SYDNEY, May 29 - Three-times World Player of the
Year Zinedine Zidane has pulled out of a planned trip to
Australia for personal reasons, local media reported on
Thursday.
The former France playmaker was due to play in an
exhibition match in Sydney on Sunday alongside other members of
the 1998 World Cup-winning team against a side made up of
former-Australian internationals. The game has been cancelled.
"It would be like going to see LA Galaxy without (David)
Beckham," a spokeswoman told Australian Associated Press.
(Reporting by Ed Osmond; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)