This week's Club Sportico crosses the pond to dive into a debate over soccer ball design in the U.K. In the middle of an ...

The ball’s design reflects the 860 players of MLS hailing from 79 different countries and highlights the sense of unity and belonging within soccer communities around the globe. The Official ...

Following is a transcript of the video. The typical soccer ball looks like this. Black and white with a bunch of these panels. But that's not what the World Cup balls look like. So, what's going on?

Most of the world's soccer balls — nearly 70% — are made in one small city in Northern Pakistan. Soccer ball production is a major source of income in the city of Sialkot, with at least 1,000 ...