Zidane's sending off (3)

According to the report on The Times (July 11), the FIFA Golden Ball Award given to Zinedine Zidane at the World Cup was "decided by media votes cast before Zidane was shown the red card". In this case it should have either been revoked or the...

According to the report on The Times (July 11), the FIFA Golden Ball Award given to Zinedine Zidane at the World Cup was "decided by media votes cast before Zidane was shown the red card". In this case it should have either been revoked or the governing body should have disassociated itself from the award.

Doing so would have sent the correct message to the millions of young persons who watched the incident on television.

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