Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...

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If you're a soccer fan, you're familiar with this common sight: A penalty kick is in place, with a "wall" of defenders lined ...

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We see it all the time in soccer. A physics-defying, gravity-altering kick that curves mid-air and finds the back of the net. Often, it happens over a defensive wall during a free kick. Perhaps the ...

Reporting from Herzogenaurach, Germany — To design the most technologically advanced World Cup ball in history, Adidas had to go back to a time when TV transmissions were mostly in black and white, ...

"I've learned you don't have to be a celebrity or be a certain age to make a difference," says Ethan King One minute, 10-year-old Ethan King was standing alone, kicking his soccer ball around a dusty, ...

Ask the staff and kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of both the Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach, and they’ll tell you the same thing: The annual Let’s Play Ball Drive, which collects thousands of ...

Growing up, soccer was the first sport I ever played. And despite my love for the game, it refused to love me back. I could ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...