Soccer balls are tricky to design for proper spin. NASA highlighted how it is helping with FIFA ball design—and providing ...

NASA shared a video showing astronauts kicking around an official World Cup soccer ball on the space station. Here's what was ...

“Every single ball is different,” says Andy Harland, a professor at Loughborough University in England who has tested Adidas’ ...

In concept, a ball is the most procedural aspect of the World Cup, arguably the single greatest reminder that no matter how grandiose the world's most popular sporting event can be, soccer's trademark ...

Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly regulated, offside is signaled with a flag, and referees end the match with a blast of a whistle. But ...