BBC Sport explores the health impact of extreme heat on athletes, following the death of a Fijian rugby player in Japan in August.

There were an estimated 2,877 heat-related deaths during the May and June heatwaves in the UK, almost double the figure reported last year, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). In a ...

In the immediate aftermath of Europe’s 2026 record-breaking May and June heatwaves, a flurry of reports were published by public health authorities and scientists estimating how many deaths they ...

How protective is air conditioning in preventing deaths amid soaring temperatures and record heat levels? Yale researchers found that AC use cut the number of annual heat-related deaths by half in the ...