Arsenal skipper Henry more influential than US president Bush

Arsenal captain Thierry Henry has been named among the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
The US-based magazine first published their list in 1999 and each year honour individuals divided into five groups - Leaders and Revolutionaries, Builders and Titans, Artists and Entertainers, Scientists and Thinkers, and Heroes and Icons.

Henry, 29, has been named in the latter section, but there was no room for the former England captain David Beckham despite his big-money transfer to Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy. US president George Bush also didn't make the list.

NBA star Tony Parker, who captains the French basketball team, praised Henry's contribution to race awareness in sport.

The San Antonio Spurs point guard said: "He wants to change the world. It's no secret that European soccer is fighting a racism problem, in the crowd and on the field, and no player has done more to exorcise it than Thierry.

"His impact has been immense."