The 2006 World Cup final gave one of the game’s greatest players, Zidane, the opportunity to write a storybook ending to his ...

Some 17 years on from one of the most surreal moments in football history, Materazzi has lifted the lid on the infamous headbutt incident involving himself and Zidane in the final of the 2006 ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane are two of the biggest legends in Real Madrid history. Ronaldo is the club's all-time ...

That episode never should have happened. In the tension of that final in Berlin, amid the bickering and insults, Zidane offered me his shirt and I said no, that I preferred his sister. Then he ...

"We know how that ended [Zidane was dismissed for a headbutt during France's defeat in the final], but there is so much passion and love between him and the national team. "It is inevitable that ...

Zidane's career drew to a close amid shameful scenes in Berlin on Sunday, as he was sent off in the World Cup final having felled Marco Materazzi with a headbutt. The incident is threatening to ...

Zidane, the opportunity to write a storybook ending to his career by guiding France to glory against Italy. Instead, he ended the evening in disgrace after launching a stunning headbutt into the ...