Nike adapts Flyknit technology to launch knitted football boot
Swiftly following Adidas' launch of knitted football boots, rival sports brand Nike has released its own soccer footwear that incorporates the company's Flyknit technology. More
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World's first knitted football boot announced by Adidas
Sports brand Adidas has created the world's first football boot to have an upper knitted entirely from yarn (+ slideshow). More
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OFIS Arhitekti's spotty stadium for FC BATE Borisov nears completion
Here are some wintery views of the new spotty stadium for Belarusian football club FC BATE Borisov designed by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti, which is nearing completion and looks set to open later this year (+ slideshow). More
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CTRUS Football by Agent
Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line. More
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Fan outcry prompts Everton FC to ditch new badge design
News: English football club Everton FC has promised to consult fans on a new version of its crest after the latest redesign prompted a furious backlash. More
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Brazil opens first solar-powered stadium ahead of 2014 World Cup
News: a 1960s football stadium in Brazil has become the first of several in the country to be equipped with a solar-powered roof in preparation for next year's FIFA World Cup. More
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“It’s probably the most well-known place in Milan”
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: architect, designer and keen footballer Fabio Novembre takes us to the San Siro Stadium and discusses the cultural importance of soccer club AC Milan, the second most-famous Italian brand after Ferrari (+ movie). More
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N10 Sports Facility by Comoco Architects
Portuguese studio Comoco Architects has converted a warehouse in Coimbra once used for storing industrial materials into an indoor football ground (+ slideshow). More
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Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Movie: the base and sock lining of these lightweight football boots by Nike are made of castor beans, as explained in our next movie with the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti ahead of this evening’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges. More
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Villa Sonnehaert by Hollandse Nieuwe
These offices for the Dutch Football Association in Zeist by interior designers Hollandse Nieuwe are concealed behind the classical facade of a reconstructed mansion (+ slideshow). More
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Nike GS football boot by Nike
Sports brand Nike has unveiled an ultra-light football boot featuring components made from beans and recycled plastic (+ slideshow). More
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Chelsea Football Club offer to buy Battersea Power Station
Dezeen Wire: Chelsea Football Club have made an offer to buy Battersea Power Station in south London, with plans to redevelop it into a 60,000 capacity stadium - BBCCreditors of previous owners Treasury Holdings put the building up for sale in January. See abandoned plans for the site by Rafael Viñoly here and a more recent alternative proposal by Terry Farrell here.
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Inside awards: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject
Inside awards: as part of our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Andy Walker from Nike Football and Sean Pearson from RUFproject about the Football Training Centre in Soweto, which won the culture and civic category. More
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Inside award winner: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject
Inside 2011: Football Training Centre/Soweto by RUFproject is the winner of the culture and civic category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More
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France away kit by Nike
Sportswear brand Nike have launched the new away kit for France's national football team, based on the Breton stripe. More
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FCB Youngster Campus by Luca Selva Architekten
Here's another football training centre (see Soweto training ground in our earlier story), this time a football academy for the junior team of FC Basel 1893 in Switzerland by Swiss studio Luca Selva Architekten. More
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Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject
Canadian practice RUFproject have completed a football training centre in Soweto, South Africa, with wooden louvres wrapping the upper parts of the structure. More
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England Home Kit by Peter Saville for Umbro
The shoulder panels of the new England football kit feature a fabric printed with small coloured crosses, designed by British graphic designer Peter Saville.
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Soccer City by Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners and Populous
Soccer City in Johannesburg, reconstructed by architects Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners and global sports architecture firm Populous, will host the final of the FIFA World Cup, which starts next month. More
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Konstantin Grcic appointed design consultant to FC Bayern München
Dezeenwire: German magazine Form reports that industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has been appointed design consultant to German football club Bayern München - www.form.de Update 06/04/10: this was an April Fool joke and we fell for it! Hats off to Form magazine!
Related: see all our stories about Konstantin Grcic in our special category.
