Replica World Cup ball

Footballs used at the World Cup are super high-tech, fitted with senses to help work out big decisions. In Hà Nội, disabled people are making their own souvenir versions so children at home can play with balls just like their sporting heroes. They may not have all the tech, but they sure do look like the real thing.

Out maybe, but 'soccer' is in good health

The USA may have crashed out of the World Cup on Saturday with a whimper rather than a bang in their 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands, but off the pitch, the beautiful game is in rude health in the land of the free and home of the brave.

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