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? First things first, you want a soccer ...

The official ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup has been revealed, and it's a new spin on an old classic. Adidas released the Telstar 18 on Thursday, which will be the exclusive ball used at the 2018 ...

Lorenzo Insigne hopes Italy will play a 2026 World Cup game in Canada but insists footballers playing abroad should be ...

Marco Materazzi hopes Simone Inzaghi will stay at Inter despite Premier League interest, begged Jose Mourinho to stay and ...

France and Italy qualified for the quarterfinal stage of the revamped ... their League B group and virtually guaranteed it ...

Former Italy, Fiorentina and Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni was not at all impressed by Arsenal’s performance at Inter Milan ...

“It is a very small country, and soccer ... ball, securely. He had it all,” Bermúdez told me in an interview. “King Pelé, Number 1.” For Bermúdez, this will be his last World Cup ...

But it’s tough to predict how Italy will get on, as their World Cup record oscillates wildly. Having won the tournament in 2006, their last appearance was farcical. The Italians failed to win a game ...

Italy’s shocking failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup put the soccer world on hold. Only Brazil has more World Cup titles than the Italians. However, Italy has missed its second-consecutive World ...

Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 on Sunday to win their first U20 World Cup title -- ending a streak of four consecutive wins by European teams. Italy scored a late penalty to beat England 2-1 in the round ...

Overall, he made 16 appearances for Italy and scored seven goals — six of them at the World Cup. Italian soccer federation ..

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