FIFA, Lionel Messi and World Cup
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The design of TRIONDA FINAL is inspired by the journey towards football’s ultimate prize. The 16 cities that have hosted the record-setting World Cup 2026 are celebrated through
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Bouctouche boy lives his FIFA dream as official match ball carrier before Portugal-Croatia match
Eleven-year-old Theo Labelle from Bouctouche, New Brunswick, fulfilled a major dream by serving as an official FIFA World Cup Match Ball Carrier at Toronto’s BMO Field on July 2, 2026. Selected by Kia Canada for the role,
A chip embedded inside the Adidas Trionda match ball detected the faintest touch off a striker's hair, ending Croatia's World Cup dreams in a chaotic 103rd-minute VAR intervention.
Every four years, at the FIFA World Cup, Adidas unveils a new football and in 2026, the latest edition is called the Trionda. But unlike the previous ones, this year’s version is a connected sports device with sensors,
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NASA sent a FIFA World Cup 2026 ball to the ISS so astronauts can test their footwork in zero-G
Soccer balls are tricky to design for proper spin. NASA highlighted how it is helping with FIFA ball design—and providing entertainment for ISS astronauts.
FIFA’s technology inside the Adidas Trionda ball showed that Igor Matanovic did get a slight touch which meant Mario Pasalic was offside.
Hyundai Motor Company integrated Atlas, Boston Dynamics' advanced humanoid robot, at halftime during the Round of 16 match between Brazil and Norway at the FIFA World Cup on Sunday.
Diego Maradona has declared that Lionel Messi did not deserve to be chosen as the best player of the 2014 World Cup, suggesting the Argentina forward won the award for marketing reasons.
Meet Atlas, the 5-foot tall humanoid robot that delivered the World Cup match ball, has 56 points of movement on its body, and learned to play soccer.
