The repercussions of the 2006 FIFA World Cup final between France and Italy were felt long after the July match after ...

A version of this piece was published in 2020. It has been updated to run as part of our special World Cup: Reconsidered series… This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

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 ...

"I can't say I'm proud of what I did. That said, I don't regret it. Because if I did, that would be like validating all the words that this person told me. And I can't accept that." July 9th, 2006.

Say it ain't so, Zizou! The French soccer star Zinedine Zidane returned home to Paris, a day after being ejected from the World Cup finals for head-butting an Italian player. France is now trying to ...

Former France captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco Materazzi have been fined and banned by FIFA after the head-butting incident that marred the World Cup final. At the hearing, both ...

SEBASTIAN ROTELLA is Times bureau chief in Paris. Paris — ON THE NIGHT in 1998 when France conquered the world, an image of Zinedine Zidane flashed onto the Arc de Triomphe, which had been converted ...

Our countdown continues with a Zinedine Zidane masterclass in 2006. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is now just 95 days away. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is now just 95 days away. As we count down ...

Zinedine Zidane led a cohesive French team of various ancestries to a 1998 World Cup title. Now, with French soccer in disarray and ethnic tensions rising, the son of an Algerian immigrant has come ...