zinedine zidane News

zinedine zidane News From AOL News

Mathis: A (Short) 21st Century Portrait

It's difficult, if not pointless, to compare Clint Mathis' career with Zinedine Zidane's. The two players existed in wholly different parts of the soccer universe, with French legend Zidane being touted as one of the greatest players of his generation, while Mathis was more of a local curiosity, beloved stateside, but seen...

Race For World Cup's Golden Ball

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The MVP award seems to be an American invention, and the rest of the world clearly is still getting the hang of the idea. FIFA, soccer's governing body, instituted its player-of-the-year award less than 20 years ago, and there's been an official World Cup honor-- the Golden Ball -- since 1982. In...

World Cup Diary: Zinedine Zidane Gets Frank About France

SANDTON, South Africa -- At a World Cup where little seems to go as planned, either on the field or off, it's probably not too shocking that a press conference arranged to generate some publicity for a major FIFA sponsor and a nice charitable initiative became a media madhouse, complete with contentious questions and a...

World Cup 2010 Roundtable Preview: Most to Prove

The world's biggest stage deserves the world's best coverage. With that maxim in mind, the Soccer FanHouse crew is offering up a series of World Cup 2010 Roundtable Previews. This time, we tackle the question of who has the most to prove. Kevin Blackistone -- The most to prove isn't a team but the country of South...

Zidane Would 'Rather Die' Than Apologize to Materazzi for Head Butt

The 2010 World Cup won't take place till this summer, and in the meantime the South Africans are busy preparing for the month-long spectacle (which includes loading up on prophylactics). But before we fully turn our attention to this year's tournament, it's worth looking back at the 2006 World Cup. Specifically, France's...

zinedine zidane News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

European Championship 2012 Build-Up: Zinedine Zidane Offers A Masterclass Against Portugal At Euro 2000 (VIDEO)

Zinedine Zidane, for over half a decade, was the best player in world football.

zinedine zidane News From the Web

05/31/12 European Championship 2012 Build-Up: Zinedine Zidane... Source: The Huffington Post Zinedine Zidane, for over half a decade, was the best player in world football.
05/29/12 Biography of Zinedine Zidane Source: Buzzle Describing Zinedine Zidane can be done easily; all one needs is superlatives.
05/18/12 The Names of the Games: Part I Source: The Roar This list has been complied without the assistance of logic or rationale.
05/02/12 Sports violence: NFL hands out latest punishments Source: East Oregonian - Pendleton OR Violence is part of the game in many sports.

Background on zinedine zidane

Zinedine Zidane () (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French footballer. Zidane was the leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship.

more at wikipedia »