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World Cup 2006
on October 4, 2006
Arsenal's Jens Lehmann is auctioning off the note he pulled from his sock before Germany's World Cup quarter-final penalty shootout against Argentina. He saved two Argentine kicks and sent the...
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World Cup 2006
on July 20, 2006
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FIFA have spoken. Zidane will get a three match ban from international football, Materazzi a two match ban. Maybe FIFA hasn't heard about Zidane's international retirement? Luc...
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World Cup 2006
on July 13, 2006
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He may have a World Cup winner's medal to keep him company, but over on MySpace, Marco Materazzi is having a tough time making friends.
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World Cup 2006
on July 13, 2006
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In an interview on Canal+ last night, Zidane revealed what caused him to head/chest-butt Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final.
"He (Materazzi) pulled my shirt several tim...
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World Cup 2006
on July 13, 2006
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The new FIFA World Rankings were released yesterday, based on new, improved criteria. Results from the last four instead of eight years are now used and the different weighting of ...
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World Cup 2006
on July 11, 2006
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OK, this isn't big and it definitely isn't clever, but it is fun for a few minutes. Definitely better than that spreadsheet you're meant to be working on.
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, World Cup 2006
on July 11, 2006
Found this footage of the Zidane incident on Soccer-Weblog's schwester site 11 Helden.
I have just one question: is it still technically a "headbutt" if you butt someone in the chest?...
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World Cup 2006
on July 10, 2006
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FIFA have awarded Zinedine Zidane the Golden Ball for best player of the 2006 World Cup. Fabio Cannavaro won the Silver Ball for second place, Andrea Pirlo the Bronze Ball (whi...
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World Cup 2006
on July 10, 2006
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After an action packed World Cup final, there is only one question. What did Marco Materazzi say to Zinedine Zidane that caused the great man to headbutt him in the chest?
This was me...
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World Cup 2006
on July 6, 2006
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There's a lot at stake on Sunday. There's the World Cup final of course, which is fairly important, but we'll also know once and for all whether ghosts exist or not...