FIFA apologises to Ireland:

FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized to Ireland on Wednesday for informative that the country's football organization had asked for a 33rd place at next year's World Cup in South Africa.

Blatter said he regret decisive a football business discussion in Johannesburg that the Irish had asked for a further place at the World Cup finals after their notorious removal in their qualify play-off with France.

I regret what I formed by what I said and I'm sorry about the headline. The Irish were very generous people when they came to see us at FIFA. I'm very sorry about that, the president of soccer's world foremost body said at a new consultation in Cape Town on Wednesday.