‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football

Guardian International•Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 07:00 AM•2 min read

Cryotherapy chambers and other practices have little evidence behind them, says top performance director Dr Claire-Marie Roberts was working at Coventry City when she received a call from someone asking whether she knew how much oxygen was in the atmosphere. As the performance director, responsi...

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