France captain Zinedine Zidane said his apology to the world for losing his rag over the Italian centre-back Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final on Sunday and claimed he did not regret his actions.
The curtains have come down on the FIFA World Cup tournament in Germany but the State Government has plans to keep the football fever raging in Kerala.
What could have been a glorious coronation of the soccer career of the French captain Zin�dine Zidane became a shameful departure Sunday when he was ejected from the World Cup final for committing an astonishing act of unsportsmanlike behavior.
After playing rugged and unyielding defense through regulation time and late into overtime, Italy maintained the confidence and poise to score two late goals and stun the host country's team with a 2-0 victory over Germany in the semifinals of the World
Firecrackers were ready but the Samba party was cut short by France. So in the wee hours of Sunday Bengal bid a tearful adieu to its favourite team from the World Cup.
A stunned silence pervades the air in this Kerala district as devastated Brazil fans choke back their tears following the soccer giant's defeat in the World Cup.
An 80th minute equaliser by Miroslav Klose and the German goalkeeper Jens Lehman who saved two Argentinian penalties, brought Germany back to it's journey to the final.
Former Indian football team captain IM Vijayan finally got a visa from the German Consulate here to Germany for watching the semifinal and the final matches of the World Cup 2006.
Arjuna Award winner and former national football team captain IM Vijayan, who was planning to watch the semi finals of the World Cup, has been denied visa by the German consulate.
