BERLIN — There is some precedent for Zinedine Zidane’s unceremonious ejection from the World Cup final Sunday night for his startling head butt that floored Italy’s Marco Materazzi. In 1998, when ...

PARIS – French soccer star Zinedine Zidane offered apologies but no regrets yesterday for brutally head-butting an Italian opponent in the World Cup final, saying he was spurred by cruel insults to ...

PARIS — French soccer icon Zinedine Zidane on Wednesday finally broke his silence, answering the question on everyone’s mind: What was behind his shocking head butt that felled his Italian opponent in ...

French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has spoken for the first time about the infamous head-butt he delivered in overtime of the World Cup finals. The midfielder, voted the best player of the Cup, was ...

HAMELIN, GERMANY – His father was a night watchman, a man who made his living listening for voices in the dark. And now the son follows the midnight call. “One night about 3 o’clock in the morning I ...

Berlin’s Olympiastadion was hot and humid on July 9, 2006. There had been storms all week. Zinedine Zidane had converted a penalty early in the World Cup final. Marco Materazzi had headed an equalizer ...

2006-07-10 04:00:00 PDT Berlin-- What began as an engaging World Cup final Sunday devolved into an inelegant victory on penalty kicks for Italy after France's captain and star midfielder Zinedine ...

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Books have been written about him, a film was devoted to following his every move on a football field and now the career of French icon Zinedine Zidane has been immortalized in bronze. From Cannes to ...