Few countries are as mad about sport as South Africa: for whites especially, rugby and cricket are the prime sources of national pride in victory and shame in defeat.
This list of rules is simply my accumulated common sense, learned in victory and defeat (lots of defeat) and it can be applied to a plain vanilla portfolio within one day.
Be gracious to fellow players, both in victory and in defeat.
In the 1995-6 regular season they won 72 games and lost just 10, a phenomenal record in a sport where the difference between victory and defeat is so slim.
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In 1993 a boycott of the school tests ended in victory for the teacher unions and ignominious defeat for the then Conservative Education Secretary, John Patten.
Fowler played in the 2010 Ryder Cup defeat against Europe, and Sunday's victory has lifted his hopes of playing in the U.S. team for this year's match in Medinah, Illinois.
Gamers, in particular, benefit from KOR-fx because of its unique ability to provide directional feedback, creating an uncanny "7th Sense" awareness of where the next danger is coming from, which can mean the difference between victory and defeat in a competitive virtual environment.
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The scale of the defeat meant the best strategy was to move on to the Super Tuesday states and start working for victory, instead of remaining in South Carolina and contemplating defeat.
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We stood together as parents on a soccer field cheering on our daughters in victory and hugging them in defeat.
But it was during that game that Caniggia aggravated the knee injury which then prevented him playing in the victory over Nigeria and the defeat by England.
Scotland, coached by former England boss Andy Robinson, return to Murrayfield on the back of a defeat to Italy in Rome and chasing their first victory of the tournament.
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Portugal's 7-0 thrashing of North Korea in their previous match ensured that despite this defeat, and the Ivory Coast's 3-0 victory over the North Koreans in the group's other game, they progressed to the knockout stages in South Africa as runners-up.
The US nuclear monopoly at the end of World War II allowed it to defeat Imperial Japan and bring the war to an end in allied victory.
So strike one Bernanke victory for higher stock prices, and one defeat in money markets, where the attempt to stimulate the purchases of homes through lower interest rates backfired.
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While it will be tempting to pass judgment and declare victory--or deny defeat--in the early weeks, NBC entertainment chief Angela Bromstad spent time earlier Wednesday pledging the network's commitment to the venture, saying NBC will judge the series over its cumulative 52-week run rather than on its week one performance.
It was the biggest victory for Wigan in their brief Premiership history and the heaviest defeat of Pearce's 19-month reign.
He captains in three difference formats, maintains one of the coolest responses to victory and defeat by any captain and, despite the intense pressures, never complains.
But their league form has suffered, and the Cobblers now lie 22nd after 11 matches, knowing that defeat, and victory for Barnet at Stockport, could deposit them in the bottom two.
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With defeat looming and Congo DR threatening to pip them to second place in the group with victory in Accra, Algeria skipper Moussa Saib, the former Tottenham player, orchestrated a second-half comeback for the north Africans.
The victory atoned for United's defeat in last year's Premier decider and they become the first club to win the competition on three occasions.
South Africa bounced back from last week's defeat in France and two reverses against English club sides Leicester and Saracens to notch an eighth successive victory in clashes with Italy.
But in Mumbai on Sunday - at the same Brabourne Stadium where they batted so poorly in Tuesday's defeat - Andrew Flintoff's century had taken them to 297-4 and an easy victory.
Rajat Bhatia took six wickets and scored 58 in Newport's victory against Olton, but the Shropshire outfit slipped to a defeat against Coleshill on bank holiday Monday.
And after inflicting Mancini his first defeat as Manchester City manager back in January, Moyes once more masterminded a fine victory for his side.
Following a superb final-ball victory in their first match against Deccan Chargers on Saturday, it was a crushing defeat for Somerset, and the effect on their net run-rate could have lasting consequences for their campaign.
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