BEER does NOT cause pot bellies, experts claim after a study.

They said heavy drinkers DO put on weight - but it tends to be spread over their bodies.

Pot bellies, for generations associated with ale-swillers propping up the bar, may have more to do with genetics.

The study also discovered that the men most likely to put on weight were those who drunk the most - or, surprisingly, those who did not drink at all.

Moderate drinkers fared best in the research by German and Swedish experts.

They studied 20,000 people for more than eight years and published findings in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

(thesun)

Colombia, calciatore uccide tifoso

Gli spara perché lo aveva insultato

Un calciatore colombiano non ha tollerato l'offesa di un tifoso che gli aveva dato del "vigliacco". Così, dopo la partita del campionato nazionale in cui aveva perso, ha preso la pistola e ha sparato all'uomo, un elettricista di 27 anni di nome Israel Castillo, uccidendolo. Javier Florez, centrocampista dell'Atletico Junior, squadra di Barranquilla, è dapprima fuggito dalla scena del crimine, poi si è consegnato alle autorità.

Alcuni testimoni oculari hanno raccontato di aver visto Florez sparare al tifoso, dopo che quest'ultimo lo aveva apostrofato con il termine colombiano "maleta". Tutto è successo in pochi attimi, al termine della finale del titolo di Apertura tra l'Atletico Juniore l'Once Caldas. L'episodio riporta alla memoria un'altra tragedia legata al calcio in Colombia, quella di Andres Escobar, difensore della nazionale ucciso a colpi di pistola dopo una brutta prestazione durante i mondali del 1994 degli Stati Uniti.

Now Ryanair wants passengers to STAND UP during flights

Ryanair is considering plans for passengers to stand during its flights.

The Irish budget airline wants to cut costs by making fliers huddle next to 'bar stools' with seatbelts around their waists.

Chief executive Michael O'Leary has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing an aircraft with standing room.

Should the idea get the go-ahead from the Irish Aviation Authority, the airline plans to order a new fleet of jets.

Passengers would be charged less if the scheme, thought to have been inspired by similar plans recently put forward by Chinese airline Spring, is approved.

Ryanair estimates it would be able to pack in 50 per cent more passengers while slashing costs by 20 per cent.

It is the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures.

The airline last month announced plans to make passengers carry all their own luggage up to planes.

Ryanair customers will carry all their bags and suitcases through security departure lounges rather than checking them in.

They can carry aboard one piece of hand luggage, but leave any other baggage beside the aircraft to be loaded into the hold. They then pick it up the same way on arrival.

From October, the Irish airline is already abolishing conventional check-in facilities, forcing all passengers to check in online beforehand.

(dailymail)

Milan,il pubblico si allontana da San Siro. Rinnovati solo 800 abbonamenti, la cessione di Kakà ha gelato i tifosi

Aumenta il gelo tra il Milan e i suoi tifosi. Dopo le polemiche scoppiate tra una frangia della curva e Paolo Maldini, in occasione dell’addio al calcio del capitano, la disaffezione del popolo rossanero si fa sempre più tangibile. La dimostrazione sono le sole 800 tessere sinora sottoscritte dai supporter milanisti nella campagna di rinnovo dell’abbonamento.

Numeri che fanno impallidire, soprattutto se paragonati non tanto agli ineguagliabili 70.000 abbonamenti che si registravano negli anni Novanta, quanto ai 24.000 tagliandi sinora staccati dagli odiati cugini dell’Inter. I motivi del raffreddamento sono probabilmente legati alla partenza di Kakà, idolo indiscusso di San Siro.

Nemmeno le voci del possibile avvicinamento al brasiliano Luis Fabiano sembrano in grado di invertire per il momento la tendenze. Infatti l’amministratore delegato Adriano Galliani ha ben pensato di non rendere ancora pubblici i dati. Forse spera che qualche colpo di calciomercato possa aiutare a ricucire lo strappo.

Stitched up: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has emergency op after holiday fall

Wayne Rooney received 45 stitches to his ear in an shock emergency operation on holiday.

The Manchester United striker was rushed to hospital on Friday after falling over on rented yacht in St Tropez.

According to the Sunday Mirror, Rooney was reportedly 'larking around' with friends onboard the boat when the incident happened.

Rooney was taken to hospital in the morning after spending the previous night out with his pals.

A source at the hospital told the Mirror: 'Mr Rooney arrived at about 9am after an accident on the deck of a yacht

'Part of his ear had been nearly sliced off. It was really difficult to sew back up because it was bleeding so profusely, so we called in a specialised cosmetic surgeon.

'The work was delicate but the operation was completely successful and the ear is expected to look no different once it has healed.'

Rooney is due to report for pre-season training with United this week, with extra pressure on his shoulders after the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.

(dailymail)