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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Climate
- Daily Mail
The £60 pills England stars are taking to get ready to win the World Cup: How scientists are getting Harry Kane and Co ready to beat the heat in America
As England prepare for the sweltering conditions expected at the 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada, Thomas Tuchel had adopted an unorthodox approach. The temperatures in Dallas, Monterrey and several other host cities regularly exceed 30°C, and Tuchel wants his players to get used to baking in the sun ahead of next summer's tournament. This week, humidity in Dallas was at a lung-reducing 93 per cent and the thermometer logged 33°C. Meanwhile, Girona - where England's week-long training camp is located - was at 60 per cent humidity with temperatures of 25°C. That is why England's players have swapped the training pitch green for a manufactured environment to test their resolve in high-heat conditions. During a 45-minute high-intensity bike session inside a 36°C tent, FA sports scientists have been scanning real-time data to see how each player's body copes with heat. And the key piece of technology behind the savvy intervention? A £60 tiny electronic pill that travels through one's gastrointestinal tract, which records vitals, such as body temperature and heart rate. This technology is not unprecedented and has previously been deployed, as early as 2019 during the Doha World Athletics Championships to prevent heat exhaustion. To be clear, this is not a form a doping, as no drugs are involved; just the monitoring of internal telemetry to optimise performance. And England will need every ounce of performance if they hope to keep up with their formidable competition across not just Europe but the world. On Thursday night, fans saw the menacing attacks of Spain and France at display, as the Euro 2024 champions edged Les Blues in a 5-4 UEFA Nations League thriller. Earlier this week, Mail Sport were inside Tuchel's England camp to see the aftermath of the latest technology in action, and pick the brains of two stars. '45 minutes on a bike is a long time!' said Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze. 'You just had to keep going. But it was definitely helpful. It gave a bit of insight into yourself, and how you would cope in those conditions. It was about understanding how hot you actually are while doing the training. It was interesting.' Meanwhile, Chelsea's Cole Palmer took it in his stride and said: 'Yeah, it was tough. 'We had to get to a certain wattage or something on a bike and maintain it. For 45 minutes.'
The Independent
5 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
England players take ‘digital pills' to measure internal body temperature
England players have consumed 'digital pills' during their training camp this week, it has been reported, in a bid to see how they will deal with hot conditions during the 2026 World Cup. Thomas Tuchel 's players are currently in Girona, Spain, preparing for a European qualifier against Andorra on 7 June, which gives way to a friendly with Senegal on 10 June. • Watch every Fifa Club World Cup game free on DAZN. England players have been training in heated tents this week, carrying out fitness tests on exercise bikes. And another element of that preparation has seen them taking biometric pills, according to The Times. Per a report, the tablets contain digital technology that measures players' internal body temperatures, and one test saw squad members pedal to the point of exhaustion before FA sports scientists remotely scanned the pills. Those scans produced information on the players' body temperatures and the time needed to cool down. 'It was taking those tablets on the bike, and then you had to be on the bike for about 45 minutes,' said Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze. 'You just had to keep going. They monitored your heart rate, they monitored your actual temperature and stuff like that, to get more understanding. 'Of course it was quite difficult, and 45 minutes is a long time on a bike, but it was something that was definitely helpful, and I think it was a bit of insight into yourself and how you will cope in those situations. '[The tablet] was something that they would use to actually monitor your core temperature, so they would be understanding how hot you were while you were doing the training, which was interesting.' Chelsea's Cole Palmer added: 'It was tough. It was 35, 36 degrees Celsius inside the tents, and we had to get to a certain watts or something on a bike and maintain it – for 45 minutes.' In Dallas and Monterrey, two World Cup match locations for 2026, the average daily temperatures in early July are expected to be 35 and 34.4 degrees Celsius respectively. Six other venues are expected to have average temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. The World Cup was last held in the US in 1994, and temperatures during matches regularly exceeded 37 degrees Celsius, owing to a heatwave.
