WHEN IT COMES to buying golf balls, most players aren’t looking for the best golf ball, but rather any old ball they can find. They simply stuff their hand into their golf bag, blindly rummaging until they find “the one.” Maybe they give a quick peek ...

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.