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Keep Your Head and Feet in the Game with SportsDirect.com

Score! According to FIFA there are 265 million people who play the world’s number one sport. So you have the physical ability and ball sense to play Football, but do you have the game intelligence? Is your head mightier than the football boots at your feet?

Originally considered to be an impossible component to measure, a new study conducted has claimed that game intelligence isn’t a mind field but can in fact be measured. Game intelligence is the
ability to “read” the play such as being in the right place at the right time. The scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have assigned game intelligence to executive functions which includes mental processes such as planning and problem solving. The study that will be published in PLoS ONE, an online scientific journal, found that 57 elite footballers performed better in the executive function tests than the general population. The academics also found that the higher ranked footballers performed better in the executive function tests. The scientists are now hoping to study whether the executive functions can be improved by training. Tackle your Football with our football boots.

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Get Smart with the Right Running Gear from SportsDirect.com

Recent studies documented on Runners World show that along with keeping your physical health in check, there is a strong link between running and a ‘younger, more nimble brain’ (RunnersWorld).

Results found in studies from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PSNAS) show that running can rescue brain cells, improve our memories, sharpen our decision making and Japanese research shows that running can even help us juggle mental tasks such as organising and decision making.

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The online catalogue offers up a selection of running shoes, whatever your type. If you plan on hitting the treadmill, basic running shoes start from only £9. However if you’re more of the adventure type, you can grab durable trail running shoes from just £24.99.

Shoes aren’t the only thing that can get you on your way, running shorts, socks and shirts are available to order, including the Karrimor run t-shirts- which can help inspire should you lose any motivation!

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Sperm whale arrives for Deep exhibition

As flight travel chaos from the erupting Icelandic volcano starts to die down, one journey went smoothly last night as a 7-metre sperm whale arrived at the Natural History Museum.

Moving the sperm whale into the Museum “©” Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

The model is one of the star exhibits for the Museum’s The Deep exhibition, opening on 28 May, which takes visitors on an immersive voyage into the planetâ??s final frontier – the deep ocean.

The 250kg sperm whale model was brought in through the iconic main entrance under the watchful eye of Dippy, the dinosaur skeleton.

It came all the way from Berlin, Germany, and a special wooden cradle was built to carry it.

The sperm whale will be displayed in The Deep along with a model of a giant squid to illustrate a battle between the 2 giants.

Sperm whales

Sperm whales, Physeter catodon, are the largest of the toothed whales and the males can grow up to 18m in length. They are the most social of the large whales and form groups lead by adult females.

Scientists know sperm whales feed on giant squid and colossal squid as the beaks of squid are often found in sperm whale stomachs.

Sperm whales live all over the world in tropical, temperate and sub-polar seas and many have been sighted in British and Irish waters. They are great divers, diving to depths of between 400-600m with some reports as deep as 2,000m.

Real sperm whale specimen

In August 2007 the Museum took delivery of a real sperm whale skull. It weighed nearly a tonne and getting it into the building was a much trickier affair than this delivery.

Once inside, the bones needed to be cleaned and then sprayed to control pests and later stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment, to preserve it.

The Deep is open from 28 May to 5 September 2010

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