Previously, leather soccer balls consisted of 18 sections stitched together: six panels of three strips apiece. This design stitched together 20 hexagons with 12 pentagons for a total of 32 panels.

Sacred Heart's Lindsey Galligan clears the ball during the CHSAA girls soccer championship against St. Anthony's at Farmingdale State College on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Credit: Peter Frutkoff ...

Heading a soccer ball repeatedly could be bad for the brain, according to a growing body of research about the potential long-term impacts on brains and minds from frequent collisions between ...

For some, kicking a soccer ball might just be a pastime or a fun way to stay in shape. But for 12-year-old Ryan, "el fútbol es vida!" Soccer is life. "I love this sport just because it reminds me ...

Heading a soccer ball alters the brain, new research spearheaded by the University of Sydney has found, despite having no immediate impact on cognition. The findings of a world-first experiment ...

Adidas kept the ball’s black-and-white color scheme until 2002, but the 32-panel buckyball might not stay in vogue much longer—Adidas launched its new generation of soccer balls for the 2006 ...

Sialkot, a city in northeast Pakistan, produces about 70% of the world’s supply—including Adidas’s Al Rihla, the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

UEFA and Adidas unveiled the ball for Euro 2024. ... It is named "Fussballliebe," the German word for "love of soccer," and will be used at next year's 51-game tournament from June 14-July 14.

Pro soccer player has heart surgery after collapsing during game. Updated: May. 14, 2025, 12:24 p.m. ... we have been so moved by the love and support from Angel City players, ...

While Sezar waited for his new heart, he shared his love of soccer with his care team. Kicking the ball with the nurses, therapists and even the medical interpreter was part of his physical therapy ...

Technology Meet ‘DribbleBot,’ MIT’s soccer-playing robot Lessons learned creating a robot that can move a ball through mud and snow could help scientists create life-saving robots in the future.

Of course, Paltonieri continued, if the school had been endowed with an ample supply of soccer balls, there would be nothing to get upset about in all this; if they lost one they could requisition ...