Nikolas Sarkozy [President of France] has just apologized to Brian Cowan [Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland] for what transpired in the Qualifications for the 2010 World Cup between the two countries.

It is great that sports, and decency has prevailed although there is a need to investigate what happened.

http://my.nowpublic.com/sports/french-president-sarkozy-apologizes-ireland