Tony Adams made 669 appearances for Arsenal, spending 14 years as club captainFormer England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams says football needs to cut its ties with gambling companies. Adams' charity Sporting Chance, which supports athletes with mental health and addiction issues, says 70% of the addiction disorders it deals with among footballers relate to gambling. It comes just days after Hamilton Academical head coach Brian Rice was banned from the dugout for 10 matches after admitting to breaching Scottish FA gambling rules. Last month, sports minister Nigel Adams MP told BBC Sport that football has "far too much dependency" on sponsorship from gambling companies. Tony Adams added that gambling in football had become a "bit of an epidemic".

Source: BBC January 31, 2020 23:48 UTC