It was unquestionably the most astonishing act of violence to occur in the finals of the World Cup. The entire globe tuned in ...

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It has been 20 years since Zinedine Zidane was sent off for his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has thrown his weight behind Zinedine Zidane to take the reins of the French national team following their ...

Marco Materazzi, the victim of the Frenchman’s headbutt, recalled that episode in the 2006 World Cup final in an interview ...

It was on July 9, 2006, that Zidane was sent off during the World Cup final in Germany after headbutting Materazzi. It was ...

Following Zinedine Zidane, from the 1998 World Cup final to a few stunning seconds in the 2006 final, resonated with me as a ...

Most soccer games (allow me a moment to state the obvious) come to us in a standardized format: The camera shows the field ...

One of the most unforgettable moments in FIFA World Cup history unfolded in the 2006 final when France captain Zinedine ...

Marco Materazzi is the only player to have turned out for Everton to score in a World Cup final but incredibly it’s another ...

The ECHO’s Christopher Beesley continues his daily series of articles on Everton and the World Cup running throughout the tournament in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico Last Saturday ...

A jaw-dropping new sports history lesson is drawing intense attention after journalist Dave Zirin appeared to reveal that the most politically explosive World Cup final in history came down to a ...