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Swedish furniture giant Ikea today became the latest retailer to feel the pinch in the UK as battered consumer confidence and a sluggish housing market hit sales.

COMING up to two years on from the hand that rocked the world, and there’s still no getting away from it.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI was expressing quiet confidence that Ireland can beat Estonia over two legs to qualify for the European Championship finals when he added the caveat that football is an unpredictable game.

SIMON COX believes he is the right man to fill Kevin Doyle’s boots and fire Ireland to Euro 2012 in what he admits will be the biggest game of his career.

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SWEDEN coach Erik Hamren has targeted the matches against the Republic of Ireland as his side’s best chances of finishing second in World Cup qualifying Group C after Saturday night’s draw.

Ikea today said it had become the UK’s leading home furnishings retailer after seeing its sales edge ahead during a difficult year for the sector.

THIERRY HENRY yesterday called time on a distinguished and controversial international career.

MISSING the call to spot Thierry Henry’s handball made referee Martin Hansson cry and will likely prevent the Swedish referee taking charge of a match at this World Cup.

OUTGOING Republic of Ireland assistant manager Liam Brady says the wounds caused by the controversial World Cup play-off defeat will never heal.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

FOR THE first time in what seems a very long time Arsene Wenger looked relaxed after Saturday’s victory over Sunderland; and for the first time in a while, he was talking sense.

AS Fergie might have said, and as Arsenal as well as Ireland now know to their cost: ye cannae win anything with Hanssons.

ARSENE WENGER believes UEFA need to overhaul the way they choose referees after accusing Sweden’s Martin Hansson of being “incompetent”.

Arsene Wenger believes UEFA need to overhaul the way they choose referees after accusing Sweden’s Martin Hansson of not being competent.

THE SWEDISH referee who ended Ireland’s World Cup hopes has revealed how he thought the handball controversy surrounding France’s play off equaliser in Paris involved goalscorer William Gallas – and not Thierry Henry.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of a “massive mistake” in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Porto last night.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of a “massive mistake” in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Porto.

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Sol Campbell made his first European appearance for Arsenal since the 2006 Champions League final in tonight’s clash against Porto at Estadio do Dragao.

The Republic of Ireland were paired with France in the rehearsals for tomorrow’s Euro 2012 draw – and UEFA president Michel Platini admitted he would love it if the same thing happened again for real.

Giovanni Trapattoni has dismissed reports he will be appointed as Turkey’s new coach later this week.

CRISTIANO RONALDO has asked the Real Madrid fans to be more like those of Manchester United.

FORMER France midfielder Zinedine Zidane has re-ignited the row over Thierry Henry’s controversial handball in the World Cup play-off against Ireland by claiming that FIFA was right not to arrange a replay of the game.

IT WAS interesting to learn this week that the Army v Navy American football game played on December 7, 1963 was the occasion for the first use of action replay in televised sport.

Republic of Ireland chiefs have launched a scathing attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter after ending their bid for World Cup justice.

THERE still won’t be a rematch but the fallout from Ireland’s controversial World Cup play-off defeat to France has prompted FIFA President Sepp Blatter to call an extraordinary meeting of the governing body’s Executive Committee in Cape Town, South Africa next week.

France captain Thierry Henry admits he considered quitting international football following the uproar caused by his part in the goal which sent Les Bleus to the World Cup finals at the Republic of Ireland’s expense.

Kevin Kilbane has laid the blame for the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup heartbreak firmly at the door of referee Martin Hansson, claiming the official did not know whether or not Thierry Henry had handled the ball in the run-up to France’s goal.

ARSENE WENGER has echoed Thierry Henry’s calls for France’s controversial World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland to be replayed.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Mark Hughes is confident his goalkeeper Shay Given has the mental toughness to cope with his World Cup agony.

FRANCE’S most famous referee, Joel Quiniou, has attacked Thierry Henry for his handball goal against Ireland, but also claimed that referee Martin Hansson could have disallowed the effort had he asked the Barcelona star if there had been an infringement.

REFEREE Martin Hansson broke his silence yesterday by insisting “life must go on” after his blunder contributed to the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup exit.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is confident his goalkeeper Shay Given has the mental toughness to cope with his World Cup agony.

Arsene Wenger has echoed Thierry Henry’s calls for France’s controversial World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland to be replayed.

Referee Martin Hansson broke his silence today by insisting “life must go on” after his blunder sealed the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup exit on Wednesday.

France coach Raymond Domenech is baffled as to why his side are being portrayed as the guilty party following their controversial World Cup play-off victory over the Republic of Ireland

FRANCE may have seen the hand of God, but the Dáil detected nothing less than the hand of the devil himself.

IN the VIP lounge at Dublin airport last night, as he awaited his flight home to Milan, the emotion of the preceding 24 hours finally got to Giovanni Trapattoni.

FORMER Republic of Ireland captain, Kenny Cunningham has downplayed accusations Thierry Henry cheated when handling the ball twice in the build-up to William Gallas’ decisive extra time goal for France on Wednesday night.

LIAM BRADY was clearly incensed in the immediate aftermath of Ireland’s cruel defeat by France and, 12 hours later, was still struggling to come to terms with the result.

FURY over Thierry Henry’s handball has escalated into an international incident as the Government backed FAI demands for a replay of the match.