• Spain, who suffered a shock 2-0 defeat by the United States in the semi-finals, were frustrated by their star-studded line-up's inability to break down the home team.

    CNN: Spain snatch third place at Confederations Cup

  • Auckland led 26-6 in the final quarter before last year's semi-finalists - for whom rugby league star Lote Tuqiri was making his Super 12 debut - scored two late tries.

    BBC: Andrew Mehrtens looks to pass for Canterbury

  • But just two months later, following a 3-3 draw away to Red Star Belgrade which took his side into the semi-finals of the European Cup, Morgans was aboard the AS-57 Ambassador which crashed on take-off from Munich airport on the 6 February 1958.

    BBC: Busby Babe Kenny Morgans, Munich survivor, remembered

  • The star-studded Ospreys would qualify for the EDF Energy Cup semi-finals if they beat London Irish at the Madejski Stadium.

    BBC: Williams ignores Welsh rugby row

  • After Brazil's star striker had played a first half at walking pace in the semi-final, Zagallo was adamant that he should be taken off at the interval.

    BBC: History beckons Ronaldo

  • Wilson Palacios hauled down Aruna Dindane and former Tottenham star Kevin-Prince Boateng added another layer of irony on this semi-final of many sub-plots by rifling home the penalty.

    BBC: Sport - Football - Tottenham 0-2 Portsmouth (aet)

  • The pundits told Scrum V the star-studded Welsh region's 17-0 EDF Energy Cup semi-final defeat by Gloucester was further evidence of underperformance.

    BBC: Ospreys display comes under fire

  • Our waitress, Fidelma, is a star, nonchalantly recommending the likes of mi-cuit (half- or semi-cooked) Glenarm salmon, or a splendidly kitsch and perfectly executed beef Wellington.

    BBC: Postcard from Belfast

  • Following an injury-plagued summer, the widely hyped track-and-field star not only botched the baton exchange during the men's 4x100 relay semi-final, but he failed to qualify for the 100-meter final, much less medal, throwing his marketability into question.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Last season their star-studded squad - that now contains 16 internationals from nine nations - made the semi-finals of the French league and lost to Cardiff Blues in a thrilling Amlin Challenge Cup final.

    BBC: Raphael Ibanez warns Ospreys on Jonny Wilkinson

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