NYON, Switzerland: A high-tech soccer ball that helps with more accurate offside decisions will make its European Championship debut next year in Germany after being used at the 2022 World Cup.
European soccer governing body UEFA and manufacturer Adidas unveiled the ball for Euro 2024 in Berlin on Wednesday. It is named “Fussballliebe,” the German word for “love of soccer,” and will be used at next year’s 51-game tournament from June 14-July 14.
A chip fixed on a gyroscope inside the ball sends data 500 times per second to record the point at which it is kicked. The “kick point” helps match officials make offside decisions using multiple camera angles to create 3D visualizations that illustrate player movement.
UEFA said the “connected ball technology (gives) unprecedented insight into every element of the movement of the ball and contributing to UEFA’s video assistant refereeing decision-making process.”
Adidas also supplies balls to FIFA for the men’s and women’s World Cups.
UEFA highlighted the sustainable qualities of the “Fussballliebe,” using recycled polyester and water-based ink, plus materials including corn fibers, sugar cane and wood pulp.
Adidas has pledged 1 percent of net sales of the ball to the Common Goal soccer charity created by former Spain midfielder Juan Mata.
High-tech soccer ball unveiled for Euro 2024 promises more accurate offside decisions
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High-tech soccer ball unveiled for Euro 2024 promises more accurate offside decisions
- European soccer governing body UEFA and manufacturer Adidas unveiled the ball for Euro 2024 in Berlin on Wednesday
- It is named “Fussballliebe,” the German word for “love of soccer”
PSG ordered to pay around 60mn euros to Mbappe in wage dispute
- PSG in turn had demanded Mbappe pay them 440 million euros
- The labor court said the final figure of between 60 million and 61 million euros
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain were ordered to pay their former forward Kylian Mbappe up to 61 million euros ($71.8 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses by a French labor court on Tuesday.
France captain Mbappe, who left PSG in June 2024 to join Real Madrid, had been claiming over 260 million euros in total from his former club.
PSG in turn had demanded Mbappe pay them 440 million euros.
Mbappe, 26, also claimed the Parisian club applied the wrong French legal classification to his contract, but that was rejected by the court.
The labor court said the final figure of between 60 million and 61 million euros was made up of 55 million euros in unpaid salary and around six million euros in holiday payments.
PSG did not immediately say if they intend to appeal.
Lawyers for Mbappe said in a statement they “noted with satisfaction the decision given by the labor court.”
“It re-establishes a simple truth — even in the professional football industry, labor laws apply to everyone,” the lawyers added in a statement.
The French club had said they were basing the figure they were claiming in part on a botched 300m-euro transfer to Gulf club which Mbappe refused in June 2023.
Mbappe left for Real Madrid on a free transfer when his contract expired the following summer.
He insisted he made no agreement in 2023 to waive any payment from the club.
Mbappe initially filed a complaint in June over the way he was treated by PSG at the start of the 2023-24 season.
Mbappe argues that he was sidelined by PSG and made to train with players the club were trying to offload after refusing to agree a new contract.
It is a widespread practice that in France prompted the players’ union to lodge a complaint last year.
Mbappe was not invited to take part in PSG’s 2023 pre-season tour of Asia and missed the first game of that season but was later recalled to the team after holding talks with the club.
After seven seasons with PSG he joined Real Madrid where he earns a reported annual salary of 30m euros.
Mbappe scored 256 goals in 308 games for PSG but the club won the Champions League for the first time last season following his departure.
