Former Republican of Ireland international and current Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has turned on France striker Thierry Henry, calling the Frenchman's infamous handball in last week's game versus Ireland the worst injustice in sport history.

Henry collected a France free-kick on his hand before assisting in a crucial world cup qualifier versus the Republic of Ireland last week.

"People talk about Maradona's Hand of God goal but I'd say that [Henry's goal] was the biggest injustice I've ever seen in sport," said Quinn.

"Maybe I feel it more because I'm Irish. All that I believe in and all that I love about sport was shattered when I saw something like that. It's possibly the lowest I've felt at any sporting moment in my life.

Quinn offered his words ahead of his club's 1-0 victory over Arsenal and one day after police in Germany and Switzerland arrested 17 people implicated in the the corrupting of some 200 professional matches, including ones in the Europa and Champions League, across nine central European countries during 2009 alone.