Physicist Hawking takes a swipe at ‘ballerina’ Suarez
The scientist, whose book A Brief History Of Time was a bestseller, analysed data from every tournament since 1966 — and the bad news is he reckons the heat, the altitude, and the distance from home could all scupper England’s chances.
But he thinks prospects for Roy Hodgson’s men will be improved if they get a European referee for their group stage match with Uruguay and their mercurial Liverpool striker Suarez because he reckons match officials from the northern hemisphere will be less sympathetic to his on-pitch dramatics.
