In fairness, Australia had the odd half-chance, Jason Culina heading a Brett Emerton cross over and Richard Garcia sending a snap-shot past the post - while a second-half appeal for handball against Per Mertesacker in the box might have warranted closer inspection.

BBC: Germany 4-0 Australia

They pinned Munster back inside their own half from the first whistle and although France scrum-half Elissalde, playing out of position at fly-half, missed an early penalty he nudged Toulouse into the lead after eight minutes with a snap drop-goal.

BBC: Munster 16-13 Toulouse

Do that half a dozen times or so and the paper-clip will snap in two.

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Killie had only two chances of note in the first half, one of those falling to Craig Bryson, whose snap-shot was handled well by Alan Combe.

BBC: Sport - Football - Aberdeen 1-2 Kilmarnock

The Purple Eagles (17-11) shot 66.7 percent (20 of 30) in the second half, including 8 of 10 from 3-point range, to snap a nine-game winning streak by the Demons (19-7).

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However, aside from a Cole snap-shot on the turn on the stroke of half-time, Ancelotti's men looked blunt going forward and were a shadow of the side that had plundered 14 goals in their three preious matches.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea

And, if you're feeling really frisky, you can pull a window and snap it into place so that it takes up half the screen -- again, similar to what you can do in Windows 7.

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The card's a bit pliable, with rubberized edges -- one gets the feeling you might be able to snap it in half, if you really had your heart set on it, but as it stands, it should hold up to more than a few aggressive sitdowns on your billfold.

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And the Brazilian almost broke the deadlock on the half-hour when Chelsea goalkeeper Cech had to dive smartly to his left to save his snap shot.

BBC: Chelsea 1-2 Barcelona