The results were from seven Summer Olympic Games (between 1996 and 2020) and nine World Boxing Championships (between 2005 and 2021)] This new study looked solely at contact sports including boxing and wresting, so the effect of red in ball sports like rugby, tennis and football may have to be investigated further.
Traditionally associated with passion, aggression and dominance, this colour even gave contenders an edge in contact sports like boxing, a 2005 study found.
Wearing red does NOT give sportsmen a competitive edge, scientists say Famously, some of England's most successful football teams wear red, from Arsenal to Liverpool and Manchester United.
Twenty years ago, University of Durham experts said wearing red is consistently associated with a higher probability of winning - but now they say this is no longer the case.
Pictured, boxing at 1996 Olympic Games] However, 20 years on, the study authors reveal that this colour-based advantage no longer exists.
