SOUTH AFRICA WCUP BALL FURY
FILE - This May 31, 2006 file picture shows lab assistant Stefanie Jonke checking the outer surface of a "Teamgeist" World Cup soccer ball at a laboratory of the Bayer company in Leverkusen, Germany. Adidas countered criticism Monday May 31, 2010 that its World Cup ball is difficult to control and a nightmare for goalkeepers, saying it was widely tested and approved long ago. Company spokesman Thomas van Schaik said on Monday that he was surprised to hear the criticisms, made by top goalkeepers such as Spain's Iker Casillas and Brazil's Julio Cesar, because the balls had been used for months without any complaints. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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