GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Footballs should be sold with health warnings, the scientist leading a landmark study has said.

Professor Willie Stewart of the University of Glasgow said the link between dementia and heading a football is now so clear that the laws of the game to be changed for amateur and youth football to reduce the risk of degenerative brain disease.

The study found no evidence that the transition from heavy leather balls to synthetic replacements had made a difference.

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