According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

Since 1975, Blatter has been working at FIFA, first as Technical Director ( 1975 – 1981 ), then General Secretary ( 1981 – 1998 ), before his election as FIFA President in 1998.

Sepp Blatter's 1998 election to the presidency of FIFA over UEFA President Lennart Johansson occurred amidst much controversy.

* Since 1998, football's world governing body FIFA have recognized the Palestine national football team as a separate entity.

Fabien Alain Barthez ( ; born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet ) is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup.

* FIFA World Cup: 1998, 2006 runner-up

Huge and spontaneous gatherings occasionally take place on the Champs-Élysées in celebration of popular events, such as New Year's Eve, or when France won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Zidane was voted as FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions ( 1998, 2000 and 2003 ), a feat matched only by his former Real Madrid team mate Ronaldo, and also won the Ballon d ' Or in 1998.

Famous coaches such as Guus Hiddink ( who between stints at PSV coached the Dutch national team to a fourth-place finish in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and South Korea to a similar fourth place in the 2002 World Cup ) have managed the team over the years and have brought considerable successes to the club.

Martin performed " La Copa de la Vida " in the Stade de France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals.

As he was finishing the record, the singer was contacted by FIFA to write a song for the 1998 World Cup ; Martin subsequently wrote " La Copa de la Vida " with K. C. Porter and Draco Rosa.

France is notable for holding and winning the FIFA World Cup in 1998, and holding the annual cycling race Tour de France, and the tennis Grand Slam tournament the French Open.

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.

France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zurich, Switzerland.

In 1992, 1993 and 1998, the single was re-released in France, totalling 45 weeks on the chart and peaking respectively at # 19, # 14, and # 10 during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Brazil finished runner-up in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

He was then picked for the squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, appearing in three games in an eventual last-eight exit ; during the competition, German entertainer Harald Schmidt reverentially called him " Jens Jerenaldo ".

Platini was, along with Fernand Sastre, head of the organizing committee for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, held in France.

Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A. S. Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three FIFA World Cup tournaments ( 1998, 2002 and 2006 ) and played in the Olympics twice ( 1996 and 2000 ).

* Tim Puckett, the principal investigator of the Puckett Observatory World Supernova Search team, which has discovered over 200 supernovae since 1998.

* 1998 – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998.

A memorial pipe organ in Convovation Hall, Acadia University is dedicated to the members of Acadia University killed during the First World War A book of remembrance in Manning Chapel, Acadia University was unveiled on 1 March 1998 through the efforts of the Wolfville Historical Society

* " Assessment of the health risk of dioxins ", World Health Organization / International Programme on Chemical Safety, 1998

He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998 for album " Nour El Ain ", 2002 for album " Aktrr Wahed Byhbak 2001 " and 2007 for album " El Lillady ".

* 1998: Two days after the French football team became World Cup champions, huge celebrations took place nationwide.

Central Europe according to The World Factbook ( 2009 ) Encyclopedia Britannica and Brockhaus Enzyklopädie ( 1998 )

Individual Sudeten German claims for restitution of property confiscated in connection with their expulsion after World War II ; agreement with Slovakia signed 24 November 1998 resolves issues of redistribution of former Czechoslovak federal land.

* Trapped In A Dilbert World – Book Of Days — 1998 ; ISBN 0-7683-2030-5

He resigned following investigations into his financial activities and his successor, Glenn Hoddle, similarly left the job for non-footballing reasons after just one international tournament — the 1998 World Cup — in which England were eliminated in the second round again by Argentina and again on penalties ( after a 2 – 2 draw ).

* Film theory in Poland before World War II Marek Haltof, Canadian Slavonic Papers, March – June 1998.

On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

* Álex González ( 1998 – 2005 ) — Alex Gonzalez was one of the premier defensive shortstops in the game during his tenure with the Marlins, and provided a walk-off homerun in the 12th inning during Game 4 of the 2003 World Series.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

* Edgar Renteria ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Rentería is remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3 – 2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championships in 1984, 1996 and 2000.

Four years later, after the 1998 World Cup, Hagi decided to retire from the national team, only to change his mind after a few months and play at the 2000 European Football Championship, during which he was sent off in the quarter-final loss against Italy.

The beguinages, as well as the belfry and adjacent cloth hall, were recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites in 1998 and 1999.

In 1998, Lineker provided his voice ( along with Des Lynam ) for the menu screens in EA Sports ' World Cup 98.

Brundtland was elected Director-General of the World Health Organization in May 1998.

New World First Bus Services Limited was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Bus's franchise to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus.

* Natubhai Shah, Jainism: The World of Conquerors, Published by Sussex Academic Press, 1998, ISBN 1-898723-97-4, ISBN 978-1-898723-97-4