This comes after FIFA invested years developing tools that combine player tracking, artificial intelligence and ball sensors to reduce human error in crucial moments.

A new match ball for every World Cup tournament brings fresh aerodynamic calculations and this year's four-panel ball is no exception

If you have a rare talent in your team, you build a team around that player. Zagallo had Pele in 1970, Carlos Bilardo in 1986 had someone called Diego Maradona, and Scaloni had Lionel Messi in 2022

However, long before the Trionda, FIFA had much more old-fashioned designed for game balls. The first World Cups featured hand-stitched leather balls that share as much of a resemblance with an American football than they do a modern-day soccer ball.

After two decades of dominance at the World Cup, Lionel Messi has proved himself to the Argentinean faithful. Now he has nothing to lose.

Peru didn't qualify for this year's World Cup, but the country is still making headlines early in the tournament. With a thunderstorm set to hit Mexico City late Sunday afternoon, FIFA reportedly considered moving up the kickoff time by several hours.

Lionel Messi is set for his sixth World Cup with Argentina. Guillem Balague looks at how the Argentine has evolved.