WASHINGTON: The National Football League attempted to improperly influence a major study into links between the sport and brain disease, a report by US lawmakers found on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce ruled in a 91-page report that the NFL and several of the organization’s top health officials had waged a behind-the-scenes campaign to try and affect the outcome of the research study.

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