Having suffered "numerous" concussions through-out his career, the BBC are reporting that Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle has retired because of "repeated headaches" caused by heading the ball.
With two concussions so far this season, Doyle is experiencing increasing problems with heading the ball - "This year it has been clear to me that heading the ball was becoming problematic and causing me to have repeated headaches" and he says he wants to "avoid the possibility of these symptoms becoming more serious and permanent".
Earlier this year the Professional Footballers' Association and the Football Association announced they were inviting applications for independent research into the of brain injuries caused by football.
Read the full story at BBC.
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