• The storm was warning us off, but the captain gave no order to change course.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Skybreaker'

  • But the captain struck rocks, and a major disaster began to unfold.

    BBC: Europe

  • The Joline set off from Ramsgate on Wednesday with two lorry loads of sheep, but the captain aborted the crossing because of strong winds and rain.

    BBC: Sheep

  • As it touched down, it veered to the left but the captain was able to hold the aircraft steady and the passengers were able to disembark through the front left door.

    BBC: Flybe plane passengers 'saw wheel fall off'

  • But the captain then swiped three successive fours off Jacques Kallis and Shah brought up the fifty partnership from 39 balls with a 90m six as Kallis conceded 20 from his over.

    BBC: England maintain perfect record

  • Croft may have done more damage had Pettini not been put down on 22 and 34, but the Essex captain made the most of his good fortune and went on to rebuild the innings in a stand of 64 with Matt Walker (25).

    BBC: Pettini gives Essex slight edge

  • Barry Ferguson - who had been impressive in midfield - should have done much better when set up by the industrious Darcheville, but the Ibrox captain blasted the ball well over from a good position, before Adam passed up a set-piece from 20 yards out.

    BBC: Aberdeen 2-0 Rangers

  • His chip ahead beat Luke Arscott but the Leeds captain could not ground the ball before it rolled dead.

    BBC: Exeter 15-9 Leeds

  • Daniel Alfredsson had a chance to open the scoring for the Senators on the power play prior to the two-goal barrage, but the Ottawa captain's one-timer missed the net with Miller at his mercy.

    WSJ: Anderson leads Senators to 2-0 win against Sabres

  • But the krewe captain, Jack Blossman, remains confident that the krewe will reach its goal of collecting 20 members from every state.

    ECONOMIST: Mardi Gras

  • But the team captain, who played with Henri Leconte when France beat the United States to win the Davis Cup in 1991, was impressed with their fightback.

    BBC: France beat Spain to secure Davis Cup semi-final spot

  • That is sometimes easier said than done on Old Firm derby day, but the Rangers captain Davie Weir sees no reason to speak to his team-mates beforehand about the consequences of losing control.

    BBC: Brown & Diouf re-match adds spice to Old Firm derby

  • He added 52 for the second wicket with Key, but the Kent captain had scored just seven when he was caught at gully by Ryan ten Doeschate off the bowling of David Masters.

    BBC: Kent's Geraint Jones puts Essex on back foot

  • But the Tigers captain had little opportunity to impress in a cagey first period before being forced off with an elbow injury.

    BBC: Moody will be hoping to be part of England's World Cup plans

  • But will the captain's form this time be affected by the threat of a second successive Ashes defeat, one which would surely signal the end of his reign, and quite possibly his international career?

    BBC: Ashes: Can England win down under?

  • Proteas paceman Ntini got a couple to whizz past Ponting's helmet, but the Australian captain responded with some adventurous hitting - although he needed two slices of luck when he was dropped by Neil McKenzie on 10, and Ntini just after he had reached 50.

    BBC: Marsh helps Aussies level series

  • Once, he made it as far as the flight cabin but panicked when the captain announced they were shutting the doors.

    CNN: Pirates, wars: Hurdles for flight phobia boy

  • But the new movie Captain America: The First Avenger, from Marvel and Paramount, is looking like it might struggle for an audience.

    FORBES: Can Captain America Win Over Kids and Foreigners?

  • But the detail about Captain Jones giving all the credit to the Lord, while a small thing, suggests a writer interested in human stories, watching, remembering, and sticking around long enough to be generally hospitable to otherness.

    NEWYORKER: Reality Effects

  • But the Great Britain captain has been named international forward of the year for the second consecutive time.

    BBC: Peacock misses out on Golden Boot

  • His positional switch may have worked but the former England captain and coach feels stability is important if the current Lions squad wants to be as successful as the Class of '74.

    CNN: Rugby greats say 2009 Lions can roar

  • "I'm sorry for the fans that we can't bring Gerrard but he is the captain of the team so he is a key player for the rest of the season, " added Benitez.

    BBC: Skrtel injury worry for Liverpool

  • Some have blamed K-27's Capt Pavel Leonov over the accident, but CWO Mazurenko says the captain faced a life-or-death choice.

    BBC: Eyewitness: Tragedy of Soviet nuclear submarine K-27

  • The U's dominated early on but the Gulls took the lead through captain Chris Hargreaves' sweet 18-yard strike.

    BBC: Cambridge Utd 0-2 Torquay

  • But the master of the Bowbelle dredger Captain Douglas Henderson was tried twice for failing to maintain a proper lookout.

    BBC: You are in: UK

  • But the visitors had captain Pat Sanderson and replacement prop Aleki Lutui sin-binned and a burst of three Tigers tries in eight minutes settled the contest.

    BBC: Leicester 38-5 Worcester

  • But the withdrawal of captain Craig Bellamy - to be with his pregnant wife - means Eastwood will start in attack, probably in tandem with Rob Earnshaw.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | Hennessey set to grab Wales spot

  • Then next ball he pitched one up that swung in and looped up off the bat to a nearby fielder, but luckily for the England captain no contact was made with the inside edge.

    BBC: England facing follow-on at Oval

  • Ashraful struck two more boundaries in the next over but acting captain Johan Botha brought himself into the attack to bowl the sixth over and clean bowled his counterpart with his first delivery.

    BBC: South Africa tame Tigers threat

  • In 1993 information came out that the Navy had known there were enemy submarines in that particular area of the Pacific but had failed to inform the captain and had not provided an escort.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

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