This is Icons, a GOAL feature and podcast series revisiting the last 10 World Cups through the moments, characters, and controversies that defined them, bringing the spirit of each tournament vividly ...
Official World Cup ball, Jabulani, getting the blame for soft goals – Robert Green – and missed ones
JOHANNESBURG – When in doubt, blame the ball. That’s what seemingly everyone is doing when someone goes wrong at the World Cup. Let in a bad goal? The ball bounced wrong. Could not get off a good shot ...
Adidas, which designed Jabulani (named after the Zulu word for "celebration"), has resurfaced the soccer ball and cut down the number of exterior panels after players at the 2006 World Cup and again ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
English footballer Kieran Brown takes on an extreme soccer challenge, stepping into the goal to battle impossible shots using ...
Thierry Henry, Andres Iniesta, Kaka, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Wayne Rooney -- before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, many of these stars were on the list of potential Golden Ball ...
We know the score. Each World Cup brings a new football: smoother; better; faster; stronger, to misquote Daft Punk (they’re in Adidas’ Cantina ad as well). Jabulani is the sportswear firm’s 11th ...
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