FIFA World Cup 2022: Are players wearing sports bra? All you need to know

The FIFA World Cup 2022 edition, in Qatar, has lived up to expectations so far. While the group stages saw plenty of upsets, the stage is now set for the last eightround with more action and drama along the way. Several things, both on and off the field, have made heads turn during the Qatar World Cup. During the group stage match between South Korea and Portugal, the Asian side's starfootballer Hwang Hee Chan's pictures made heads turn, in what seemed like he was wearinga women's sports bra.

The regular football fans and viewers won't be surprised with players sporting such an attire. However, non-regular fans might be perplexed by what they saw Hee Chan wearing. Here's everything you need to know about such an attire commonly worn by footballers across the globe:

The vest, appearing as a sports bra, is actually regarded as a GPS tracker vest. It is worn beneath jerseys and the vestcomprises a GPS device connected to it, useful forcollecting individual player GPS data. Such a device is placed in a small pouch at the backside of the GPS tracker vest.

Thus, such a sight might be uncommon for those non-regular football fans, however, it is very much common for the ardent followers of the beautiful game.

Talking about the upcoming matches in the Round of 16 in Qatar World Cup, Morocco will take on Spain whereas Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal will face Switzerland with Brazil, Croatia, France, England, Netherlands and Argentina having booked a place in the quarter-finals, which commences on Friday (December 09).