Russian President Vladimir Putin’s gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings – some of them only half in jest – that the World Cup souvenir ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) gives a World Cup soccer ball to US President Donald Trump during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on July 16.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave US President Donald Trump a soccer ball. AP Adidas declined to comment on whether the chip could be a vector of a Russian hack. There is no suggestion that ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave President Donald Trump an Adidas soccer ball during a news conference last week in Helsinki – and the ball may have contained a transmitter chip.