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France in 2006

Historical records for France in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
5Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

May

7 May 2006Highbury Farewell Hat-TrickThierry Henry

London · Sport / Football

Scores a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic in Arsenal's final competitive match at Highbury.

July

9 July 2006Panenka Penalty in World Cup FinalZinedine Zidane

Berlin · Sport / Football

Scores a chipped penalty off the crossbar to give France an early lead.

9 July 2006World Cup Final Red CardZinedine Zidane

Berlin · Sport / Football

Is sent off in extra time after headbutting Marco Materazzi.

September

September 2006Tour de FranceFrankie Andreu

Sport / Cycling

Frankie Andreu and another unnamed teammate were reported to have made recent statements that they used EPO during the 1999 Tour de France

Other Events

2006Barcelona TransferLilian Thuram

Barcelona · Sport / Football

Joins Barcelona from Juventus and adds experienced international defensive cover.

2006Tell No OneGuillaume Canet

Arts / Cinema

Directs Tell No One.

Names involved

Frankie AndreuGuillaume CanetLilian ThuramThierry HenryZinedine Zidane

Places involved

BarcelonaBerlinLondon

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.