Handball ref: It wasn't my fault
Soccernet staffThe Swedish referee who missed Thierry Henry's now famous handball insists he was not at fault, although the incredible fallout after the World Cup play-off incident almost caused him to quit football.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Defiant Domenech condemns Henry backlash
Soccernet StaffFrance coach Raymond Domenech has condemned the backlash against Thierry Henry following his part in the controversial goal which secured the country's World Cup qualification.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Thierry Henry considered quitting over handball outcry
Soccernet staffThierry Henry has claimed that the vitriolic response to his handball against Republic of Ireland led him to consider his future at international level.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009What's French for 'contrite'?
Paul MarshallPaul Marshall gauges the continuing fall-out of France's qualification for South Africa.
Story | Conversation | November 21, 2009Ireland gives up effort to force replay
Associated PressDUBLIN -- Ireland has given up hope of a World Cup playoff replay against France because of Thierry Henry's hand ball.
Story | Conversation | November 21, 2009Roy Keane tells FAI: "What goes around comes around"
Soccernet staffRoy Keane has criticised the Football Association of Ireland and chief executive John Delaney, stating in his own inimitable style that "what goes around comes around" in wake of the country's failure to qualify for the World Cup finals.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009Thierry Henry: Replay the "fairest solution" for Ireland
Soccernet staffFrance captain Thierry Henry has admitted replaying the World Cup qualification play-off against the Republic of Ireland would be "the fairest solution".
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009FIFA rejects replay request to end Irish hopes
Soccernet staffFIFA has ruled that the World Cup play-off between the Republic of Ireland and France cannot be replayed.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009French get helping hand in Cup qualifier
Leander SchaerlaeckensAn unlikely side punched its ticket to South Africa while a presumed contender was sent packing during the second leg of the European World Cup qualifiers. But all the attention focused on a sequence of officiating mistakes that cost one club dearly.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009French sympathy for Irish, Swedes blast ref
There was plenty of sympathy for the Republic of Ireland in the French media on Thursday morning after the controversial extra-time goal that denied them a place in next summer's World Cup finals.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009FAI request France replay
Soccernet staffThe Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have lodged a formal complaint with FIFA over the controversial World Cup play-off defeat to France and have urged world football's governing body to replay the match.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Irish demanding replay vs. France
Associated PressThe Irish soccer association has lodged an official complaint with FIFA over the deliberate handball by Thierry Henry that cost Ireland a place in the World Cup.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Deep gloom engulfs the Emerald Isle
Kevin PalmerKevin Palmer gauges the mood of the Irish nation after their controversial World Cup exit.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Thief of Saint Denis makes off with Irish dreams
Gareth MaherGareth Maher believes that Ireland have every reason to feel hard done by following their failure to qualify.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Bitter Keane blasts Platini and Blatter
Soccernet staffIreland captain Robbie Keane has hit out at the presidents of FIFA and UEFA following his country's controversial World Cup exit in Paris, claiming they would be "delighted" that France had gone through.
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