England players use new sports drink to help beat extreme heat at World Cup

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England’s players are using a sports drink developed by the double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee to help control their body temperatures at the World Cup. The Football Association placed a large order of CoreCtrl, a new product from Brownlee’s sports nutrition company truefuels, before the tournament to take to the US. Refuelling and heat management has been a key part of Thomas Tuchel’s preparations for the World Cup, with players wearing cooling vests and palm-cooling devices du