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Poland were trying to hold a high line but Bellamy spun his marker brilliantly and set off downfield again, but Zewlakow did enough to force him to shoot wide from a tight angle.
BBC: Wales 0-1 Poland
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It was a way of separating sentiment from success, of triaging those whose campaigns could survive a long and often brutal political battle, of betting on horses not at the starting line, but as they pass each quarter-mile marker.
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This year, the 26-mile marker which would be 0.2 mile from the finish line was dedicated to the 26 victims of December's elementary-school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
WSJ: Nation's Oldest Marathon, and a Local Holiday Tradition
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If he gets over the gain line consistently, makes some busts and passes out of the tackle, he'll have put down a big marker to be an England centre for years to come.
BBC: Jeremy Guscott column