MOSCOW – Off to the side of Red Square, near Lenin’s tomb, a group of soccer fans cluster around and talk in animated voices. A deal is going down, and it’s getting serious. A Colombia fan, at the ...

It’s not just a sticker, it’s a collectible. Sports fans these days are passing up their trading cards, once a staple of American childhood, for collectible stickers. With the start of the ...

If you're a true World Cup fan, you already know all about sticker-books. Sticker collecting is basically a sport unto itself, and you are its MVP. If you aren't too knowledgeable about one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soccer—or football—is the most popular sport in the world. But beyond throwing on a jersey and cheering for your team, soccer fans ...

In a few days’ time I will fly to Brazil for the Football World Cup. The excitement is already too much. Will I finish my Panini Sticker Book in time? There are only four still to collect: half of the ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – When Landon Donovan was a kid, every Christmas he would get a box of Panini soccer stickers. He’d sort through the stickers, filling in gaps in his album and getting to see ...

As a child and young adult, I loved Panini stickers. They were a perfect combination of things I love including soccer and collecting. As I’ve grown older, though, the love for collecting Panini ...

This is an excerpt from Greg Lansdowne’s chronicling of Panini’s World Cup Stickers: Panini Football Stickers – The Official Celebration. Lansdowne and Bloomsbury Press have graciously allowed us to ...

Part of the culture of being a soccer fan is immersing yourself in the sport — everything from your favorite soccer kits, as well as picking up the must-read books and watching the recommended films ...