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• South African National Anthem Gets Taken To The Butcher Shop

  
  Total Pro Sports — Authority: 624
  The Springboks, South Africas International rugby team, recently visited Toulouse, France, to take on the French International side.  And prior to the game, the South African national anthem was performed by a Rastafarian. Get the connection?  I dont! If that is not strange enough four you, the Rastaman also took ...
  5 days ago

• Fitch Ratings CEO wants a France vs Ireland replay

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  The president of Fimalac, Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere calls for a replay . Fimalac is better known through its influential subsidiary, Fitch Ratings which assesses financial risk management by assigning company ratings. " In accepting a win by cheating, France is permanently compromising its reputation and its ...
  6 days ago

• Thierry Henry quitting watch

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Thierry Henrys actions after his "Hand of Frog" assist on goal. He regrets celebrating the goal. But not actually the goal itself. What has he done so far to absolve himself? He consoled Richard Dunne. Then in his press interview, he said he had handled the ball but he consulted the referee and the referee said ...
  1 week ago

• The Irish get some good news from the French

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  The French public overwhelmingly (81%) believe that the French team does not deserve to go to the World Cup. An even bigger percentage (88%) believe that Thierry Henry was wrong to use his hand to assist in William Gallas extrat time goal. Just a moral victory but at least there is some honour left. It also ...
  1 week ago

• Thierry Henry- Death of a White Knight

  
  Speedie's Blog — Authority: 104
  I use to look on Thierry Henry as a giant in the world of sport. He seemed to embody all the attributes of the gentleman footballer-debonair, chic, knowledgeable about so many topics, always so calm and elegant in the heat of the fierce battles that took place on the playing fields ...
  1 week ago

• Thierry Henrys actions reveal a strange dichotomy

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Sports pundits and fans are going full tilt at Thierry Henry calling him a "cheat", "morally reprehensible", "unsportsmanlike", "a snake oil salesman". Richard Williams crosses that line when as a Brit he forgives Maradonas hand of God goal saying it amounts to breeding. "To rank the incident in Paris alongside ...
  1 week ago

• France and Ireland engage in diplomatic arm twisting

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Its not just the Egyptian and Algerian governments having a holy go at each other. The replay request is now being echoed in the upper echelons of the Irish government as Brian Cowen, the Irish PM is now suggesting that he will approach the French premier Nickolas Sarkozy to discuss a replay and circumvent FIFAs ...
  1 week ago

• How to See a Handball: Watch France Cheat its Way Into the World Cup – All Things Digital (blog)

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 168
  How to See a Handball : Watch France Cheat its Way Into the World Cup All Things Digital (blog) ... of the Zapruder film: French soccer star Thierry Henry cheating, via a handball , and propelling his team past Ireland and into next years World Cup. ...
  1 week ago

• Ireland calls for France World Cup replay

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 444
  DUBLIN (AFP) – The Football Association of Ireland called on Thursday on FIFA to order the World Cup playoff with France to be replayed after France’s Thierry Henry helped knock out Ireland with a clear handball.Video replays showed Henry used his hand to stop the ball going out of play in extra-time of ...
  1 week ago

• Video: One more time

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Thierry Henrys left forearm makes first contact with the ball but then as the ball bounces off ever so slightly his hand comes up and he steers the ball onto his foot. The first touch was inadvertent but his second touch had clear intent. What is so amazing about this is that the linesman on the opposite side should ...
  1 week ago

• Liam Brady calls for a replay

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Seems like a whole lot of past and present Arsenal connections have played or are playing a very influential part in the France vs Ireland match and its aftermath. The latest is Liam Brady calling FIFA for a replay which he says would be only fair given that it was a clear handball by Thierry Henry that set up ...
  1 week ago

• Even France acknowledges their entry was illegitimate

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  L Equipe on Frances entry into the World Cup makes no excuses . "Henry controlled the ball with his hand." The article lambastes the team. When you call Kevin Doyle, the Leo Messi of the match then you know something is terribly wrong. If it was not for Hugo Lloris, France would not have qualified. The French ...
  1 week ago

• World Cup 2010: Gallas controversial goal puts Les Bleus through

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  Thierry Henry clearly handled Florent Maloudas delivery and then picked out Gallas in front of goal, who drove home the equalizer in extra time. The referee Martin Hansson and his assistant did not see the infraction. The goal nullified Robbie Keanes 32nd minute opener. And cruelly snuffed out Irelands chances. For ...
  1 week ago

• I dont usually agree with Tommy Smyth ...

  
  Thats On Point: The Web Site — Authority: 120
  ... But Ireland got absolutely robbed in that game against France today. Thierry Henry with the "main dun dieu" to set up William Gallass winning goal. Oh, and both players were offside to start the play, too.In all honest, not pull pull a Sir Alex Ferguson, but that was arguably the worst non-call Ive ever seen. ...
  1 week ago

• Video: Frances nightmare, 17th November 1993

  
  SoccerBlog.com — Authority: 516
  It took 20 seconds to shatter the Frances march to the 1994 World Cup. In the 90 minute Emil Kostadinov lashed a ball past Bernard Lama to win the game for Bulgaria, 2-1 and shatter French hopes for qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. David Ginola could have run out the clock but his errant cross led to the Kostadinov ...
  1 week ago

• Global Soccer: Violence in Marseille After Game Postponed

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Nearly a dozen people were injured after violence broke out between rival fans after Paris Saint-Germains French league match at fierce rival Marseille was postponed because players had contracted swine flu.
  5 weeks ago

• Bordeaux Takes Lead In French League

  
  The Footie — Authority: 122
  In France’s Ligue 1 the defending Bordeaux F.C. champions fought to retake the lead in their division. It was a special game for the Bordeaux Girondins after defeating Les Mans 3-0 to retake the one point lead over Monaco. Also in the league Lyon lost to Nice 4-1. Bordeaux has been trying to stay on the top of ...
  5 weeks ago

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