2006 FIFA World Cup does a good job of re-creating the carnival atmosphere that surrounds the competition, and it plays a good, fast-paced game of football to boot. A little over three weeks from ...

2006-07-10 04:00:00 PDT Berlin-- What began as an engaging World Cup final Sunday ... approached Materazzi and head-butted him. The two had been at the center of two of the game's critical plays.

The 2006 World Cup (for which he came out of ... I apologise to football, to the fans, to the team. After the game, I went into the [French] dressing room and told them: 'Forgive me.

In 2006, the Italian National Team accomplished something that most nations could only dream of—winning their fourth World Cup Trophy in dramatic fashion against France. Unfortunately, the win ...

Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final. Following an investigation ... Zidane's ban is academic as he ...

The 2006 World Cup has got under way in Germany with an extravagant opening ceremony in Munich's Allianz Arena. Pele, a World Cup winner in 1958, 1962 and 1970, carried the trophy onto the pitch, with ...

A second look at such games from a greater distance can be revealing. This week, we revisit Zinedine Zidane’s display for France in their 2006 ... from football after this World Cup.

Gigi Buffon reveals the most back-handed compliments he received from Marcello Lippi and Max Allegri, why being in goal was ‘a superpower’ and that 2006 World Cup moment with Zinedine Zidane.

The pomp and circumstance of international football is captured in 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first thing that we noticed after loading 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first time is that the game's ...