FIFA World Cup: Every team that banned sex, has been knocked out

Other coaches, such as Costa Rica's Jorge Luis Pinto, is happy for his players to engage in sexual activity as long as they winning on the pitch. He said: 'I can assure, with no doubts, they will be able to "enjoy themselves" just as soon as they qualify for the next round.'

It was believed for a long time that sex has a detrimental effect on an athlete's performance, distracting them or exhausting them before a big match but more recent research showed that this was not the case with scientists claiming there is no physiological evidence to suggest this.

Unfortunately a relaxed policy to time with loved ones didn't work for England, who failed to climax and left the tournament at the group stage.