Welcome to the weekly digest of the most talked about stories from adidas News.
Travis Hunter, the dynamic two-way American football player, has joined the adidas family following his record-breaking and award-winning season. This signing is another strong addition to our Next Generation roster, which this autumn welcomed Kaleena Smith in basketball and six Team Mahomes athletes at Texas Tech University. At the same time in the MLS, Lionel Messi has proven once again that effort and excellence keep getting recognized, as he won the 2024 Landon Donovan MLS MVP award.
In India, for the first time, we unveiled the Indian women's team kit, signaling our commitment to women in sport. The jersey will be worn for the first time by the women's national team on the field during the upcoming bilateral series between India and the West Indies, starting on 22 December. Read more here about what the team captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, had to say.
In rugby, we just unveiled brand new versions of our leading boots, the Adizero #### and Kakari RS, which embody the spirit of self-expression and performance, helping athletes play the game with agility, precision and unstoppable drive, while in Spain Ale GalƔn unveiled a new adidas padel racquet, bringing newness to the product range that saw the first adidas padel footwear launched earlier this season.
Off the court, adidas Originals and Bad Bunny launched the new Adizero SL72, blending fashion and retro running to celebrate the past while redefining the future.
And in football the much anticipated "Under the Tongue" is here; a long-form documentary about the boot that changed the trajectory of the football boot industry is available to watch on YouTube after premiering at Koko in Camden, London earlier this week.
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