• In Test cricket they always wear whites and play with a red ball, whereas in the shorter game they wear coloured clothing and play with a white ball.

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  • Louis Acompora manned his lacrosse goal, blocked a shot with his chest and prepared to make a play on the ball in his first high school game.

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  • Players must not play the ball dangerously or in a way which leads to dangerous play - the umpire deems it to be dangerous if it causes legitimate evasive action by players.

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  • "We couldn't put the ball in play and we couldn't hit a fly ball, " Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.

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  • Pirlo advanced and slipped past the attentions of Busquets to play a lovely ball in for Di Natale to run onto and score.

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  • Tensions rose on the touchline between Calderwood and Falkirk counter-part Steven Pressley after the latter tried to get the ball back in play after a stoppage.

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  • Woods had to take off his shoes and socks to play a ball half submerged in the water hazard at the sixth, his 15th, but it paid off.

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  • But in fact the ball was in play after the first drop - so he incurred a two-shot penalty, leading to the horrendous sextuple-bogey.

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  • "I was just shanking a lot and not able to keep the ball in play, " he said.

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  • Almond and Ball reunited in 2001 to play a gig launching new venue Ocean in Hackney, east London.

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  • He'd dribble a special, durable soccer ball, designed to give kids in poor countries something that they could play with for a long time, something that wouldn't break on rocky playgrounds or fields with sharp, thorny brush.

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  • On the other hand, if you are able to pay your balance off each month, you are in a better position to play long ball.

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  • Sanchez has been working with Mornhinweg and new quarterbacks coach David Lee on cutting down his turnovers, making him throw the ball away in practice rather than forcing a play and making a mistake.

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  • The penalty award, given at the instigation of the linesman, was also hotly disputed with West Ham defender Matthew Upson appearing to play the ball first in a challenge on the returning Didier Drogba.

    CNN: Leaders Chelsea held at West Ham

  • But he was unable to achieve a breakthrough and Sehwag, who hit a four and a six off successive balls in Makaya Ntini's opening over, pushed Steyn through the covers to reach a 59-ball half century in the final over of play.

    BBC: Amla ton piles pressure on India

  • "You just fight and just get every ball back, run every ball down, and just get a lot of balls in play, " said Stephens, explaining her strategy after the loss of that first set.

    CNN: Sloane Stephens stuns Serena Williams to reach semis

  • And with the rest of the G20 not in a position to play the kind of hard ball with France and Germany that Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy played with the Greek prime minister on Wednesday night.

    BBC: The great shakedown in Cannes

  • According to former Australia captain Ian Chappell, England's top three of Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott will have a big role to play in knocking the shine off the ball to allow Pietersen to come in and play his shots.

    BBC: Ashes: Can England win down under?

  • The visitors gave possession away on the edge of their area and Javier Mascherano seized on the loose ball to play in Ngog, who angled in a shot which Almunia will be disappointed to have let in at his near post.

    BBC: Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal

  • Straight from a play-the-ball, Briscoe weaved his way in from the left wing for a brilliant solo effort, an eighth try in 13 games this season for the 21-year-old England international.

    BBC: Hull FC 24-24 St Helens

  • But with Ryan Nelsen and Samba getting the better of the Dutchman, who has failed to score a league goal in open play this season, Liverpool struggled once the ball reached the Blackburn area.

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  • Solomon Wilcots, a CBS analyst and former Steelers defensive back, said Pittsburgh had practiced all week to stop Denver's "read option, " a play in which the quarterback decides whether to run the ball himself, pitch it to a trailing back or on rare occasions throw it.

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  • Wasps, with full-back Mark van Gisbergen enduring a difficult afternoon under the high ball, strung little together in terms of sustained attacking play.

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  • Benayoun showed some promise on the right of the Reds midfield but epitomised his team's play with his final ball lacking in both direction and a cutting edge.

    BBC: Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland

  • Kirk Broadfoot, operating at left-back with Sasa Papac suspended, was in an advanced position when he cut inside to play a low ball into the Scotland striker on the edge of the box.

    BBC: Rangers 2-1 Motherwell

  • It crossed my mind that the ball had moved in a funny angle and that Thierry was able to keep it in play given his body position.

    BBC: The hand of Henry

  • In a different environment, they wouldn't have been willing to play ball.

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  • We're just trying to keep the ball in play and in front of us and I was able to make a couple of putts.

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  • Dobson, the Super League Dream Team's scrum-half of the season, booted the conversion from the touchline, and then two of his kicks, one that forced Horne to needlessly shovel the ball out of play and another that brought about a drop-out, kept his side in the ascendancy.

    BBC: Hull FC 4-21 Hull KR

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