This article examines the sport labour migration of elite footballers who have transferred from another European country to English Premier League (EPL). Sport happens for a number reasons, including financial gain and professional development. With this, however, comes various challenges like cultural shock dislocation. To extend research on migration, data was gathered autobiographies, with t...

PURPOSE To systematically review the scientific level of evidence for the 'Top 3' risk factors, screening tests and preventative exercises identified by a previously published survey of 44 premier league football (soccer) teams. Also, to provide an overall scientific level of evidence and graded recommendation based on the current research literature. METHODS A systematic literature search (P...

Abstract Competitive balance is of much interest in the sports analytics literature and beyond. We develop a statistical network model based on an extension stochastic block to assess between teams league. represent outcome all matches football season as dense with nodes identified by categorical edges representing each game win, draw, or loss. The main focus motivation for this paper issue com...

In this paper, we show a new technique to analyze families of rankings. In particular, we focus on sports rankings and, more precisely, on soccer leagues. We consider that two teams compete when they change their relative positions in consecutive rankings. This allows to define a graph by linking teams that compete. We show how to use some structural properties of this competitivity graph to me...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to establish the difference in lumbo-pelvic movement control, static and dynamic balance at the start and at the end of a cricket season in pace bowlers who sustained an injury during the season and those who did not. DESIGN This is a longitudinal, observational study. METHODS Thirty-two, healthy, injury free, male premier league fast, fast-medium and medium pace...