Remarkably, the leather soccer ball was used for almost a century, despite the fact that it became heavier in rainy or wet conditions, the knock-on effect being that the quality of the game decreased.

Sock ball was long considered a poor man's game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it's become a show of ...

Legendary Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes once described the soccer ball as, "along with boots, the most important product in football". The decorated former player and tactician is not the only ...