Is 35 The New 25 For Athletes?

When Manchester United’s 37-year-old midfielder Ryan Giggs was awarded the Golden Foot Award for 2011, it got Simon Kuper wondering about the likelihood of a player lasting so long at the top of his game. So he set out to answer this question: What’s the optimum age for soccer-playing dominance? Growing old You might expect the maximum age for soccer players to have risen. After all, while players used to live like rock stars, they now look after themselves. And sports medicine has come a long way since the days when a “physio” (typically, a retired player) would rub his “magic sponge” over an injury and when broken legs ended careers. Four years …
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