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Stone Island's Latest New Balance Drop Is Pure Perfection

There’s nobody really moving through football quite like New Balance right now.

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In a Football World Full of Noise, Nike’s Obsession with Innovation Still Cuts Through

Sitting down with Phil McCartney, EVP Chief Innovation & Product Officer at Nike, we get an insight into the brand's ever-evolving relationship with innovation and how it continues to shape the beautiful game we know and love.

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FCSB 25/26 Home Kit: Heritage with Voltage

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FCSB’s 2025/26 home kit feels almost plugged directly into the present.

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Palace’s Nike England Collab Is Weird, Brilliant, and Exactly Right

Let’s not beat around the bush here, okay: Palace’s World Cup Nike collaboration absolutely slaps, doesn’t it?

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AC Sparta Prague 25/26 Away Kit: Luxury in Restraint

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Some shirts rely on complexity, while others rely on confidence. Sparta Prague’s 25/26 away kit, however, is a masterclass in restraint.

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Nike Is Already Winning the World Cup Collab War

Before a ball has even rolled across North America, Nike has already started to treat the 2026 World Cup like something far bigger than a tournament.

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With Stone Island x NB, Football Collabs Have Peaked

Stone Island and New Balance have reached the point in their relationship where the collaboration no longer needs to announce itself.

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Les Deux's International Club Collection Lands Between the Pitch and the Pub

Copenhagen lifestyle brand Les Deux has launched Les Deux International Club, a limited release of 15 football jerseys inspired by nations that have shaped the brand’s identity or the language of the game. But it’s important to note that this is not parody in any sense: this is homage born of a deep passion for the game.

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The World Cup Where Everybody Is Somebody

There’s something about a football tournament that makes the whole world feel briefly understandable.

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How Como 1907 Became Football’s Most Beautiful Idea

There are worse places to watch football than Lake Como. That much becomes clear before a ball has even been kicked.

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Brøndby IF 25/26 Away Kit: Colour in Motion

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Some shirts don’t follow structure. They follow feeling. Brøndby IF’s 25/26 away kit is exactly that. A piece that leans into expression over rigidity, where colour becomes movement and identity is carried through energy rather than symmetry.

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Why Football Needs Salehe Bembury

As PUMA hands its World Cup travel wear and goalkeeper kits to Salehe Bembury, football gets something it has been missing: a little productive disruption.

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Should the Nike Mercurial Vapor and Superfly Be Separate Boots Again?

For over two decades, Nike’s Mercurial line has defined speed in football boot design, with the Vapor and Superfly each carving out distinct identities. But those lines have blurred in recent years, and so I’m asking: is it time to separate them once again?

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SL Benfica 25/26 Home Kit: Tradition, Sharpened

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Some shirts don’t need reinvention. They need precision.Benfica’s 25/26 home kit sits firmly in that space.

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How the adidas Trionda Became a Canvas for Cultural Creativity

Before the adidas Trionda becomes the focal point of the world’s attention it was the focus of a very special project; one that turned it into a piece of art brimming with cultural resonance. This is Balón Trionda, an artistic intervention that transformed the ball into a unique, one-of-a-kind artwork that reimagines it as a symbol of community, tradition, and identity rather than just a sporting object.

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The FC Bayern Munich Training Collection is Authenticity in Motion

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Not everything iconic happens on matchday. Some of it lives in the margins, in training sessions, in tunnel walks, in the quiet repetition before the noise. That’s where this FC Bayern training collection finds its power. It’s not designed for spectacle. It’s designed for function. But in that function, there’s an authenticity that fans chase.

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