How Will Men’s World Cup Soccer Players Cope with Qatar Heat?

The first match of the men’s football World Cup kicked off in Qatar on 20 November, when the temperature was expected to be around 30 °C and humidity approaching 60%. When Qatar first won the bid to host the tournament 12 years ago, extreme heat was one of several concerns; since then, the average annual temperature in the country has risen by around 1°C. The 2022 tournament is the first to be held in November, to avoid Qatar’s…