Roberto Carlos scored perhaps the most famous goal of his career – against France in a friendly thanks to the wind. Also known as the ‘banana kick’, the former Brazilian left-back struck it ...

Roberto Carlos scored his wonder goal during the inaugural match of the Tournoi de France, a friendly international football tournament that was held in France ahead of the 1998 World Cup.

PARIS —- Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookerswith his amazing “banana” free kick that seemed to defy the law ofphysics, scientists have finally worked out just how he did it ...

Whether or not you're enthralled by the World Cup, this Roberto Carlos score — dubbed "the Impossible Goal" — is a wonder from the perspective of physics.

Do you remember the best goal Roberto Carlos ever scored? It wasn't that free-kick vs France. Carlos says his favorite goal was this strike for Real Madrid.

It was a complicated goal, the ball was meant to go out of play, but I managed to score." "I never get tired of it," Roberto Carlos once said of his goal against Tenerife in 1998.

Recalling the moments before the goal, his second in the 4-1 win over Pahang, Faiz said: "I looked for a target area, was calm and used the outer side of my right leg to fire a powerful shot at goal." ...

Everybody loves a good free-kick goal. Some of the very best live long in the memory, few of them more so than Roberto Carlos' wicked effort for the Brazilian national team against France.

Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookers with his amazing "banana" free kick that seemed to defy the law of physics, scientists have finally worked out just how he did it.

Scientists uncover secret of Roberto Carlos goal Published Sep. 3, 2010 9:53 p.m. ET foxsports ...