Alex Dibble

EXCLUSIVE As thousands of female athletes from across the world prepare to compete at the Paris Olympics they should be at the peak of their physical powers for the competition of their life. But some won’t be. Why? Because they will be on their period or will be taking chemical precautions to make sure they won’t be. It has prompted athletes, physios and scientists to call for greater research into the menstrual cycle and its links to injury.

Fresh concerns have been raised about Peterborough United’s review into historic sex abuse at the club after it emerged the manager at the time of the attacks was not contacted by investigators. John Still confirmed to talkSPORT he was not asked for his recollections despite working alongside Bob Higgins and Kit Carson. Higgins is serving a 24-year jail term for indecently assaulting 24 boys, some while he was youth coach at Peterborough between 1994-1996.

A group of former youth footballers who were sexually abused as children are looking to sue the Scottish FA in what would be a landmark legal case, talkSPORT can reveal. The ten, which includes war veteran Malcolm Rodger, claim the SFA were responsible for their care when paedophile coaches attacked them during the 1970s and 1980s.