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[ad_1] Desflurane gas has a global warming potential 2,500 times greater than carbon dioxide, NHS data suggests. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Prof Baur said the trend was “particularly worrying”, adding that “governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social, and economic costs on to the younger generation” by assessing “the systems and root factors” that contribute to obesity. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The 2026 World Cup will take place in Canada, Mexico and the USAA decision to switch the 2026 World Cup format back to four-team groups could be confirmed later this month.The expanded 48-team competition in the United States, Mexico and Canada was due to feature 16 groups of three.But the excitement generated by last year’s tournament in Qatar, when some groups went down to tense final games, has caused Fifa to rethink.Confirmation of the move could come at the governing body’s council meeting in Rwanda on 16 March.BBC Sport understands there is agreement among all parties that the four-team…

[ad_1] Great Britain’s Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale have won gold in the snowboard cross mixed team event at the World Championships in Georgia.It’s the nation’s first-ever title in the mixed team discipline which debuted at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.Bankes failed to defend her individual snowboard cross world title after crashing out of her heat on Wednesday, while Nightingale didn’t qualify for the men’s finals.”I can’t believe it,” said Nightingale.”After yesterday when it was not so good for both of us, to put everything we had into it is amazing and unbelievable.”Nightingale, 21, who is making his debut…

[ad_1] Lima presented the fan award at the Best Fifa Awards in Paris on MondayFifa’s appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women’s World Cup is “tone deaf”, says former Fifa council member Moya Dodd.Brazilian Lima will “develop, promote and participate in global initiatives” before the World Cup, which starts on 20 July in Australia and New Zealand.Fifa president Gianni Infantino said Lima “lives and breathes ‘futebol'”.”When a girl plays football, the world sees her differently,” Dodd said.”Instead of being complimented on her nice looks or her pretty dress, she is valued…

[ad_1] Writer Sofia Akel is encouraging more people to read by giving out free books to those who can’t afford them. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Just Fontaine, who holds the record for the most goals scored at a single World Cup, has died at the age of 89.Fontaine scored 13 goals in just six matches for France at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden as they finished third.He is joint-fourth on the all-time World Cup goalscorers list alongside Argentina’s Lionel Messi.”A star of French football, an outstanding striker, a legendary Reims player,” said his former club Stade de Reims.Another of his former clubs, Paris St-Germain, said: “A thought for Just Fontaine. An icon of French football who has left us.”The French Football Federation (FFF)…