adidas Launches Champions League Final Match Ball as a Message for Peace

Ahead of the 2021/22 Champions League final in Paris, adidas has unveiled the official match ball for the game. The design of the ball is deliberately pared back, with the white panels and silver stars framing a message for peace with the Cyrillic word "мир" -- which can be translated as peace -- sitting above the word "PEACE."This design is a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, and carries extra weight as the Russian city of St. Petersburg was the original host city f...