Zidane given ban and fine by Fifa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5198796.stm ^

[Republicain]

Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.

[phoenix0468]

Whoopdi Friggin Doo. He's retiring, and won't play again. 3600 lira is nothing. LOL.

[SF Republican]

That Marcos was fined and suspended stinks.

[TrebleRebel]

A Fifa statement said: "Both players stressed Materazzi's comments had been defamatory but not of a racist nature."

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The Frenchman later claimed Materazzi had insulted his mother and his sister.

However, Materazzi maintained his comments were not "racist, religious, or political" and he added: "I also said nothing about his mother."

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By a process of elimination I guess that means he said something about Zidane's sister.

[Republicain]

it's 3680 sterling pounds, 6800 US dollars.

But I agree with you, it's nothing as he earned 14.6 millions euros ($18.4 millions) in 2005

[phoenix0468]

Maybe something like, your sister is your mother, which would make it about both, LOL.

[JillValentine]

You know what they say about Zidane - he can give some good head.

[citizencon]

Typical European "Blame the Victim" (Materazzi) mentality, guilt and over-compensation towards ...never mind...

[Boundless]

How does a player make it to the World Cup without
having already heard, and learned to ignore, every
possible provocative insult?

[Hazzardgate]

I heard the guy was calling him a "baldy".

[FreedomCalls]

Does he get to keep the 2006 World Cup MVP award?

[sushiman]

He said " Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries ! " ...Hehe

[highimpact]

I am French. Can't you tell by my outrageous accent?

What are you doing in England?

Mind your own business!