Different materials and their properties

The European Football Championship 2016 ball, Beau Jeu, has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

The 2014 World Cup football Brazuca has five polyurethane layers which make for its uniqueness

What would a football game be without chemistry?

Social network analysis applied to football matches allows quantification of individual players’ performances

In 2006 it was Teamgeist, this year there’s a new ball, and it’s proving to be just as controversial

A new variant of fullerenes has been made: a two-dimensional fullerene with layers that acts like a metal

The 2024 soccer ball is called FUSSBALLLIEBE, which means "love of soccer," and it brings a lot of chemistry to the game

Telstar 18 is made of bio-based EPDM rubber

Test your knowledge of the World Cup ball