Organised by official FIFA World Cup sponsor KIA Motors and Emperors Palace Resort, this attempt was nothing short of spectacular. Modeled on Adidas' very first Telstar World Cup ball from Mexico in 1970, this was an exact enlarged replica
with 32 individual panels, it required a 1500-metre sheet of PVC and was tethered in place using 20 ropes, each with a load limit of 6 tonnes! The ball takes 3.5 hours to inflate, weighs 650 kg and has already been on display for 3 weeks at the Emporor's Palace resort near Johannesburg's O.R. International airport. As part of the celebrations for what has already been a truely magnificent World Cup.ball measures a gigantic15.66 m -
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