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See what all the fuss was about here.

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It's fair to say that what we've all just witnessed was the kind of performance we've been looking from spurs this season especially the second half performance anyway. The game took shape after Lennon's first touch on the ball, at which point he displayed that time off the pitch doesn't necessarily mean that he wouldn't improve his game.

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Arte e Futebol
A FIFA colocou � venda um conjunto de posters sobre o mundial 2010 que aqui divulgo. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to winning both matches of the play-offs Portugal climbed up FIFA's ranking to a surprising 5th place. This might stir up talks on whether we should go into the 1st pot of the WC2010 draw next December. I don't think it will happen, but... A day before UEFA released their Click to continue reading...

La FIFA descartó hoy la apelación oficial de la Asociación Irlandesa de Fútbol (FAI) para repetir de la eliminatoria de clasificación para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA celebrada el 18 de noviembre de 2009 entre Francia y la República de Irlanda en París.
"... no es posible cambiar el resultado ni repetir el partido. Click to continue reading...

Ireland have been forced to admit defeat in their efforts to be granted a replay of their World Cup play-off clash with France.
Having seen FIFA reject their appeals to have the second leg of the tie replayed because of Thierry Henry's handball in the run-up to William Gallas' decisive goal, the Football Association of Ireland, backed by both French skipper Henry and Ireland captain Robbie Keane, had turned to the French Football Federation. Click to continue reading...

Is this the "new" mass threat to World Football (Soccer)?Dodgy referee decisions, intencional red cards to leave your team with less men, own goals, off-sides not called, goalkeeping mistakes...theoptions are long as "betting" money has entered as a possible factor ingame results. In Germany they are investigating up to 200 games; local,Europa League & Champions League. Click to continue reading...

Durante � el� marco del� segundo Congreso� Mundial � del� deporte, la� presencia� de� Ana de� Frantz� quien es� Vicepresidenta� de� Comité � Olímpico � Internacional � y� medallista� en� Montreal 1976, fue� decisiva� para� hablar de los� avances de las� mujeres� en� el deporte� en general indicando� que� ha� sido un� trabajo� duro� pero� que � cada� día� vemos a� mas� mujeres� interesadas� por el� deporte tanto� en la� practica� como� el� seguimiento del� deporte internacional.

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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� minutes into extra time and passed it to William Gallas, who headed the� controversial goal allowing� France to reach next year's finals with a 2-1 win on aggregate.

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Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has vented his fury at FIFA in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.
'I would like to know what have I done to (Sepp) Blatter,' Trapattoni said. 'If he explains it to me at least I would be calm.
'I often go to schools and speak of fair play. Click to continue reading...

Aunque usted no lo crea, Thierry Henry ha dicho que lo más justo debería ser la repetición del partido.

Seguramente, la selección de Irlanda debe estar maldiciendo sus declaraciones. No sé cómo interpretar las siguientes palabras que dijo el jugador: "Naturalmente me siento avergonzado por la forma en que ganamos y lo lamento mucho por los irlandeses".

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FIFA & FIFPro (the players Union) have combined to announce thisyear the "FIFA/FIFPro WORLD XI Team" which will be announced the21st of December in a Gala at Zurich (Switzerland).For the moment the organizations have handed in their 55 candidatesof which 11 are Spanish players:Casillas, Reina, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Iniesta, Xavi, Xabi Alonso,Cesc, Torres & Villa. Click to continue reading...

Winger offends his own boot suppliers as he clutches at straws Damien Duff has claimed that the Republic of Ireland's controversial World Cup qualification play-off defeat to France was the result of a conspiracy between FIFA and Adidas. The Fulham man, who picks up £100,000 a year for wearing Adidas boots (for now at least), reckons [. Click to continue reading...

Novit� importanti arrivano dal Ranking Fifa relativo alle nazionali. Sono, infatti, le Furie rosse a strappare il vertice della speciale graduatoria al titolato e prestigioso Brasile. In testa da luglio, la corazzata verdeoro si vede superare, dunque, dalla Spagna, campione d'Europa in carica.
Al terzo posto, sul gradino più basso del podio, c'è l'Olanda. Click to continue reading...

To echo our host's views on this, what took place between France and Ireland on Wednesday night really was a travesty. And lo and behold, here to rub salt in still-fresh wounds is soccer's top authority, FIFA.
For those who don't know, FIFA is about as honest, fair-minded and interested in bettering the world as your average African dictator -- and even that's probably an insult to African dictators. Click to continue reading...

It´s official FIFA has rejected the call to replay the France vs Ireland World Cup 2010 qualifying match which was won by France afterThierry Henry handballed twice in the last moments to allowteam-mate Gallas to score the qualifying goal.As expected the "blacklash" has been Worldwide with responses fromall around the global. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipedia A board meeting this afternoon called by Ireland's FAI has been called to discuss request for replace of the Playoff with France. However it has been announced recently that FIFA have rejected their earlier request. In a response to a request made by the FAI yesterday, the world governing body have ruled that [. Click to continue reading...

Come previsto, l'appello della Fai (Federazione irlandese) è rimasto ascoltato. Risultato omologato dalla Fifa, la ripetizione della gara rimarr� solamente un bellissimo ma irrealizzabile sogno nelle mente di tanti irlandesi e di sportivi che hanno assistito, nella notte parigina, ad una truffa in piena regola. Click to continue reading...

