Kaka, Pires score in Haiti charity match at Benfica stadium; Zidane, Henry, Figo also chip in Kaka and Robert Pires were among the ...
French captain Thierry Henry escaped being punished for his infamous handball in the 2010 World Cup finals play-off against Ireland, FIFA announced on ...
Irish football chiefs on Wednesday criticised FIFA President Sepp Blatter for making public details of their request for a '33rd' place at the World Cup in the wake of the Thierry Henry handball row. In a statement, the Football Association of Ireland ...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Wednesday Thierry Henry will face a disciplinary investigation and apologised to Ireland for making public details of their request for a '33rd' place at the World Cup. Blatter has been slammed for dithering and empathising with Henry ...
FIFA rejects extra refs at 2010 World Cup; opens disciplinary case against Thierry Henry FIFA rejected the use of extra match officials at the 2010 World Cup on Wednesday, instead opening a disciplinary case against France's Thierry Henry for a hand ball ...
Any slim hopes Ireland still harboured of competing at the 2010 World Cup were finally snuffed out on Tuesday with FIFA saying there was no way they would take part as a 33rd team. In a desperate last ditch bid to salvage ...
France captain Thierry Henry was not behaving immorally when he deliberately handled the ball twice to set up the goal that eliminated the Republic of Ireland from the 2010 World Cup finals said former French coach Gerard Houllier on Tuesday. The 62-year-old ...
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke on Tuesday ruled out any chance of Ireland playing at the 2010 World Cup after the Irish asked to be allowed to compete as a 33rd team. "We have to be clear that Ireland will not be ...
FIFA could put more assistant referees on the fields during the World Cup, the football governing body's president Sepp Blatter said Monday. The question will be discussed at the FIFA executive committee meeting on Wednesday in Cape Town, ahead of the final ...
Ireland have asked to be allowed to compete as a 33rd team in the World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Monday. Irish players launched furious protests when they were eliminated in a play-off with France, after a controversial handball by French ...
Swedish supersub Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the hero as 10-man Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in an enthralling 'El Clasico' at Camp Nou to move top of the table by two points on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who was exceptional, both ...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has revealed that he telephoned France captain Thierry Henry to offer him support over his controversial handball in the World Cup play-off win over Ireland. "I called Thierry, because he tried to get in touch with me," Blatter ...
