The BBC's sports editor David Bond said the flag mix-up at Hampden Park had been an "embarrassing mistake" and not the start Games organisers would have wanted, but "no great harm was done".
The ceremony followed a 90-minute open-topped parade from Mansion House during which the two buses crawled through thousands of flag-waving fans as crowds built up in a sun-drenched Trafalgar Square.
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Stoke finally hit the target late on through Tuncay - but the flag went up for offside.
After Havret had pitched to 20-feet from the flag, McIlroy conjured up his final piece of magic by holing his bunker shot to round out victory on 12-under 268.
And our runners-up: Michael Bonner, a flag writer in the US Navy, went as Instagram in hipster-filter , and shared multiple photos on imgur and Instagram, obviously.
At an April 9 council meeting, members voted 5-2 against putting the flag back up.
Business travellers to and from London are all hunting for alternatives to Britain's flag-carrier, rather than be caught up in a strike.
Mark Schwarzer in the visitors' goal was forced to palm a Christian Gentner shot from 16 yards past the post and only a linesman's flag prevented Grafite levelling with a follow-up effort from an initial shot from Andrea Barzagli.
Video posted on the expedition's website showed a smiling pilot Bertrand Piccard shortly after landing, as he waved to well-wishers and held up a flag emblazoned with the Solar Impulse name.
Fowler pulled to within two shots with a 25-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole, but after he and Woods made bogey on the 15th, Fowler went at the flag on the par-5 16th and came up a few yards short and into the water.
His first booking was for kicking down the corner flag as he celebrated putting Northern Ireland 2-0 up.
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But Nick Clegg did highlight his party's differences and flag up his readiness to do battle on some red-line issues.
And the students would stand up and cheer after -- when the Haitian flag went by, or the Colombian flag went by.
But the Americans want more European defence now: frankly, they don't care what flag the Euro-weenies are flying, if they will just turn up for a fight.
There is no automatic, international system to flag up individuals who have been deported previously from other countries - unlike in the US, which operates a Watch List system.
Watford equalised when Mingoia, one of seven academy products in the home line-up, picked up the ball by the corner flag before cutting inside to smash a shot into the top corner.
Often in a major trend, you will see a number of flag formations that can occur over a several years within a major up- or downtrend.
As the American flag was raised and the national anthem played they held up their fists -- Smith his right, Carlos his left -- in a Black Power salute.
They wore white t-shirts and held up flags, the U.S. flag, the Mexican flag, and the flag from the United Farm workers.
By origin, his Union partners are Christian Democrats, keen on a decentralised set-up for Spain not because they want to wave the Catalan flag but because they believe in subsidiarity, decision-making at the lowest appropriate level.
When Sir Richard Branson this week announced plans to enter space tourism with a company called Virgin Galactic, his Virgin group also unveiled a new online music store and a start-up airline in Nigeria that will become that nation's flag carrier.
Tom Quigley, an IRS public-affairs officer, showed up at the Manhattan office with an IRS flag he had specially made for the occasion.
Stephen Kaliski and Matt Gorman, sophomore roommates at New York University showed up at Times Square with an American flag normally hung on their dorm-room wall.
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There's a new view across from the Boston Public Gardens these days: a white-and-gold flag and an awning with "Taj Boston" emblazoned across what, up until January, was one of America's most renowned Ritz-Carltons.
There is even a plan for a naval port in Nanisivik, in the territory of Nunavut, and up to eight Arctic patrol vessels to fly the flag in the increasingly ice-free far north.
But Alliance politicians continue to question these statements, pointing to the decision by both DUP and UUP councillors to distribute 40, 000 Alliance-style yellow leaflets as a blatant attempt to ramp up tensions over the Union flag issue.
Jefferies claimed that linesman Francis Andrews believed that it was a penalty but failed to flag, compounding his mistake with Celtic's first goal - all of which led to a bust-up with the officials.
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Good timing, perhaps, for card-processing giant Visa to wave the flag in Myanmar for card payments, with an emphasis on the potential for mobile-phone transfers to speed up the rollout of financial services.
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The consumer can then red-flag his credit files and consult the Equifax fraud specialist about how to prevent the identity thief from opening up new accounts, taking out loans or making big-ticket purchases in the customer's name.
Hearts again thought the flag should have gone up against the Scotland forward and their disappointment would have heightened had Kello not blocked a 15-yard Stokes drive with his legs.
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