Editor's note: Each day between now and the kickoff of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we'll unveil a different memory from World Cup history. The countdown from 101 continues ...

An all-time great collected a red card in his final appearance as a professional footballer, but what caused him to lose his cool? The Juventus and Real Madrid legend headed into retirement at the age ...

With the score tied 2-2 early in the second half, David Beckham was fouled by Diego Simeone, who pushed Beckham in the back while getting up. Beckham, while lying on the ground, swept his leg at ...

The legendary France captain and current Real Madrid boss saw red in his final game on the biggest stage after he was provoked by an opposition player As Zinedine Zidane prepares to take charge of his ...

As the start of the 2010 World Cup is now just a few anticipation and hype-soaked days away, talk of the most remembered moment of the 2006 World Cup — or, perhaps, any World Cup, for that matter — ...

Rejoice! The bitter feud between Zidane and Marco Materazzi over the intergalactically famous headbutt from the long-ago time of the 2006 World Cup final is over, according to Spanish sports paper ...

Marco Materazzi has offered to settle his feud with Zinedine Zidane 18 years after the Real Madrid and France legend headbutted the Italian at the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. Zindane's glorious ...

A version of this piece was published in 2020. It has been updated to run as part of our special World Cup: Reconsidered series… This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in ...