Along with vuvuzelas, controversial goals and Diego Maradona's overzealous touchline demeanor, the problematic Adidas Jabulani has become a leitmotif of South Africa 2010. The ball was designed by ...

Although Jabulani’s maker, Adidas, promised more goals than normal, there have been just 20 back-of-the-net opportunities in the first 12 games, compared to 28 in Euro 2008, and 30 in the 2006 World ...

Other manufacturers may produce colorful balls for next month’s FIFA World Cup, but there’s only one official ball, and for the 11th year, Adidas earned the right to field its version of what a ...

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Sitting here watching Uruguay’s Luís Suárez bury the ball (his second goal = !!!) into the back of the net, I’m thinking to myself: “Boy, he sure didn’t seem to have any problem controlling the ...

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Professor Derek Leinweber has been studying soccer balls. He’s interested in the physics behind them, and is particularly intrigued by the design of the official ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South ...

England coach Fabio Capello has said this year's World Cup ball is the worst he has ever seen. The new 'Jabulani' ball being used at the World Cup in South Africa, has been widely criticised, mainly ...

SAO PAULO – The Brazuca seems on the surface to be as Brazilian as it gets. The soccer ball that will become the most viewed piece of sporting equipment on the planet over the next five weeks was ...

Kieran Brown records how many goals a professional keeper concedes when facing 100 shots from the unpredictable Jabulani.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — It’s that time of year again, folks: time for adidas to roll out the World Cup match ball, and time for the players to complain about how much it knuckles. (For a historical ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters Life!) - If a grooved World Cup ball can upset some of the game's best players, how would they react to a ball packed with cameras, lights and a GPS chip? A team of Mexico ...