The World Cup final will be played using a gold-coloured ball - and the winners will use the same design of ball in all their games for four years, if they want.

The Times newspaper has revealed that the winners of the tournament will keep the ball until the next World Cup. They've not confirmed if the ball will be passed on to the winners of South Africa in 2010 or if a new colour ball will be used.

Apart from the final a black and white ball will be used in games. Adidas designed the 'Teamgeist' ball in black and white because they are the traditional colours of the hosts Germany.

The 1966 tournament - when England triumphed on home soil - was the last World Cup to feature a football without logos.