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 ...

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 ...

Never mind Mesut Ozil. Forget Thomas Mueller. And as for Keisuke Honda ... pah! The discovery of the World Cup was Danny Shittu. Maybe not in South Africa, but certainly in Spain. He might not have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...