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England's Jude Bellingham (10), left, vies for the ball with Ghana's Thomas Partey (5) during a World Cup soccer match in Foxborough, Mass., on June 23, 2026. Bellingham is wearing Adidas Predator cleats, which incorporates technology developed by Bill King, right, a professor of engineering at the University Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Illinois technology featured in World Cup soccer cleats

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