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Researchers suggest unexpected disappointment may underlie loss of control and violent behavior March 24, 2011 By Robert Wicks Calls to the police reporting men's assaults on their wives or intimate partners rose 10 percent in areas where the local National Football League team lost a game they were favored to win, according to an analysis of 900 regular-season NFL games reports researchers in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics .

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has selected the Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Centre as a "FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence".

Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are calling for volunteers to take part in a study investigating the use of high intensity interval training (HIT) as a means to improve health and fitness.

University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) Athletics and Cross Country Club continued their 2011 success by collecting an array of medals at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Indoor Athletics Championships over the 19-20 February.

The results from an online survey will enable groundbreaking research into internet gambling, one of the fastest growing forms of gambling in Australia.

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a Dec.

Past and present members of University of Birmingham Sport's (UBSport) Cross Country team competed at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships yesterday (Sunday, November 12) in Albufeira, Portugal.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (12/12/2010) —The following is a statement from the University of Minnesota in light of Sunday morning's Metrodome roof collapse: "The University of Minnesota values its strong, positive relationship with the Minnesota Vikings.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are looking for volunteers to take part in a study examining the effects of age, physical frailty and cognitive decline, on where we look when walking. The study aims to explore changes in cognition - the process of being aware, knowing, thinking, learning and judging - which might account for the changes in where we look as people age, and may be a contributory factor in falls in people aged 65 and over.

Susie Gilbert, third year geography, has secured her third bronze medal of the summer following a 1-0 win over South Africa with England women's hockey at the Commonwealth Games, Delhi on Wednesday, October, 13.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are looking for volunteers to take part in a study examining whether exercise can enhance antibody response to vaccination.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. There's a reason why some sports fans are referred to as 'die-hards' - even after they move away, their loyalty to their hometown team endures, according to research by two University of Illinois professors.

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CHAMPAIGN, lll. A new study finds that those who know that an unexpected event is likely to occur are no better at noticing other unexpected events - and may be even worse - than those who aren?t expecting the unexpected.

University researchers suggest that, with the final taking place at 1,753 metres above sea level, players will have to adapt to oxygen levels in the atmosphere almost 20 per cent less than at sea level. There is 18 per cent less oxygen in every breath in Johannesburg than there is in London.

A study by University of Manchester economists has backed calls from supporter groups who argue that their representation on the boardroom is generally good for football.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup has thrown up challenges for researchers at Oxford and Kentucky Universities. Using Google Maps they have settled scores on whether the term 'football' or 'soccer' is preferred across the world and kicked off a debate about which nation likes to talk about football the most. They discovered that of all the teams in the World Cup, Algeria has the highest proportion of user-generated references to football.

The spin of the football used in the 2006 World Cup, has been newly analysed by a University of Sheffield academic, providing valuable information for professional sports engineers and scientists as well as football designers and manufacturers.

Faking injury and diving in the penalty area have been identified as the forms of cheating on the football pitch that are most disliked by fans, according to a new study by academics at the University of Sheffield. The study, which has surveyed over 500 supporters of those nations competing in the forthcoming World Cup, has also found that Argentina and Italy are considered by fans to be the worst culprits for cheating in the international game.

Sports psychologists at the University of Birmingham are investigating how factors such as motivation can influence how likely a football player is to adopt antisocial behaviour in their quest for victory in contests such as the World Cup.