Cornwall wins the gold medal for spirit and enthusiasm This is Cornwall ... Duncan Goodhew at Liskeard and Andrew Ball crossing the Tamar Bridge – with ecstatic crowds at every step – that will remain in the nation's consciousness. By this point, all the cynics out there will be reaching for pen and paper, ... |
 Irish Times | Freak incident at 18th costs McDowell triple-bogey eight Irish Times Graeme McDowell, a stickler for the rules, fell victim to the rulebook on the 18th hole of his opening round here over the West Course and, with one movement of his pen, added two penalty strokes to his card before signing it as a 72 became a 74 and ... |
 Sabotage Times | Sepp Blatter: Here Are The 10 Best Penalty Shootout Alternatives Sabotage Times That's right, not a week after Chelsea got their hands on the Champion's League trophy after beating Bayern Munich on pens, UEFA's not-so-jolly fat man says he wants to scrap them altogether. Well, if you are going ahead with that Sepp, maybe you could ... Should Fifa abolish penalties? |
Proud to Say: FAC needs to start talking, not bickering Tahoe Daily Tribune By Joe Proudman After a half-hour of taking notes at Monday's Fields Advisory Committee meeting for the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority, I put my pen down and realized that there really wasn't a point. |
Eurovision from the start video special: Watch 57 years of British entries Mirror.co.uk At that first competition there was a real voting jury, with two representatives from each country awarding the points (and you could vote for your own country's entry too). How the points are awarded is often a contentious issue and was a favourite ... |
