The success of the French football team has troubled Jean-Marie Le Pen and like-minded folks who don't believe France should be represented by the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0707-22.htm
A couple other articles I wrote during the World Cup:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/18/opinion/main1630018.shtml
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060703/zirin
And about the infamous "coup de boule" (headbutt):
