Italy wins World Cup after
penalty shootout
BERLIN: Italy beat France
5-3 on penalties in the World Cup final after the teams finished level at
1-1 after extra time in a dramatic encounter in which French playmaker
Zinedine Zidane was sent off.
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Zidane bows out with a moment
of madness
BERLIN: It came as little
surprise that Zinedine Zidane's name received the biggest cheer in the
Olympic stadium here on Sunday when it was read out by the stadium announcer
ahead of the World Cup final between France and Italy.
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Zidane equals World Cup
final goals record
BERLIN: Zinedine Zidane's
successful seventh minute penalty for France against Italy on Sunday meant
he became the fourth player to score three goals in the history of the World
Cup final.
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Klose wins Golden Shoe
award
BERLIN: Germany striker
Miroslav Klose won the Golden Shoe award for leading scorer at the 2006
World Cup finals.
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World fascinated by
Zidane’s fall and resurrection
PARIS: The fairy tale of
Zinedine Zidane vanished in an instant of visceral rage at the World Cup
final. But what followed has proved strangely more compelling - more human,
more profound, more universal.
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Sachin
says he never felt like head-butting
NEW DELHI: Choicest
expletives or artless sledging from hostile bowlers could not provoke him
enough to go for an assault and Sachin Tendulkar says he never felt the need
to do a Zinedine Zidane, who head-butted an Italian defender in the World
Cup soccer final.
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