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Why Jabulani still defines the modern World Cup ball.

The Adidas Jabulani, maligned in 2010, turned out to be the blueprint every match ball since has tried to fix. We trace its controversial arc.

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The ball that made goalkeepers hate physics.

From the seamless panels to the erratic flight, Jabulani was a design experiment that changed the rules for every match ball that followed.

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