Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno's masterpiece about the French player will go on view at the museum this summer, timed ...

Is Zinedine Zidane the best soccer player in the world? Definitely. But is he a legend of the modern game? Not quite. The last 15 years have offered up two players who, in one way or another, ...

A few months ago, Zinedine Zidane made a comeback. For the third time, a waxwork statue of him was unveiled at the Musee Grevin in Paris. In contrast to the previous versions, which celebrated his ...

The France national team is enjoying stability on the pitch but plenty of noise off it. The debate over the future of the ...

A version of this piece was published in 2020. It has been updated to run as part of our special World Cup: Reconsidered series… This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in ...

The sociologist Stéphane Beaud explored in an essay the football player's career, framing it within that of the descendants ...