He may have become public enemy number one after his sleight of hand denied the Republic of Ireland a place in the 2010 World Cup but a new biography of Thierry Henry argues the Frenchman was as much a victim of the incident as the Boys in Green.

THIERRY HENRY ´S infamous ‘Hand of Gaul’ incident has taken a new twist with claims his sponsor Gillette have altered an image of the player with a ball in his hand in the wake of the controversy.

THE French have blown full-time on any possibility of replaying the soccer World Cup qualifier with the Republic of Ireland.