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France’s victorious 1998 World Cup squad, ... The poster boy of the 1998 national team, and scorer of two goals in the final win over Brazil, was Zinedine Zidane.

On July 12, 1998, the France national team created history by winning the country's first -- and, to date, only -- World Cup. It was one of the most memorable and intense moments the nation had ...

In Bleacher Report's latest look at "great team tactics," we check in on the French national team that conquered the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then subsequently Euro 2000. Aimé Jacquet and Roger ...

Ahead of the 2018 World Cup between France and Croatia, the talkSPORT.com team has been trawling through the archives to relive past tournaments. Here, we look at the 1998 edition, won by France on… ...

It is an intriguing thing, international football. Historical perceptions can often count for so much more than the contemporary reality. Take the French national team for example. Historically ...

1998 was the year when France won the first of their two World Cup titles. That victory was just the beginning of many great player’s careers of that team as they went on to achieve even more ...

To start our World Cup icons series, BBC Sport tells how Zinedine Zidane led a multi-cultural France team to 1998 glory. Back then they called him Yaz, the 10-year-old boy from the concrete high ...

The faces of the fans on the street were as diverse as those they were cheering on the pitch. France’s victorious 1998 World Cup squad, nicknamed the “Rainbow Team,” was composed of players ...