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What made Zinedine Zidane to head butt Italian defender Marco Materazzi? The France playmaker knew that it would bring a disgracing note to his glittering career. If media reports have to be believed, Materazzi intentionally provoked Zidane to take a.

France playmaker Zinedine Zidane won the prestigious Golden Ball Award of the FIFA World Cup 2006 despite his craziness of being headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the final match. The France captain got 2,012 points while Italy captain..

Truly, Germany was a high profile party zone for the last one month, for it had taken utmost care in the organization of FIFA World Cup 206. In terms of viewers both in and off field, the current edition of FIFA world cup is undeniably one of the...

When the news of Italy's world cup victory flashed up, the Kolkata fans jumped into celebrations. For them, the victory bears special importance. Indian soccer capital Kolkata, better known for its emotional attachment with Brazilian soccer team felt.

Finally, hosts Germany seemed to be consoled for two reasons. The German football team got the third position after beating Portugal and other is Klose's success. Striker Miroslav Klose with five goals came out the leading scorer of the 18th edition of.

Great Zinedine Zidane's career ended on a disgraceful note with his side's shocking 5-3 defeat from Italy in the penalty shootouts in final match of FIFA World Cup 2006 at Berlin. Italy claimed their fourth world cup title when Zidane left the ground..

For the last one month, we have been running with regular stories on FIFA World Cup 2006. Each of them has some point directly or indirectly referring to find out the champions of the 18th edition of the mega sporting event. Finally, we come very close...

If the findings of British office of Information Builders (IBI) have to be believed, then Paraguay is the top team of the FIFA World Cup 2006 for their bad behavior. No doubt, the Paraguayans who were ousted from the first round will show their...

Germany striker Lukas Podolski has been selected for the FIFA younger player award of World cup. Lukas got maximum number of votes than the other five short listed players for the prestigious award. They are Cesc Fabregas, Lionel Messi, Cristiano...

The China police arrested 20 people for allegedly involving in the online gambling for the World cup matches. They have also busted a series of soccer gambling rings, involving millions of dollars of betting funds. The Ministry of Public Security...