Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on Thursday called on FIFA to order a World Cup qualifying re-match with France, saying he would raise the issue with President Nicolas Sarkozy at a Brussels summit.

Video replays showed striker Thierry Henry used his hand in the build-up to a William Gallas goal that sends France to next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa, and asked if he backed the Football Association of Ireland's call for a re-match, Cowen said: "Yes, I do.

"Our minister of sport actually will write to FIFA in support of that complaint and look for a re-match," he said on arrival at a summit in Brussels to choose two top European Union jobs.

He added that he and Sarkozy "will probably have a chat about it away from the table."

AFP

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