OLYMPICS 2012 – The Albert Adidas presents the official match ball for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament – ‘THE ALBERT’ London, 1st March, 2012 – The Albert, the official match ball to be used at the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament was officially revealed today at The City of Coventry Stadium by Tom Cleverley of…
OLYMPICS 2008 – Great Wall Star The Official soccer ball of the 2008 Olympic Games, dubbed “The Great Wall Star” has been unveiled. It is manufactured by adidas, an official partner of the Beijing Games. The gold Chinese characters on the mostly-red ball read ”Zhong Guo” which means “China.” The characters were painted by Nian…
OLYMPICS 2004 From Adidas: A new football production concept has been developed to provide consistent quality and performance from one ball to the next for today’s faster and more technical game. The above pictures are from Alberto Izaguirre Serrano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Above picture provided by Jacques Barralon New Pelias ball, featuring Power Balance Technology, has a seamless…
Adidas Gamarada From Alberto Izaguirre Serrano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico: Just like the Questra Europa in 1996, the Adidas Gamarada was designed similar to the Adidas Terrestra Silverstream, Official Match ball in the Euro 2000. This was the fourth Equipment ball after Adidas Tricolore, Icon and Terrestra Silverstream. Adidas indicated the balls where softer, faster and more durable. The Gamarada ball features synthetic foam,…
OLYMPICS 1992 Adidas Etrusco
Articles and pictures from Sheridan Bird, January 28, 2004 In June 1990, the football viewing public were eagerly anticipating the start of the sport’s greatest tournament, the FIFA World Cup, in Italy, a country widely known and loved for its creativity and artistic ambience. A leader in fashion, wine, art and sculpture, the host nation…
2010 World Cup Soccer Ball “JABULANI”, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Jabulani – means “to celebrate” in isiZulu On December 4th, adidas and FIFA officially unveiled the adidas “JABULANI”, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The “JABULANI”, which means “to celebrate” in isiZulu,…
Super Lux for use during nighttime matches – Same design as the Telstar Duralast used in the 1974 World Cup Thank you Jacques Barralon for the above picture
Adidas has unveiled the brazuca Final Rio Official Match Ball, the official match ball for the Final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The ball will be an integral part of the fixture on 13 July, when two teams will do battle for a place in history. brazuca final Rio The design of brazuca Final Rio has been…