Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved fan tradition. This tournament's sticker book is the largest ever – this is what it takes to collect them all.

The decades-old tradition returned for 2026, offering soccer fans of all ages a nostalgic and community-driven way to ...

One of the most popular World Cup collectables is the Panini sticker album, which features stickers for many of the 1,248 ...

From car park meet ups to Facebook groups, how families try to complete the set on a budget.

Now, shops like The Entertainer are hosting swap shops, so keen sticker seekers can come along on set days and times to meet ...

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 ...

Panini stickers have been an iconic World Cup collectible going all the way back to 1970, when four Italian brothers began to print images of the players for fans.

The 2026 World Cup may be a year away, but Panini and FIFA have teamed up this spring for a new, first-of-its-kind sticker album. The album marks a significant milestone in soccer collectibles in that ...

Some World Cup fans are building community by meeting up for gatherings where they trade stickers of tournament players, ...

Supermarket chain Marks & Spencer has been forced to make a grovelling apology after it totally ran out of stickers and books - leaving upset sports fans young and old unable to complete the sets. M&S ...

The stickers depicting players and teams in the World Cup have been around since 1970, when four Italian brothers paid $1,000 to procure the rights to produce the images. More than 50 years later, the ...