of sports news now in champions league where german club byron munich travelled to play greece's top team olympiacos by and kept its profit group stage record intact but they had to come from behind to do it robert love and alfie scored twice for the germans who picked up their 3rd straight win. how safe is soccer a new study published by the university of glasgow says that professional footballers face an increased risk of dying of dementia and other neurological diseases the study's results confirming a long suspected link between soccer and brain damage. a common sight on football pitches the risk of brain damage and head injuries a concern shared in many sports now a university of glasgow study has established a link between football and brain damage while heading the ball is suspected to be a key factor the cause has not been confirmed we find the risk of mortality with alzheimer's disease was about 5 times higher than expected population through more severe and disease when it was around 4 times higher than to parkinson's disease where we saw doubling the study is the largest l