Still hand in hand, say his sponsors

SPONSORS are standing by Thierry Henry after his blatant handball dashed Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup.

The Barcelona striker is one of the few footballers to have a global presence thanks, largely, to his involvement in some high-profile ad campaigns.

Henry partners golfer Tiger Woods and tennis star Roger Federer in an advert for Gillette Fusion as part of Gillette’s champions campaign. When Gillette launched the campaign in 2007, the US company said it had chosen the French striker because he embodied “true sporting values”.