Tag: soccer
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 Trionda World Cup Soccer Ball
The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game By Emma R. Hasson edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Each World Cup brings an exciting new ball design. The 2026 Trionda ball is at center. Every…
‘Handcuffed like we’re criminals’: Ohio teen soccer star recounts deportation
Emerson Colindres reflects on ‘traumatizing’ ordeal after Ice sent him to Honduras despite having no criminal record The Ohio high school graduate and soccer standout who was recently deported from the US to Honduras despite having no arrest record has described being “handcuffed like we’re some big criminals” for the entirety of his deportation flight.…
National Women’s Soccer League reaches $5 million settlement over 2021 abuse scandal
Becky Sullivan Three years after revelations about sexual coercion, racism and other abuse roiled the National Women’s Soccer League, prosecutors on Wednesday announced a settlement with the league to establish a $5 million victims’ fund and implement other reforms. In 2021, allegations began to burst into the public about years of abuse suffered by players…
Nanotech Scientists Build on an Insect’s Odd Soccer Ball-Like Excretions to Design Ingenious Camouflage
Nanotech Scientists Build on an Insect’s Odd Soccer Ball-Like Excretions to Design Ingenious Camouflage Artificial versions of nanoscale soccer-ball-like structures called brochosomes might be used to make new forms of military camouflage, self-cleaning surfaces or hydrogen fuel By Ivan Amato edited by Gary Stix Brochosomes “Our group first became intrigued by brochosomes around 2015, drawn…