A new study shows that the youngest football players are less likely to suffer concussions.

The results, obtained by The Associated Press and expected to be released later Wednesday, show that 4.3 percent of players from ages 5 to 14 were diagnosed with concussions. Thirty-four percent of the players who did report injuries complained of bruises. Ligament sprains were the second-most common injury, coming in at 16 percent.

Indianapolis-based USA Football asked another Indy-based organization, the Datalys Center, to conduct the research which evaluated more than 4,000 youth players in six states between 2012 and 2013.

Researchers found that the behavior of coaches has a direct correlation on the number of injuries, and that the youngest athletes were the least likely to be injured.

e super-G last weekend that made him the oldest ski racer to win a Winter Games medal. He said today that his knee bothered him after that race, and it's been swollen during the Sochi Olympics.

He missed all of last season while coming back from a knee operation.

The big news on the ice is Finland's elimination of host Russia from the Olympic men's hockey tournament with a 3-1 victory. That put a stunning end to the Russians' enormous expectations at home.

Teemu Selanne (TAY'-moo suh-LAH'-nay) scored an early goal and Tuukka Rask (TOO'-kah rask) made 37 saves as Finland crushed the Russians' dreams of winning hockey gold medals in front of their own fans. Russian teams have won eight gold medals in hockey, but none in the last 22 years.

The U.S. men's hockey team meets the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals today.

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