Creative Soccer Culture

The Quiet Control of Martin Ødegaard

Martin Odegaard rarely gives much away. I’m not talking about possession (although that would be accurate), I mean how he speaks, in the same measured way he plays football: controlled, precise and unrushed.

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Heineken Heads to Oslo for UWCL Final – But Not the Oslo You Were Thinking

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Ahead of the UEFA Women's Champions League final on Sunday, there will be a notable absence in Oslo. Local advertising restrictions in Norway prevent longtime sponsor of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Heineken, from activating in the city, but the brand have found a workaround, announcing a takeover at Oslo Bar in Hackney, London.

Performance Football Apparel

PUMA & AC Milan Stick Firmly to Tradition With 26/27 Home Shirt

AC Milan, alongside PUMA, have unveiled their 2026/27 home kit, and it’s less about reinventing the wheel and more about reminding everyone why the wheel looked so good in the first place. This is classic Milan through and through: bold, confident, and instantly recognisable.

Performance Football Boots

PUMA Prepare for the Summer With the Showtime Pack

Ready for the summer, PUMA has revealed its “Showtime” pack ahead of this summer’s action, with the Future 9, Ultra 6, and King 20 all arriving in bold, tropical-inspired designs. Each model features mismatched left and right boots, continuing a signature aesthetic that traces back over a decade.

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The Best POV Moments From Arsenal’s Title Celebrations

There is something unique about winning a league title and then watching it unfold through shaky phone footage.

Performance Football Apparel

adidas Unveil Mexico’s New Third Kit Under “The Mexican Wa(y)ve” Concept

Mexico are one of those rare federations that don’t do bad kits. Season after season, El Tri benefit from some of the most distinctive and consistently impressive jersey designs in international football from adidas, and the Three Stripes have underlined that reputation once again with the release of Mexico’s sleek new third kit.

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Topps Chrome Gallery Brings The Art Of Card Collecting To London

Topps brought the world of card collecting to life in London this week, opening the doors to Topps Chrome Gallery: The Art of Card Collecting, an immersive exhibition celebrating the launch of the 2025/26 Topps Chrome UEFA Club Competitions collection.

Lifestyle Clothing

Lovers FC and Rizla Celebrate Football’s Watch Party Culture

There are plenty of football shoots that look like football only in the loosest possible sense.

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adidas Pull Out The Big Guns For Backyard Legends World Cup 2026 Campaign Film

Adidas has dipped into football’s past and present for its first big advertorial swing at the 2026 World Cup, rolling out a short film called Backyard Legends.

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Features + Interviews

Features

The World Cup Where Everybody Is Somebody

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

Interviews

Meet Sam Handy, the Man Steering adidas Football

Most kids grow up dreaming of influencing the game from on the pitch, being the next Messi. Not many will grow up dreaming of shaping it from off the pitch. In fact, few probably even spare that side of the game a passing thought. But for Sam Handy, General Manager of Football at adidas, that’s his 24/7.

Features

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.

Features

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.

Interviews

Inside LC23's Tailored Love Letter To Italia 90

Of all the things football leaves behind, the shirts are often the easiest to hold onto. Scores blur, matches collapse into highlights, players become half-memory, half-myth.

Features

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.

Features

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.

Interviews

Under the Hood of the adidas F50 Hyperfast EVO

The adidas F50 has always existed at the sharp end of the game’s obsession with speed. Over the years, that pursuit has become increasingly refined, until speed and weight became inseparable.

How Conflict Is Shaping Football Careers in Gaza

For Mohammed Balah, football didn't begin beneath floodlights or inside the managed ecosystem of a youth academy. It began on the streets of Gaza.

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Lifestyle Clothing

New Balance & Stone Island Return for Summer 26 Capsule

One of the game’s most highly anticipated crossovers returns for their ‘S026’ drop, as New Balance and Stone Island call upon stars Bukayo Saka and Endrick to front their latest capsule in style.

Lifestyle Sneakers

The Nike Mad 90 Pack Connects the On-Pitch Past With the Streetwear Present

Digging into their heritage once more, Nike drop the Mad 90 Pack, which connects Nike Football’s most iconic boot eras to the present through the Air Max 90, led by the people who grew up with them.

Lifestyle Clothing

Kappa & Deportivo Say Goodbye in the Best Possible Way, With Help From Pompeii

With their five-year partnership drawing to a close at the end of this season, Kappa and Deportivo de La Coruña have chosen to go out on a high. Teaming up with Pompeii, the two brands celebrate their time together through a special capsule that taps into Galician identity, told, fittingly, through football.

Lifestyle Clothing

adidas Originals and Someone Somewhere Expand Their Partnership With Mexico Collaborative Collect…

To coincide with the launch of Mexico’s striking new third jersey, adidas Originals has unveiled a complementary lifestyle collection created in partnership with social enterprise Someone Somewhere – a collaboration that places Mexican craftsmanship, identity, and community at its core.

Lifestyle Sneakers

Kids Of Immigrants Turned Nike's Total 90 Into a Mule

Kids of Immigrants is back with a move might be its most football-coded yet: a Nike Total 90 Mule.

Lifestyle Clothing

Lovers FC and Rizla Celebrate Football’s Watch Party Culture

There are plenty of football shoots that look like football only in the loosest possible sense.

Lifestyle Clothing

The Rise of Considered Fanwear in Saudi Football

There was a shift in the stands at Al Nassr FC this week, as a number of women at the club’s April 29 home fixture in Riyadh arrived wearing custom-designed dresses.

Lifestyle Sneakers

Crocs x Umbro Is the Collab You Didn’t Know You Needed

Crocs has found football – and instead of playing it straight, it’s turned up in full kit, laces undone, doing its own thing.

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