Fifa has been working on ways to improve offside decisions for the World Cup
Fifa plans to create AI-enabled 3D avatars of every player at the 2026 World Cup to enhance the tournament's semi-automated offside technology.
This will mean creating a digital scan of all 1,248 players in the 26-man squads of the 48 teams.
Each player will enter a chamber to be scanned, a process that should take just one second and only needs to be done once during their pre-tournament photo shoot.
Fifa says the scan "captures highly accurate body-part dimensions" to make more accurate offside decisions.
