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 ...

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 ...

Idrissa Gueye’s sending-off for Everton for slapping his teammate in the face during a Premier League game joins the list of soccer’s most bizarre red cards. Here are a few others: Zidane's headbutt ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, remarkably, the Zidane name could return to the World Cup spotlight in 2026. This time, however, it might not be the legendary playmaker himself, but his son, Luca Zidane, who steps onto soccer’s ...

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 — ...

From David Beckham's ejection during the 1998 World Cup and Diego Maradona's famous "Hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup to Zinedine Zidane's shocking headbutt in the 2006 World Cup final, here's ...