Adidas Telstar 18 - the World Cup's official ball for this summer's tournament in Russia - is believed to have been designed to nullify the use of dip and swerve techniques during the competition this year; because apparently that's a bad thing.
Those responsible for making it have done their very best over in Loughborough University to ensure that knuckle ball efforts are eradicated from Russia in the coming weeks, thanks to three years of research and a number of millions of pounds being thrown into it.
That is, according to The Sun.