About ten kilometers north of Lille, located in Tourcoing but just as close to Roubaix, there are a handful of hectares that breathe sport.
All the more so when a dazzling sun lights up the lawns of the pitches adjoining the Kipstadium, the design center of Kipsta, Decathlon's football brand.
It is in the heart of these premises, located in the Union eco-district, that the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 balls were presented for the 2022-23 season.
On the eve of the first of five years during which Kipsta will provide the most important tool for professional gamers.
To discover
Calendar and results Ligue 1
League 1 standings
At the bend of vast open spaces, decorated with rugby balls, basketball hoops or football boots, hides the famous ball laboratory.
It is behind a very simplistic white door that the engineers who designed the famous round objects work, which will punctuate the weeks of Dimitri Payet, Wissam Ben Yedder or Lionel Messi.
More than the design, which can be very technical...
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