How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar
GENEVA (AP) — Soccer had a fierce reckoning with heat at the recently concluded FIFA Club World Cup in the United States — a sweltering preview of what players and fans may face when the U.S. co-hosts the World Cup with Mexico and Canada next summer.
With temperatures rising worldwide, scientists warn that staging Световната купа и други футболни шампионати през лятото на Северното полукълбо стават все по -опасни както за играчите, по този начин и за феновете. Some suggest that FIFA may have to consider adjusting the soccer calendar to reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses.
“The deeper we go in the decade, the greater the risk without considering more dramatic measures, such as playing in the winter months and/or cooler latitudes, ” said Prof. Piers Forster, director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures in Leeds, England. „ Все по -често се тормозя, че сме единствено на една топлинна вълна от спортна покруса и бих желал да видя ръководещите тела да се облегнат в науката за...
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