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New sports psychology book examines factors behind development of top-level athletes
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Dominic Casey has helped set a level of excellence now known around the rowing world
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Specialising early is not always the best way to succeed
Going off on tangents is likelier to lead to long-term success than early specialisation
Range: Forget the ‘10,000 hours’ rule – there’s another way to succeed
Book review: David Epstein argues that early specialisation is not essential to success
New ‘cocktails’ will test limits of cancer drug pricing
Immunotherapy combinations to push prices to new highs as worldwide cancer drug spending hits $100bn in 2014
John Allen: Hurlers utilising football tactics is clear and present
Clare backs used a system to stymie the opposition sweeper but weren’t as successful at it as Waterford were in league
Novartis heart failure drug provides host of benefits - study
Experimental drug reduces death and hospitalisaitons as well as curbing symptons, data shows
Web Summit suffers from inevitable growing pains
Notorious Wifi issues are yet again a problem but event is more polished than before
Epstein tells Summit how big data is changing field of sport
Stripe’s John Collison predicts momentum for spending is moving online
‘Most exciting ever’ Novartis drug points to huge sales
Sales forecasts for Swiss pharma’s new heart failure drug are being ramped up after positive trial results
A natural selection solution to your sport
A Dublin-based company provides home-testing kits to help determine if your genes have any athletic potential
You don’t need a dressing-room spy to know something is up with van Persie
A one-size-fits-all training regimen can lead to some players being deemed injury-prone
Zlatan Ibrahimovic shortlisted for sports book award
Irish journalist David Walsh also nominated for William Hill prize
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