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• Bulgarian Ref In Trouble… Match-Fixing Afoot?

  
  http://unprofessionalfoul.com/ — Authority: 576
  Michel Platini reckons that match-fixing is the biggest scourge to his sport , and who are we to disagree? I’m thinking that diving and simulation is a far bigger blight on soccer’s sanctity, though events in a friendly last month are making me reconsider. Macedonia 3, Canada 0. Doesn’t seem like an untoward ...
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• Messi Player of the Year, Ronaldinho Player of the Decade

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 154
  AC Milan’s Ronaldinho has been named World Player of the Decade by prestigious British magazine World Soccer. The same magazine picked Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as their Player of the Year. Former winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been active since 1982, are: Cristiano Ronaldo,Kaka, Fabio ...
  1 week ago

• World Cup 2010: Thierry Henry still giving Shay Given sleepless nights

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Man City goalkeeper Shay Given is still upset about Irelands elimination from Fridays draw for World Cup 2010.
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• Blatter bluster comes to nothing…for now

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 154
  Sepp Blatter conjured up a lot of bluster about the state of the game, in the wake of the Thierry Henry handball and the match fixing arrests. His call for an extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee promised some extraordinary decisions and was followed at the start of the week with the firm hint ...
  1 week ago

• World Cup 2010: David Beckham in awe of Michel Platini

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  David Beckham left "star-struck" after meeting Michel Platini in South Africa as part of his campaign to boost Englands chances of hosting the World Cup 2018.
  1 week ago

• DT Exclusive: An extraordinary meeting

  
  Dirty Tackle — Authority: 606
  Well this Thierry Henry handball business just won’t go away and stop making FIFA look awful, so, five days after it happened, they have released this statement : Due to recent events in the world of football, namely incidents at the play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, match control ...
  3 weeks ago

• Henry’s handball: is a replay the solution?

  
  Premiership Talk — Authority: 127
  So, France made it to the World Cup at the expense of the Republic of Ireland. Expected? Maybe. Still, the way Les Blues made it through is far more than questionable. For those of you who were hibernating during the past week and somehow don’t know how France qualified, Thierry Henry handled the ball 13  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Irish Justice Minister calls for Ireland-France replay

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Dublin, Nov 20(ANI): Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has called on FIFA to order a replay of the controversial World Cup play-off between Ireland and France.Ahern’s call came as Ireland is still raging at the double handball by France striker Thierry Henry, which enabled the latter to score the extra-time goal ...
  3 weeks ago

• This One Goes Right To The Top

  
  Studs Up — Authority: 123
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  3 weeks ago

• Irish winger Duff thinks FIFA conspired to get France into World Cup finals

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov.20 (ANI): Irish winger Damian Duff has accused both FIFA and sports manufacturer Adidas of conspiring to get France through to the World Cup finals. “Do I think it’s a conspiracy? Definitely. FIFA want the big teams in the World Cup, they want France in the World Cup, and it may sound silly [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Hand of Henry goal makes strong case for video evidence

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 154
  France’s decisive goal against Ireland in their World Cup play-off will only add further weight to the case for using a video ref, or extra goal-line officials, at least in the biggest matches. The controversial extra-time strike from William Gallas took France through to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Keane, Doyle hit out at Platini and Blatter

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 154
  Ireland will be absolutely mad for a few days considering the way they were dumped out of the World Cup. William Gallas’ decisive goal was set up by Thierry Henry who handled the ball twice before crossing it to Gallas. The Irish players were devastated, with Robbie Keane and Kevin Doyle blasting the Fifa and Uefa ...
  4 weeks ago

• Paddy Power Ireland – Bookie Goes To Town On Cheating Thierry

  
  Soccer & Football Blog - Premiership News — Authority: 136
  Image via Wikipedia With Ireland reeling from “Le Hand of God” bookie Paddy Power have issued a whole host of special bets on the man who will forever be known as “cheating Thierry.”Unfortunately for Irish fans and Justice Minister Dermot Ahern, the likelihood of justice prevailing look slim with odds of 33/1 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Robbie Keane blames Fifa seedings for Republic of Irelands World Cup playoff loss

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Ireland captain Robbie Keane angry with footballs governing body for using seedings in the World Cup playoff draw.
  4 weeks ago

• Thierry Henry’s ‘Hand of Frog’ [video]

  
  Retro Yakking — Authority: 128
  Make no mistake, it’s a certain handball , some say a deliberate one . What is for sure is that it certainly shouldn’t have been a goal, and there are even calls to replay the game. Not sure whether that will happen, but it’s hardly going to when FIFA got what they wanted - namely the bigger team at the ...
  4 weeks ago

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