But that's not what the World Cup balls look like. So ... Players complained the ball didn't go where they expected it to. So, in 2010, Adidas compensated by adding some texture to roughen ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta brought out an ancient excuse that we haven’t heard in 15 years for why his players couldn’t hit the target in their 2-0 loss to Newcastle on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup.

Mikel Arteta is making excuses. They will have trained with that ball, there is no doubt about that. I experienced it in 2010 at the South Africa World Cup (with the Jabulani ball). 'You can't make ...

Uruguay legend and former Manchester United forward Diego Forlan wrote his name into World Cup history by mastering the quirks of an adidas ball that Luis Fabiano had labelled "very weird".