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The Jabulani: If you’ve heard of it, you know where this is going. The official soccer ball of the 2010 Men’s World Cup was not popular. It was prone to knuckling at high speed, which made long passes and hard shots behave unpredictably.
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Vancouver turns its Science World museum into a giant 17-story soccer ball for the World Cup
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — It started with a whimsical idea. Why not transform the landmark Science World museum in downtown Vancouver, the geodesic dome-topped building not far from BC Place stadium,
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This year’s FIFA World Cup is getting a new piece of equipment by Adidas
Adidas is supplying a new ball for the matches, which it has done for every tournament since 1970. Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly regulated,
Every year the newest version of the World Cup soccer ball causes a stir. Now physicists have put those balls to the test, to see just how well they fly. Will this change in design make a difference in the game? That's what Sungchan Hong and his colleagues ...
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NASA sent a FIFA World Cup 2026 ball to the ISS so astronauts can test their footwork in zero-G
Soccer balls are tricky to design for proper spin. NASA highlighted how it is helping with FIFA ball design—and providing entertainment for ISS astronauts.
NASA shared a video showing astronauts kicking around an official World Cup soccer ball on the space station. Here's what was going on.
The reality star snapped a selfie with the vintage collectible — which Rihanna once carried to a match.
In some ways, you don’t actually need a soccer ball to play soccer. You just need something you can tolerate kicking for a sustained period of time, and you’re playing, kind of. You’ve seen the pictures. Kids playing soccer on gravel-and-dirt fields ...
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