French forward Thierry Henry drives in front of a poster outside the Sports Centre FC Barcelona Joan Gamper near Barcelona on November 20, 2009.

France captain Thierry Henry said today that ‘the fairest solution’ to the row surrounding his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be to replay the match. He renewed his admission that he had controlled the ball with his hand, but insisted it was ‘instinctive’ in the heat of the action. (more…)

Interesting to hear from Thierry Henry’s peers on the handball controversy.

Respect the way Thierry Henry is handling this situation.

Definitely a no win situation for all involved.

Oh man! You are going to be hearing a whole lot about this!  With Ireland up 1-0 away at France and level on aggregate, Thierry Henry clearly handles the ball with his hand and then sets up Gallas for the equalizer, thus putting France through to the World Cup. No doubt this is a clear handball and a horrible way for Ireland to not go through to the World Cup. Cue the arguments for instant replay in soccer starting in 3-2-…

Check the highlight of the goal and obvious handball below

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A Sky Sports report has Manchester City manager Mark Hughes revealing that Barcelona striker Thierry Henry has held talks with the New York Red Bulls about joining up next summer…

This needs to happen! There have been reports about this happening for awhile now, and it seems to me that joining MLS post 2010 World Cup would be the best time to do it.

You’d have to think that losing probably the most influential player on and off the field can’t be a good thing for France head coach Raymond Domenech after it’s been alleged in the European Press that Thierry Henry stood up for his teammates at halftime of their 1 - 1 draw at home against Romania.

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Sports Illustrated featured its Fortunate 50 list, displaying the top earning American athletes, and as you probably guessed it, its topped by Tiger Woods, who earned close to $100 milli in 2008($99,737,626 to be exact according to Fortune). This is crazy when you think that the figure is bigger than the next two guys combined, Phil Mickelson($52m) and LeBron James($42m). Its even crazier when you remembered that he missed half of the season because he was trying to play golf(and winning) with a blown out knee and a broken leg! Yesterday I tried to play golf slightly hung and my swing looked like I didn’t know my arse from my elbow.

Anyways, this is a futbol site and it is definitely It’s boom time for foreign-born athletes. Despite the slow economy, the average earnings of the top 20 non-American sportsmen are at an all-time high $29.5 million. In all, this year’s list features seven soccer players. See who they are are where they rank internationally after the jump (more…)

France International and Barcelona striker / wide player Thierry Henry has addressed Spanish media reports over claims that he is “finished”.

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