One item that we could not do without is the ball, and today, Wednesday 15 November, manufacturer Adidas gave it its much awaited official launch. Let’s take a look at what we’ve learned about it.

But it is slightly unusual for people to talk as much about the ball as they have about the Adidas Fussballliebe Pro EURO 2024 match ball, to give it its full name, as they have in Germany of late.

It is one two manufacturers of Adidas' Al Rihla, the official World Cup ball. Sign up here. Forward Sports Director Hassan Masood Khawaja said his company had made 5.5 million Al Rihla balls ...

UEFA Champions League official match ball supplier adidas have released Fired Up, a new match ball that will be used on Matchdays 7 and 8 of the the first-ever edition of the UEFA Champions League ...

The match balls used at the World Cup are the most important in football, which is why Adidas has produced a special edition for the finale. There are just four matches left at what has been a ...

And to mark the changes to the tournament, adidas have now unveiled a 'Fired Up' ball which will be used over matchdays seven and eight that will be played in January. The ball was designed to ...

Adidas has unveiled the official match ball of the 2025 Club World Cup. The design is distinctly American, with FIFA saying it “pays homage” to the host nation of the first edition of the ...

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First revealed by the brand at the adidas Stadium located at Mrs Macquarie's Chair, the OCEAUNZ Final Pro is the first FIFA Women’s World Cup final Official Match Ball to feature Connected Ball ...

More than two-thirds of the world’s soccer balls are made in one of the town’s 1,000 factories. That includes the Adidas Al Rihla, the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar ...