Fiction by Michele Mari: “For Bragonzi, the only beautiful thing in the sad life of the boarding school in Quarto dei Mille was the soccer matches.” ...

She says that the average African soccer ball has a brief field life of 7-90 days. The current sOccket has an exposed outlet, which makes it especially vulnerable to environmental conditions.

HOUSTON -- A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit 30 years later, thanks to a shared connection between one of the fallen astronauts ...

If the government decides President Trump’s ball is worth more than $390, it will become US property — that’s if federal agents haven’t shredded it already looking for listening devices.

A high-tech soccer ball that helps with more accurate offside decisions will make its European Championship debut next year in Germany after being used at the 2022 World Cup.

Three decades after Challenger, a soccer ball finally reaches space As ever, the world spins, time passes, and things come back around.

UEFA and Adidas unveiled the ball for Euro 2024. It's similar to one used in recent World Cups and helps officials make offside calls.