The 2012 adizero miCoach line-up kicks off with the new bright-as-ever Blue/White/Electricity colourway! With FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi ready to launch the new football boots next month, adidas have released a customary leather edition for their world number one!

Germany manager Joachim Low has included a couple of surprise selections in Dennis Aogo and Holger Badstuber in his provisional squad for this summer's World Cup. Hamburg defender Aogo and Bayern Munich's Badstuber were named in the 27-man squad

He's known as much for his humility and class as he his for his astounding football ability. Lionel Messi capped off a phenomenal year by breaking Gerd Muller's 40-year record for the most goals scored in a calender year. But he's not one to sit back in admiration for himself.

The adidas f50 adizero miCoach gets its first major colour-up since their launch back in September! The all new Blue/White/Electricity adizero miCoach kick-starts what's expected to be an exciting year for the f50 range. Soon to be seen on the feet of f50 superstar Lionel Messi, the adizero's latest paint-job reaffirms the boots reputation for bright colourways.

These highly restricted collectors edition adidas World Cup 78 football boots celebrate 30 years of the legendary adidas World Cup Boot. The adidas World Cup 78 football boots were released for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina and were originally designed

Just four teams remain in the 2012 European Championships. Portugal, Germany, Spain and Italy each survived an eventful quarter-final weekend that saw England crash out of the tournament in familiar circumstances. The race for top-scoring boot may seem like a one-boot race with the Vapor VIII leading the charge, but there are still other boots making headlines.

Every week the SoccerBible rounds-up the best European domestic action, football boots on show and the star performers. Barcelona dropped points to allow Real Madrid to close the gap in Spain, Roma continued their fine form to remain top of Serie A. Elsewhere, Bayern Munich smashed seven goals and Marseille closed in on a ninth crown.

Okay, so the Germans have arrived and as usual they mean business! Their 4-0 demolition of Australia was the most impressive performance so far at the World Cup.

For adidas, 2012 has been largley shaped by the success of one player and one team. Leo Messi and Spain have re-written the history books this year with record-breaking success. Elsewhere, the adidas Predator and new adizero boots have been adidas' headline product pieces. Take a look at what adidas brought us in 2012.

Day 5 of the 2010 World Cup promises goals with Brazil in action, and the tournament is in need of some flair after Ivory Coast v Portugal and Italy v Paraguay ended in dull draws. With the likes of Kaka, Robinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in action today