Seconds later, Zidane lowered his head and rammed Materazzi in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Zidane was sent off, reducing France to 10 men. Italy went on to win in a penalty shootout.

BERLIN — There is some precedent for Zinedine Zidane’s unceremonious ejection from the World Cup final Sunday night for his startling head butt that floored Italy’s Marco Materazzi. In 1998 ...

Zinedine Zidane must be suffering from amnesia. It’s been nearly a decade since he infamously head-butted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup, and the former French National team captai… ...

A 5-meter (16.4-foot) statue portraying Zidane aiming his shaved head at Italian opponent Marco Materazzi's torso has been erected in front of Paris' Centre Pompidou modern art museum.

It was the head butt heard ’round the world. Zinedine Zidane was booted from the 2006 World Cup Final in Berlin when the French star was given a red card for head butting Italy defender Marco… ...

The reason the furor over French soccer star Zinedine Zidane’s head-butt in the World Cup final has reached such a fever pitch — especially since his televised interview Wednesday did little ...

Zindine Zidane is also famous for his head butt against the defender for the Italian National Team Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The two exchanged words as they walked back up the field, well behind the play. Then, without warning, Zidane spun around, lowered his head and rammed Materazzi, knocking him to the ground.

As a cell phone ring, the "Head-Butt" song has been downloaded 110,000 times online and is wildly popular in Japan, Crisafulli said. The World Cup incident marked a brutal end to Zidane's soccer ...

When he was growing up in La Castellane, a low-income area of Marseille that is home to many immigrants, Zinedine Zidane used to help a hardware store owner with deliveries. The store owner paid ...

PARIS -- Zinedine Zidane's head butt of an opponent in the World Cup finals this summer capped the soccer hero's career on a less-than-glorious note.

BERLIN — There is some precedent for Zinedine Zidane’s unceremonious ejection from the World Cup final Sunday night for his startling head butt that floored Italy’s Marco Materazzi. In 1998 ...