There’s a World Cup going on. You’ve obviously noticed, and so have our newspapers’ sports writers of our newspapers.
That man Thierry Henry receives a fair amount of space. “Cheat Henry is denied penalty at the end of bore draw†writes Paul Lennon in The Star, under the headline “Hand of Nodâ€.
France’s dull nil-nil draw against Uruguay ended with The Man Who Stole Our Chance Of Glory getting a taste of his own medicine when he was denied a penalty in the 90th minute.
“No Arm Done!†was the headline on the back of The Sun. “Not this time Thierry†is The Indo’s headline. “It’s Justice†says The Mail. “France fail to capitalise†reports a sober Irish Times.
“So Thierry… how do YOU like it?†asks the headline on the back of The Mirror. They also have the story that Fabio Capello is preparing to take a big gamble by fielding an England team against the USA that have never played together before.
Honegrown Irish sport does get a look in: The Star reports that Meath captain Nigel Crawford is in doubt for Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final clash with Laois at Croke Park. And two of our lads, light-flyweight Paddy Barnes and middle-weight Darren O’Neill, are only one bout away from gold at boxing’s European Championships in Moscow.
