This comes after FIFA invested years developing tools that combine player tracking, artificial intelligence and ball sensors ...

For a moment, Croatia seemed to do the impossible. In the Round of 32, Joško Gvardiol scored a stoppage-time equalizer to ...

It’s been called one of, if not the biggest VAR decision in World Cup history. Whatever you call it, it was one that left Croatia heartbroken and Portugal thanking its lucky stars.

Everything in soccer can always be improved -- even the humble game ball. The 2026 World Cup has the Trionda, filled with ...

A chip embedded inside the Adidas Trionda match ball detected the faintest touch off a striker's hair, ending Croatia's World ...

Every four years, at the FIFA World Cup, Adidas unveils a new football and in 2026, the latest edition is called the Trionda.

Technology, more specifically AI, will play a big role in the new additions at the upcoming World Cup.

Before every match at the 2026 World Cup, a ball gets plugged in and charged like a smartphone. The Adidas Trionda is the most technologically advanced football ever made, and it is about to change ...

ATLANTA (AP) — It is called connected ball technology. And it was responsible for one of the most dramatic climaxes to a ...

The 2026 World Cup has added AI and computer vision to the officiating crew — a sensor inside the ball, semi-automated offside calls, and 16 tracking cameras per stadium.