ET Graphics: Fifa kills sleep in over half of the world

If staying up through the night to watch the FIFA World Cup has left you sleep-deprived, you're far from alone. Around 56% of the world's population—largely across Asia and the Pacific—lives in time zones where matches in the North America-hosted ...

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If you thought being a football fan was killing your sleep these days, you’re not alone: as many as 56% of the world population—most parts of Asia and the Pacific region—lives in a timezone that makes it hard to keep up with the football World Cup going on in North America. ET’s analysis looks for parallels in the last 15 World Cups:

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