Ireland butchered England at the first scrum and soon took the lead as Sexton - back in place of Ronan O'Gara at fly-half - popped over a penalty after the visitors were off-side at a line-out.

BBC: 2011 Six Nations: Ireland 24-8 England

Skipper Farrell was again off target from the left hand touch-line but he kicked his side level at 12-12 on 56 minutes, slotting over from close range after New Zealand were penalised for offside.

BBC: Great Britain 16-22 New Zealand 22

At the other end Doyle saw a header clawed off the line by Schwarzer and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake rifled into the side-netting in a richly entertaining second half.

BBC: Fulham 2-1 Wolves

The two looked eerily similar, especially in the final year, and on the far right-hand-side the pink line representing the 1929 Dow fell steeply off the side of the graph.

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Squillaci looked set to clear Youssouf Mulumbu's long ball forward only for Almunia to come needlessly racing off his line, seemingly confuse his team-mate and allow the Nigerian to double his side's lead.

BBC: West Brom 2-2 Arsenal

Utrecht skipper Silberbauer thought he had scored when he side-footed a corner at the Reds goal only for Meireles to head clear off the goal-line.

BBC: FC Utrecht 0-0 Liverpool

Anthony Silva, a videogame-store clerk from Long Island, clutched brown-bagged Budweiser cans in each hand on the Port Washington line, his girlfriend nodding off at his side.

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