Controversy surrounded France's qualification for the World Cup against Ireland. So much that French president Nicolas Sarkozy apologized while the Irish have demanded that the match should be replayed (this was rejected by FIFA).The problem is France's equalizer in extra time (that brought France ahead 2-1 on aggregate, and gave them the spot in South Africa) where Thierry Henry is clearly seen Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipedia The Irish Justice Minister had already asked Football's Highest Governing Body, FIFA for a replay match for the World Cup qualification after the controversial incident of Thierry Henry handling the ball in the Irish penalty zone before passing the ball to teammate William Gallas who headed home. Click to continue reading...

The year is 2010AD, Girls Aloud have split, Jedward are ruling the world with over 237 million albums sold, forcing many a music fan to throw themselves of various bridges throughout the world, Sir Dexy Longshot has left UKFF and now writes for Gardeners Weekly & Spurs are Premier League champions.

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The Football Association of Ireland or FAI has officially submitted a request to replay the 2nd leg of the UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs against France on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. The match ended in controversy as France scored in extra time on a goal from William Gallas. Thierry Henry clearly had a handball before passing to Gallas for the goal but it wasn't called by the referee.

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Heartbreaking. That's all I can say about this match. Gut-wrenching, soul-wrenching, the very best kind of completely awful.

The pivot point of the match – and for the rest of time nothing else will be discussed – was Henry's unjustly-allowed goal. (Technically it was Gallas', but Henry had more than a hand in it.

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Official Press Release The Football Association of Ireland today (November 19) confirmed that it will lodge a complaint with FIFA, following last night's World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland in Paris. Conclusive video evidence of a deliberate hand ball by Thierry Henry, which led to France's additional time goal, has been seen [. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry last night said "..what can I do.." in reference to the handball incident that led to Gallas goal against Ireland. Trappaoni today commented -� "It wasn't up to Henry to say, 'I touched it with my hand'" . With that in mind we remember about FIFA and their fair play rules Where [...] Click to continue reading...

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Following the controversial decision to allow France's goal to stand as Thierry Henry clearly handled the ball prior to assisting William Gallas, it is only normal to have increased complaints and ever growing displeasure at the level of refereeing.

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Jogaram no Craven Cottage, em Londres, as seleções da Coréia do Sul (48º do ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Servia (20º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
2005
Seoul
16/11/2005
KOR
2:0 (1:0)
SCG
2000
Sungnam City
30/05/2000
KOR
0:0
YUG
2000
Seoul
28/05/2000
KOR
0:0
YUG
1998
Belgrade
22/04/1998
YUG
3:1 (0:1)
KOR
1997
Seoul
16/06/1997
KOR
1:1 (1:0)
YUG
A arbitragem foi assim escalada:
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La Asociación de Futbol de Irlanda pide justicia. El día de ayer, la selección de Irlanda se plantó en el Stade de France donde fue eliminada del mundial en tiempos extra. Todo parecería normal pues Francia era favorita en esta serie de repechaje. Sin embargo, la imagen clara de la mano de Thierry Henry le ha dado la vuelta al mundo.

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The 2010 World Cup Qualification process has finished and all of the 32 teams have been determined. There aren't too many surprises as many of the favorites such as Brazil, Spain, Italy, and England will all be there. Some nations such as France and Argentina struggled to advance but in the end will be there in South Africa.

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Okay okay, I guess I have to write something about this Thierry Henry hand ball or something. Here is the obligatory (and slightly sarcastic) background info already reported: The World Cup playoffs are seeded, seemingly hurting the minnows like Republic of Ireland. Then, Ireland are given an away game in Paris for the second leg, presumably giving them yet another disadvantage.

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He did it, we all know he did it, some think it was normal, some think it was the devil's work, and Ireland want a replay even though FIFA have already ruled it out.

This brings us, of course, to the tricky question of justice in football.

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Ripetere il match. E' questo che la Federazione irlandese chiede, oggi, alla Fifa, alla luce di quanto accaduto ieri sera nell'infausta notte di Parigi. L'evidente fallo di mano di Henry, non rilevato nè dal direttore di gara, nè dai due assistenti durante l'incontro, e che ha portato al gol qualificazione di Gallas, ha mandato in frantumi i sogni dell'Eire del Trap, vicina d una grandissima impresa. Click to continue reading...

Looks like a carry to me, but if it was Iverson they'd let it slide
The Daily Mail has a nice assortment of photoshopped Thierry Henry specials sent in by jokesters around the internet - and this one seemed to me to make the most sense because of Henry's past professed love for the Chicago Bulls. Click to continue reading...

Yes, that was a handball. Deux handball, no less. Thierry Henry's last-gasp equalizer sent the French through to South Africa and sent Ireland scrambling to try to force a replay "in the interests of fair play."

I agree that's the fair thing to do. I don't think there's any way in hell it'll happen.

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Ahora en los medios sale el encabezado "Tengo que ser honesto,fue una mano" : Thierry Henry.
El declarar su culpabilidad no lo hace honesto, el no cometer un acto ilegal es ser honesto, no confundamos las cosas, el principal culpable de la acción premeditada y no accidental fue Thierry Henry, los arbitros y la Fifa sancionan, pero no son ellos los responsables de una falta. Click to continue reading...

The FRANCE vs. IRELAND game has transcended all frontiers.This is the French goal from Gallas that eliminated a brave Irelandside from the 2010 World Cup:(LOWER THE VOLUMEN!, incident replay 1.15min)Two points:1. There was off-side2. Thierry Henry handled the ball twice.According to the player:"Yes it was handball, evidently I would have wishedit to be differently, but I am not the referee"It is Click to continue reading...