The "Hand of God" soccer ball that was punched by Diego Maradona for a goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Argentina and England is set to go up for auction in the United ...

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 ...

Adidas director of soccer innovation ... nearly half the world’s population tuned in. So, you know, no pressure on this product roll-out. The Brazuca, the 2014 FIFA World Cup match ball The ...

We’re positively sure no one ever in the history of the world looked at a soccer ball and thought of it as anything more than just a soccer ball. That’s why we’re a little astounded at ...

An earlier version of this story described the trajectory of a ball that is launched and is pulled down by gravity as hyperbolic instead of parabolic. As soccer's World Cup gets set to begin ...