Henry tops best-paid French sportsman list

Barcelona striker Thierry Henry tops the list of the best-paid French sportsmen with earnings of 17.4 million euros (26.7 million dollars) 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.