to ensure their salaries and season lengths reflect the injury rate and potential long term effects of their sport. google.co.uk/amp/s/www.cnbc…

Last week we were talking about factors that may influence a sporting pathway. Here are a list of UK Sport Talent ID programmes that you could bring into your answer. May be worth researching a couple of them uksport.gov.uk/our-work/talen…

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researchgate.net/publication/32… The IOC recommended information for athletes on nutrition. Lots of excellent detail in here about how much of certain food groups are needed, when to take them, and how to adapt your diet based on the current aims of your training programme

At the national level, athletes feel #antidoping is trustworthy and speaks for them. At the international level...not so much. Time to change that for the better and for WADA and others to join the athlete conversation! Read the full report here: bit.ly/2wRu7DN