Three of the 12 soccer stadiums where Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup are still under construction. Only 1 in 3 Brazilians thinks the monthlong tournament will be good for their country’s economy.

Ever wonder about the process by which adidas manufactures millions upon millions of brand new soccer balls before every World Cup? Well, wonder no longer, because the above video from adidas takes ...

When Brazil and Croatia kick off the first game of the 2014 World Cup they will use the Adidas ‘Brazuca’, the official ball of the 2014 World Cup. The name Brazuca comes from a fan poll in Brazil that ...

Forget any notion of a 32-paneled soccer ball, true stitching or black-and-white design. The Brazuca, the official adidas-made match ball for World Cup 2014, engineers roundness well beyond tradition.

The soccer ball sure has come a long way. While pinning down the true inventor of the soccer ball is nearly impossible, history says that the game has been played with everything from human skulls to ...

The Trionda ball’s red, blue and green graphics correspond to the three World Cup host countries, USA, Mexico and Canada.

Poor kids around the world will kick just about anything resembling a ball to get a soccer game going. Rolled up socks or rags, cans, tennis balls. For those kids with a little more money, say $160, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – It's gotta be the ball. The number and quality of goals in this year's World Cup is remarkable bordering on incredible, and there have been plenty of theories as to why. The simplest ...

To a casual observer, The World Cup’s new official tournament ball, the Adidas Brazuca, looks roughly identical to previous World Cup balls. But the Brazuca is in fact a distinct departure from the ...

Next year, the entire soccer world will go Brazilian. MLS is no exception. The 2014 adidas MLS Match Ball, revealed this week, is based on the “Brazuca,” the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World ...

Now that the Brazuca has been officially announced, Soccer Bible went to the heart of the adidas testing labs to see how the most tested ball ever made passed the test. For two and half years, adidas ...

Brazuca, the official World Cup match ball (Photos courtesy of adidas) Brazuca, the official World Cup match ball (Photos courtesy of adidas) Brazuca, the official ...