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Thierry Henry's handball puts goalline referees on Fifa's World Cup agenda
guardian.co.uk - 11/21/2009
Thierry Henry's handball puts goalline referees on Fifa's World Cup agenda
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• Fifa to discuss introduction of extra assistants in March • Four home unions vital to fast-track plan for South Africa 2010 Thierry Henry's handball against the Republic of Ireland could lead to Fifa fast-tracking the introduction of two additional referees in time for the World Cup in South Africa. One of Fifa's most senior officials yesterday confirmed the matter will be on the agenda at the law-making International Football Association Board meeting in Zurich next March. Despite calls for ...
Apologetic Henry tells Ireland: You deserve to be at World Cup
guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009
Apologetic Henry tells Ireland: You deserve to be at World Cup
— guardian.co.uk — • 'Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won' • 'I am not a cheat... and never have been' insists Henry Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the "fairest solution" to the continuing furore over the handball which led to his side's goal ... (more) Apologetic Henry tells Ireland: You deserve to be at ...

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Thierry Henry bit the hand that fed his good name | David Lacey
guardian.co.uk - 11/21/2009
Thierry Henry bit the hand that fed his good name | David Lacey
— guardian.co.uk — Thierry Henry's calculated handball showed football is all about getting away with what you can when you... can It is understood that the canonisation of Thierry Henry has been postponed indefinitely. During his eight years at Arsenal Henry came to ... (more) Thierry Henry bit the hand that fed his good name | ...

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'What goes around, comes around'
guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009
'What goes around, comes around'
— guardian.co.uk — • 'What goes around comes around', says former captain • Defence at fault for decisive goal, not... France striker Roy Keane often veers left in situations where the majority of people turn right so it came as no surprise when he challenged the ... (more) 'What goes around, comes around'

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101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more:  Chelsea target Hiddink & Aguero, Man City target Liverpool’s Torres & the Henry bashing continues

Sounder At Heart:  Refereeing and What To Do About It

EPL Talk:  Poll: What Should FIFA Do To Help Referees?

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Chelsea target Hiddink & Aguero, Man City target Liverpool’s Torres & the Henry bashing continues
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... But bad news for video technology enthusiasts is quickly delivered by Matt Scott, who reports “Thierry Henry’s handball against the Republic of Ireland could lead to Fifa fast-tracking the introduction of two additional referees in time for the World Cup in South Africa.” ...

Refereeing and What To Do About It
Sounder At Heart — ... forms of gamesmanship. They won't be making calls on their own, but instead will be providing the match referee with what they saw to help him in his decision. Would a goalline official have spotted Henry's handball? It's impossible to say, but it would have increased the chances, because had there been an Europa League style official in place, he would have been only a few feet away from Henry as the incident happened. It's now highly probably that we will see goalline officials at the World Cup. ...

Poll: What Should FIFA Do To Help Referees?
EPL Talk — ... Ireland’s loss may be football’s gain. Fifa may fast-track the approval of an additional assistant referee on each goal line in time for next summer’s World Cup in South Africa. This system is currently being tested in the Europa League. As we well know, on-the-spot human judgment is not perfect, but an additional referee positioned by the goal would have been in a prime position to spot Thierry Henry’s handball and could have helped  ...

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Extra referees for World Cup 2010 but no video technology!
wdkf.co.uk 11/24/2009 —   Sepp Blatter has called an emergency meeting with FIFA’s executive committee; with the controversy surrounding the Republic of Ireland’s play-off elimination by France said to be top of the agenda. Also in this meeting they will discuss the recent arrests across Europe by ...