Zinedine Zidane, the former World Player of the Year, will play in an exhibition match in Australia on June 1, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. "The idea came from my eight-year-old son Brooklyn," match organiser Alain Barataud said. "He said, 'why don't we bring 'Zizou' to Sydney?'

Thierry Henry, the Barcelona striker, tops the list of the best-paid French sportsmen with earnings of 17.4 million euros (26.7 million dollars) in 2007, according to a survey published on Saturday by the weekly L'Equipe Magazine. San Antonio Spurs basketball player Tony Parker is second on 9.6 million euros.