Confusion reigned as Materazzi lay prone, but the fourth official saw the assault and to the disbelief of all inside Berlin's Olympic Stadium, Zidane was shown the red card. It was a calamity on all ...

But in the background, he had received death ... “It is a pity… that the World Cup comes to an end with a red card.” Materazzi and Zidane bumped into each other in the parking lot of a ...

MARCO MATERAZZI came out smiling after a rendezvous with FIFA yesterday - but may still be brought to book for his part in the Zinedine Zidane red-card ... family or racial background to spark ...

I did not bring up Zidane's mother; for me a mother is sacred." Zinedine Zidane's last professional game ended with a red card Zidane, who was born and grew up in Marseille, is the son of Algerian ...

The bombshell decision came 12 years after another stunning blow from Zidane brought a controversial close to the midfielder’s international career. He earned a red card in the 2006 World Cup ...

Read about, and watch footage of, Zinedine Zidane’s last act as a player: an infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi in the Germany 2006 final. The final moments of Zinedine Zidane’s ...

“In the street, when I was a minot (‘a lad’, in local slang), if a player had a red shirt and ... Their background in Marseille remains integral to both Zidane and Cantona’s identities.

Buenos Aires - Argentina referee Horacio Elizondo said on Thursday he had no hesitation about expelling French midfielder Zinedine Zidane from the World Cup final. Elizondo, speaking to local ...