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Children face a lifetime of difficulties if schools do not protect them from traumatic brain injuries, a US Congressional committee has been told.

Lawmakers in the US are looking to bring in a bill to safeguard pupils from the effects of concussions caused while playing sports.

One of those giving evidence to the committee is the Reverend Kathy Brearly, whose son Owen Thomas committed suicide recently.

A post-mortem of Thomas, the 21-year-old captain of the University of Pennsylvania football team, revealed he had suffered the level of brain damage normally seen in much older American footballers.

Another to speak to the committee was former NFL player Sean Morey, who was recently forced to retire from the game.

Concerns about brain injury in sports in the US have gathered pace, with new studies also showing that children ice hockey players could be at risk of more head traumas if rule changes banning the practice of body checking are not enforced.

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