Vuvuzela or Jabulani – Which Would You Rather FIFA Ban?
I’m enjoying World Cup 2010 so far. I hope you are too. But there have been two major complaints: The noise of the vuvuzelas and the flight of the adidas Jabulani ball.
For the uninitiated, the vuvuzelas are the plastic horns the fans are blowing at the stadium that sound like a swarm of bees. A...
Win THE World Cup ball from the group stage draw!
Premiership Talk is partnering up with adidas to give one lucky Premiership Talk reader the chance to win the exact and official ball held by Charlize Theron on stage at the World Cup draw back in December in South Africa. The official World Cup ball from the draw is, of course, a truly one of...
Jabulani Gets Some Love at Last
It have been a tough few weeks for the official World Cup ball. While his predecessors had already gotten the routine thumbs down from goalkeepers, Jabulani appeared to receive universal disapproval, with players and coaches joining the negative chorus.
Swimming against the current is Brazilian midfielder Kaka, who defended the ball during a recent press conference...
The World Cup Ball History In Photos
The photo above is the Tiento, the official ball from the very first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930. Do you suppose the players might hush up about the Jabulani given this as the alternate option? Likely so.
Jens Heilmann is a photographer who decided to take photos of the balls from the previous 26 World...
Add David James to the growing chorus of Jabulani critics
Those aero grooves make the ball swerve like a curveball David James is not impressed by the Jabulani: "The ball is dreadful," James said. "It is horrible, but I suppose it is horrible for everyone. You saw that from...
Julio Cesar joins the list of critics of Jabulani
The good old style leather ball: safe and predictable Brazil's goalkeeper joins the chorus of Jabulani critics calling it something that you would find in a "grocery store." Cesar also called the Adidas ball "horrible" and "terrible." Looks like...
Adidas Jo’bulani: The Official Match Ball of the 2010 World Cup Final
We’ve already seen the adidas Jabulani, official match ball of the 2010 World Cup. But superb as that ball might be, it’s not good enough for the actual World Cup 2010 Final on July 11th. Such an event requires a whole other ball, and so adidas and FIFA unveiled the adidas Jo’bulani this morning, so...
