Blatter says Ireland asks to be extra WCup team (AP)
Ireland has asked FIFA to be allowed into the World Cup as a 33rd team after Thierry Henry's handball helped France eliminate the Irish in a playoff. FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed Monday that the Irish had written to football's world governing body asking to be let into the 2010 tournament in South Africa because of Henry's handball.
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Blatter says Ireland asks to be extra WCup team (AP)