• The Portuguese picked himself off the floor to slam the spot kick into the net.

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  • The visitors are still pinning their hopes on a series of unlikely results to book a play-off spot and the Brewers are still favourites to go up as champions.

    BBC: Burton 0-1 Oxford Utd

  • Wasps scored a late try through Ben Jacobs but it was barely any consolation for the hosts, who started the day as favourites to claim the final play-off spot but now find themselves staring at a premature end to their season in a fortnight's time.

    BBC: Wasps 19-35 Bath

  • But over the years, as soda increasingly came under fire for fueling the nation's rising obesity rates, water quietly rose to knock it off the top spot.

    WSJ: America's new love: Water

  • The Scotsman appeared to take the ball but Italian referee Roberto Rosetti stunned United by pointing to the penalty spot before sending off Fletcher, meaning he will now miss the final.

    CNN: Man United crush Arsenal to reach final

  • Harrington, the Open champion, took the week off but still held on to the final qualifying spot.

    BBC: SPORT | Golf | Flawless Woods claims 60th title

  • Logic dictates that the nature of Denmark's qualification for the Euro 2000 finals - coming back from a disastrous start, indeed a disastrous middle section too, to sneak the play-off spot in their group - owes nothing to preparation and everything to fortune.

    BBC: Bo Johansson

  • Water is very expensive to get off the ground so the plan is to take it from an asteroid to a spot in space where it can be converted into fuel.

    BBC: Plans for asteroid mining emerge

  • Of course, for the Scots to clinch a coveted play-off spot, it's highly likely they will first need to overcome the odds and beat the Dutch at Hampden.

    BBC: Results could ease Scots' passage

  • Right on the heels of the Super Bowl ad placement, Mercedes-Benz will show this spot to kick off the broadcast of the Academy Awards.

    FORBES: Kate Upton Mercedes Super Bowl Ad Tries To Access A New Crop Of Customers

  • The host nation needed to win all three rubbers in straight sets to snatch a final spot off the unbeaten Spanish pairing of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Tommy Robredo.

    CNN: Henin and Clijsters reach Brisbane semis

  • He did manage to break a couple of ribs but he still finished the spot and then went off to hospital.

    BBC: Tapes by Ringo Starr's first band found

  • But the main drawback to the Lytro I discovered is that it takes a while to learn how to spot and frame pictures that show off the camera's refocusing abilities.

    WSJ: Lytro Takes Fresh View on Picture Taking

  • The home team will face Costa Rica who had to settle for the play-off spot after a 2-2 draw with the already-qualified United States having taken an early two-goal lead.

    BBC: Win seals Argentina qualification

  • Stimson marked a year at the club with a 1-0 win at Macclesfield, to leave the Gills four points off top spot.

    BBC: Stimson fancies promotion chances

  • So when this tag popped off, the satellite system that it talks to was able to pinpoint its location, and that was the spot that was about 25 miles off Point Conception.

    NPR: Released Great White Shark Located

  • The fever overtook not only New Yorkers but sports fans everywhere when the undrafted Harvard graduate came off the New York Knicks bench to help win games and a spot in the starting line-up.

    FORBES: The Top Underdog Persuaders of 2012

  • Divers brought it to the surface and then took it to a spot off Kent, during a "delicate" seven-hour operation.

    BBC: Huge explosion as experts detonate large WWII mine

  • Although the Rodney Parade-based side sit third from bottom in the Magners League, just one point from Friday night's home match against Connacht will ensure a play-off spot to return to the top-tier Heineken Cup next season.

    BBC: Dragons targets of takeover bid

  • Because of the machinations of the ranking system, which is calculated over a two-year period, he would knock Woods off the top spot on 31 October, provided the American sticks to his plan not to play until 4 November himself.

    BBC: Kaymer could beat Westwood to world number one spot

  • Champions Leicester had began the day in sixth, needing a bonus-point victory over the Quins, as well as Sale losing to London Irish to qualify for the final play-off spot.

    BBC: Loffreda relief over dramatic win

  • The top two teams are automatically promoted, while the third-to-sixth placed sides play-off for the third promotion spot.

    CNN: Explainer: How relegation works

  • The corner piece was only cleared to Hackney and he unleashed a volley from the edge of the area which took a deflection off Graham's back to leave Casper Ankergren rooted to the spot.

    BBC: Leeds 1-2 Carlisle

  • Olofinjana finally broke the deadlock and the teams played eight minutes of added time but Wolves could not find the two more goals they needed to overhaul Watford and snatch the final play-off spot.

    BBC: Wolves 1-0 Plymouth

  • But referee Styles pointed to the spot and sent Beye off, leaving Newcastle's players and crowd seething with rage before Robinho wrong-footed Shay Given to convert the penalty with aplomb.

    BBC: Newcastle 2-2 Man City

  • But the Seasiders lost just once in their remaining nine games as they came from nowhere to sneak into the last play-off spot - at Swansea's expense - on the final day of the season.

    BBC: Stephen Dobbie eyes promotion repeat with Swansea City

  • Joe Ledley gave the Bluebirds the play-off spot with two games to spare.

    BBC: Cardiff must take this chance - boss Dave Jones

  • Ruddy gave away the penalty in a one-on-one with Swans striker Scott Sinclair but brushed himself off to tip David Cotterill's spot-kick on to the post.

    BBC: Norwich keeper John Ruddy signals new start

  • Karutz offered to spot me if I wanted to try stepping off the edge, but, to my bafflement and shame, I found that I was paralyzed.

    NEWYORKER: The Visionary

  • Brooklyn is trying to hold off the Bulls and Atlanta Hawks for the No. 4 playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

    WSJ: Nets beat Cavs to set franchise mark for road wins

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