Last Updated: Tuesday, July 11, 1:02 PM EDT
FIFA to open disciplinary investigation into Zidane's head-butt
Materazzi admits insulting French star but denies calling him a terrorist
11/07/06
1:02 PM
Materazzi admits insulting Zidane
Italian defender: 'It was one of those insults you're told tens of times and that always fly around the pitch'
11/07/06
12:11 PM
The Zidane mystery: what set him off? 
Still no one knew what Marco Materazzi might have said to the French star
10/07/06
2:19 PM
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Zidane writes a sad ending to a spectacular career
Domestic league scandal inspires Italy to victory
Gattuso: 'If the scandal hadn't happened I think we wouldn't have won the World Cup'
10/07/06
8:08 AM
Two happy nations, one struggling sport the legacy of this World Cup
On-pitch product fails to live up to lofty standards
10/07/06
12:49 PM
Germany
Italy won the cup but Germany won the friends
Nation proves warm and fun-loving host of the world's biggest sporting event
10/07/06
9:43 AM
Germany should retain nucleus of team
But will the coach stay?
09/07/06
10:07 AM
Germany caps storybook World Cup
Bastian Schweinsteiger scores twice in the host team's 3-1 win over Portugal in the third-place game
08/07/06
5:18 PM
Kahn gets one more World Cup victory
Goalkeeping legend never got the World Cup winner's medal he had hoped f
09/07/06
10:06 AM
Podolski named Best Young Player at the World Cup
Award is overshadowed by debate over the merits of runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo
07/07/06
10:11 AM
Italy
Italy captures World Cup
The Azzurri win soccer's biggest prize with penalty shootout triumph over France
10/07/06
8:05 AM
Totti considers retirement from Italy's team
Italian playmaker expected to announce his decision on Monday
10/07/06
8:04 AM
From ballboy to captain
Cannavaro gets 100th cap in World Cup final
10/07/06
8:04 AM
Buffon ends World Cup unbeaten by opponents from normal play
Goalkeeper proves unbeatable
09/07/06
5:19 PM
Materazzi shows his two sides in World Cup final
Italian defender displays physicality and offensive prowess
09/07/06
5:14 PM
England
Rooney gets two-match ban
Argentina's Leandro Cufre banned four matches for kicking German player after shoot-out loss
08/07/06
11:14 AM
Portugal
Portugal star Figo retires after fourth place finish
Thirty-three-year -old midfielder the last of national side's ‘golden generation'
08/07/06
7:16 PM
Scolari's Portugal falls just short of big time after long run
The Drill Sergeant can't quite finish task
09/07/06
10:05 AM
Scolari hasn't made up mind on future
Portuguese coach says there's a 'big chance' he'll stay
07/07/06
3:57 PM
France
A nation asks 'Why?' after Zidane's violent exit
For many French citizens, the hardest part of France's World Cup final loss to Italy wasn't the defeat itself
10/07/06
1:58 PM
Zidane wins World Cup's best player award
French star wins Golden Ball despite ugly end to tournament
10/07/06
8:57 AM
Zidane writes a sad ending to a spectacular career
French captain receives red card for intentional head-butt
10/07/06
8:07 AM
Veterans lead France all the way to final, come up short
Experienced side overcomes shaky start
10/07/06
10:35 AM
Out of the blue of Les Bleus comes a coach bent on teamwork, defence
Domenech has turned around an old team headed for oblivion into a World Cup finalist
07/07/06
12:28 PM
Ribery upstaging some of France stars
Midfielder gains attention for the way he plays, and the way he looks
07/07/06
7:30 AM
Tournament News
Seven Italians, four Frenchmen named to all-star squad
Host Germans also place four
07/07/06
12:30 PM
Organizers expect more than a billion to watch final
TV rights to Sunday's game have been sold to 200 countries
07/07/06
2:42 PM
Zidane, Cannavaro lead Golden Ball nominees
Rival captains of World Cup finalists France and Italy are among 10 vying for prize
06/07/06
8:58 AM
Blatter worried World Cup could be lowest scoring ever
FIFA President wants to figure out ways to 'make football more attractive again'
06/07/06
12:31 PM
Cup doesn't generate anticipated boom in sex trade
Brothel business didn't see anticipated surge
06/07/06
1:15 PM
Tournament Features
World Cup final is last game in more ways than one for some
As soccer's greatest spectacle ends, so do the World Cup careers of many of the game's biggest names
10/07/06
8:08 AM
It was a most colourful World Cup
Tournament marked by yellow, red and blue
08/07/06
11:12 AM
Study: Paraguayans lead World Cup in misbehaviour
Italy leads in dives; France in tantrums
07/07/06
12:37 PM
Italy to be big mover in new rankings system
Brazil should stay on top
06/07/06
3:25 PM
