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Japanese design label Gallery 1950 released the Gallery1950 Football Field Mat.

Fashioned after a football field and complete with the appropriate box markings, the center circle is comprised of a Gallery 1950 logo.

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Adam Santarossa is the "Man in the Ball" - he is living inside a 6m-high replica of the official World Cup Jabulani ball that is sitting on the banks of the Yarra River at Southbank in Melbourne.

The bizarre fixture will become the 23-year-old's home as he watches all 65 games of the FIFA World Cup over 31 days.

Santarossa was chosen after a month-long search by Adidas and football magazine FourFourTwo.

The Stade Vélodrome will increase its seating capacity by 2016, when France will host the UEFA Euro 2016. It will be called Nouveau Stade Vélodrome (New Stade Vélodrome) and it will continue to host games for Olympique de Marseille. Currently it holds 60,031 spectators, but after its construction it will be able to hold 80,000 (the same capacity as the Stade de France). The expected cost of the expansions is €150 million.

The expansion and modernization of equipment that are part of the French bid to organize Euro 2016. But even if France does not wins this championship, "the project will of course be pursued", says the mayor of Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin. The dossier submitted by Gaudin also provides for the creation of a new district.

Take a vintage Vespa PK 50 scooter saved from the junkyard, over 1000 Panini stickersfrom the 1970 - 1990 World Cup tournaments, a lot of patience and the result is a unique COPA World Cup scooter.

This customized scooter is COPA’s homage to the World Cup football stars from the past and to celebrate the start of the 2010 World Cup in South-Africa.

The scooter can be seen at the COPA Football flagship store in Amsterdam or might be spotted cruising around Amsterdam.

Diem Chau was commissioned by Wieden + Kennedy to carve 66 crayons for Nike's promotion of World Cup 2010!  Eleven special recipients received these boxes...

Diem Chau created special hand-carved, mini-monuments of the six iconic football legends: Frank Ribery, Christian Ronaldo, Fabio Cannavaro, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney and Robinho. Carved entirely out of crayons, these works of art come in a beautifully designed kit, with only eleven packages produced worldwide.