This year’s World Cup final will be played using a gold-coloured ball – and the winners will use the same design of ball in all their matches for four years.

According to a reporty in The Times newspaper, the winners of the tournament will keep the ball until the next World Cup.

Adidas, have designed a black and white ball to be used at this summer’s finals, in part because they are the traditional colours of hosts Germany.

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