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UPDATE 1-Family of former Chargers star Junior Seau sues NFL over suicide

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(Adds details, background throughout) LOS ANGELES, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The family of former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who killed himself last year, sued the National Football League on Wednesday, claiming that his suicide resulted from brain disease caused by repeated hits to the head during his football career. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in San Diego Superior Court by Seau’s children and ex-wife, as well as the trustee of his estate, also claims that the NFL concealed the risks of brain damage in the sport, court documents showed. …

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UPDATE 4-NFL’s Junior Seau had brain disease from blows to head

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(Adds statement from Seau family) Jan 10 (Reuters) – Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who killed himself last year, suffered from the same debilitating brain disease diagnosed in at least two other former NFL defensive players who also committed suicide, a study released on Thursday said. Seau, 43, died in May after shooting himself in the chest at his beachfront house in his hometown of Oceanside, California. He played mostly for the San Diego Chargers and two other teams in a 20-year career in the National Football League. …

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UPDATE 2-Cycling-Sponsor Oakley drops Armstrong after 25 years

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LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Californian sunglasses maker Oakley has ended a sponsorship of Lance Armstrong that began 25 years ago when he was a teenage triathlete after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles over a doping scandal. Oakley, owned by Italy’s Luxottica, became the latest sponsor to drop Armstrong after the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Monday ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s sanctions against the 41-year-old, banning him for life. …

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UPDATE 4-Dutch Rabobank quits cycling after Armstrong scandal

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* Biggest sponsor of Dutch cycling pulls out * Cites drug scandals as reason for the decision * Move follows USADA report on Armstrong doping scandal * Britain’s Millar says bank decision is “sickening” AMSTERDAM, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Dutch bank Rabobank ended its multi-million euro backing of professional cycling on Friday, the latest sponsor scared away by a doping scandal that has engulfed seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. …

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UPDATE 5-Lance Armstrong steps down from charity, Nike drops him

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* Armstrong out as Livestrong chairman, still board member * Donations to foundation rise despite scandal * Nike cites “seemingly insurmountable evidence” * Anheuser-Busch to end sponsorship deal as well * ESPN reports two others end deals as well AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer support charity he founded, as Nike Inc dropped the disgraced cyclist over the doping scandal that will likely cost him his seven Tour de France titles. …

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