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Henry best paid French player
05/04/2008 16:53 - (SA)
Paris - Barcelona striker Thierry Henry
tops the list of the best-paid French sportsmen with earnings of
17.4 million euros ($26.7m) in 2007, according to
a survey published on Saturday by the weekly L'Equipe Magazine.
Henry succeeds Zinedine Zidane, who retired from competitive
sport after the 2006 soccer World Cup.
San Antonio Spurs basketball player Tony Parker is second on
9.6 million euros, with Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira
third on 8 million.
Forty-three of the 50 people listed are soccer players and
37 play outside France. The list contains only two women -
tennis player Amelie Mauresmo and swimmer Laure Manaudou, joint
29th on 2.8 million.
- Reuters
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