Sports Journal Arabia covers sports medicine, human performance and longevity in sport: the science of injury and recovery, the athletes extending their careers, and the research keeping bodies in the game, from the Gulf to the world.https://sportsjournalarabia.com/enhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/extending-athletic-careers/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/extending-athletic-careers/LeBron, Ronaldo, Brady, Djokovic and Serena pushed peak performance a decade past where it used to end. The methods that did it apply far beyond elite sport.Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitylongevityathletic careersload managementrecoveryLeBron JamesCristiano RonaldoTom BradyNovak DjokovichealthspanDr. Marcus Adeyemihttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/ankiti-bose-sports-longevity/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/ankiti-bose-sports-longevity/Inside the thesis of Terra-Invest's Founding Partner: athletes are no longer just brand faces, but owners and partners in diagnostics, longevity and performance health.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTathletesAnkiti BoseTerra Future Health GroupTerra-Investlongevity economyathlete investorsperformance healthdiagnosticsMiddle EastIndiafoundersRana El-Khatibhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sports-tech-founders-to-watch/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sports-tech-founders-to-watch/From WHOOP straps to Catapult vests to Hyperice recovery devices, a small group of founders is building the infrastructure of athlete healthspan. Here is who they are.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTathletessports techWHOOPCatapultHypericeOuraKitman Labswearablesventure capitalathlete longevitySofia Marchettihttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/tommy-john-ucl-surgery-baseball/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/tommy-john-ucl-surgery-baseball/Elbow blowouts are at record highs in professional baseball, and the data points squarely at one culprit: throwing harder than ever.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsports-medicinetommy john surgeryuclbaseballelbow injurypitching velocityinternal braceyouth sportssports surgeryDr. Daniel Fosterhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/wearables-elite-sport/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/wearables-elite-sport/Catapult vests, recovery bands and glucose sensors promise to quantify the athlete completely. The data is real, but separating signal from noise is the hard part.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformancewearablesgps trackingload monitoringheart rate variabilitywhoopcontinuous glucose monitorsports technologyperformanceTom Aldridgehttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/exercise-as-medicine-zone-2-longevity/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/exercise-as-medicine-zone-2-longevity/No pill matches the mortality data behind cardiorespiratory fitness. Here is what the evidence says about VO2 max, zone 2 and how much exercise is enough.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitylongevityexercise as medicineVO2 maxzone 2 trainingall-cause mortalitycardiorespiratory fitnessPeter AttiaInigo San MillanDr. Ravi Subramanianhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/novak-djokovic-recovery-longevity/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/novak-djokovic-recovery-longevity/A gluten-free diet, extreme mobility, breathing practice and meticulous recovery underpin one of tennis's longest peaks. The evidence is stronger in some places than others.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTathletesNovak Djokovictennisgluten-free dietflexibilitymobilityrecoverybreathingathletic longevityLena Hofmannhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/aspetar-qatar-sports-medicine/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/aspetar-qatar-sports-medicine/From a single specialist hospital in Doha to the Doha agreement on hamstring injuries, the Gulf has built sports-medicine institutions the world now travels to.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsports-medicineaspetarqatargulfsports medicinehamstring injurydoha agreementorthopaedicsregional investmentDr. Yousef Al-Rashidhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/cristiano-ronaldo-longevity-regimen/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/cristiano-ronaldo-longevity-regimen/Training load, fragmented sleep, a lean diet and obsessive recovery have kept Ronaldo elite past 40. Separating the documented from the embellished is harder than it sounds.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTathletesCristiano Ronaldofootballsleeprecoverybody compositionathletic longevitytrainingnutritionMarco Vitalehttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/muscle-mass-sarcopenia-longevity/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/muscle-mass-sarcopenia-longevity/Strength and muscle mass predict how long and how well you live. The science of sarcopenia, grip strength and lifting explains why, and what to do about it.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitylongevitymuscle masssarcopeniagrip strengthresistance trainingproteinfrailtyhealthspanDr. Lina Haddadhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/regenerative-medicine-prp-stem-cells-sport/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/regenerative-medicine-prp-stem-cells-sport/Injections of platelet-rich plasma and stem cells are everywhere in elite sport. The marketing has raced far ahead of the evidence.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsports-medicineprpstem cellsorthobiologicstendinopathyosteoarthritisregenerative medicinesports injuryregulationDr. Omar Haddadhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sleep-and-athletic-performance/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sleep-and-athletic-performance/No supplement or recovery gadget comes close to the performance return of a few extra hours of sleep, yet it is the variable athletes neglect most.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformancesleeprecoverycircadian rhythmsleep extensionjet lagnappingperformanceathlete healthDr. Sofia Lindgrenhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/lebron-james-body-investment/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/lebron-james-body-investment/The reported $1.5 million a year is not vanity spending. It is a model of treating recovery, sleep and biomechanics as infrastructure, and it has changed how the NBA thinks about aging.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTathletesLeBron JamesNBArecoveryload managementsleepbiomechanicsathletic longevitysports scienceDarnell Whitfieldhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/masters-athletes-aging-science/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/masters-athletes-aging-science/The decline curves of masters athletes separate aging that is inevitable from aging that is simply disuse. The gap is larger than most people assume.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitylongevitymasters athletesagingworld recordsuse it or lose itVO2 maxmuscle masshealthspanDr. Helena Strandhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/concussion-cte-protocols/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/concussion-cte-protocols/Sideline protocols have improved sharply. The link between repeated head impacts and long-term brain disease is real but still imperfectly understood.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsports-medicineconcussionctehead injuryscatreturn to playboston universityrugbyplayer safetyDr. Sarah El-Tayebhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/recovery-science-cold-sauna-hyperbaric/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/recovery-science-cold-sauna-hyperbaric/Cold plunges, saunas, hyperbaric chambers and compression boots all promise faster recovery. The evidence ranges from genuinely strong to largely marketing.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlongevitylongevityrecoverycold water immersionsaunahyperbaric oxygencompressionmassagetraining adaptationDr. Tomas Virtanenhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/acl-reconstruction-return-to-play/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/acl-reconstruction-return-to-play/Graft choice, the nine-month rule and why criteria, not the calendar, should decide when an athlete plays again.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsports-medicineaclknee injuryreturn to playgraft choicereinjuryfifa 11+sports surgeryrehabilitationDr. Khalid Al-Mansoorihttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sports-nutrition-fueling-science/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/sports-nutrition-fueling-science/The old wisdom of eating less to get leaner is giving way to a more demanding idea: feed the training you are actually doing, and feed it properly.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformancesports nutritioncarbohydrate periodizationendurance fuelingRED-Sprotein timingenergy availabilityperformancerecoveryDr. Marco Velasquezhttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/force-plates-biomechanics-strength/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/force-plates-biomechanics-strength/Velocity sensors and force plates have turned the weight room into a measurement lab. The promise is real, but reading the numbers well is still a coaching skill.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformanceforce platesvelocity-based trainingbiomechanicsstrength and conditioninginjury preventionjump testingsports technologyperformanceHannah Okonkwohttps://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/vo2-max-endurance-science/https://sportsjournalarabia.com/articles/vo2-max-endurance-science/It is the single most cited figure in endurance physiology, but the science of how to raise it, and what it really predicts, is more interesting than the number alone.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformancevo2 maxendurancelactate thresholdcyclingrunningexercise physiologylongevitytraining scienceDr. Liam Forsythe