Materazzi wins Zidane slur damages

ITALY defender Marco Materazzi has won damages from the Daily Mail over claims he racially abused Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.

The amount was not disclosed, but the paper accepted it was wrong to report Materazzi had called Zidane “the son of a terrorist whore”. French star Zidane was sent off after head-butting the Italian’s chest.

Jonathan Price, lawyer for the Daily Mail’s owners, said the paper offered its apologies for the distress caused.