The 2018 World Cup ball from Adidas has aesthetic ties to 1970 but ... forcing officials to ask European sides to bring their own soccer balls. The first-ever black-and-white ball created for ...

Once upon a time, soccer balls (or footballs, depending on where you hail from) were inflated pig bladders wrapped in leather ... made its World Cup debut as Adidas’ Telstar in 1970 in Mexico.

Given its significance, the history of the soccer ball has too often been overlooked. With that in mind, allow bundesliga.com to trumpet the fascinating backstory of the famous leather sphere in ...