• And Ablett then broke through the Wolves' 12-man defence to send McGuire away for a clinching fourth try.

    BBC: Leeds Rhinos 26-16 Warrington Wolves

  • India's small shopkeepers, often slow at the till, have been quick to man the barricades in defence of their turf.

    ECONOMIST: India needs a supermarket revolution

  • He seemed bemused by his transformation from loner to the man everyone wanted to speak to, and perhaps as a defence, he was absent-minded: he had only one lecture a year to give at Oxford, but sometimes he forgot to turn up.

    ECONOMIST: Bill Hamilton

  • It meant an attacking role for captain John Terry as Chelsea switched to a three-man defence.

    BBC: Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg

  • Stephen McManus was the man to lose out in central defence following the return from suspension of Gary Caldwell.

    BBC: Celtic 1-1 Rangers

  • Kevin Nolan spurned a fine chance to break the Forest defence early on, the former Bolton man passing to striker Andy Carroll when he should have taken Forest on himself.

    BBC: Sport - Football - Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest

  • Blackpool looked to be closing in on the win, but Dembele opened up their defence and former Preston man Etuhu applied a composed finish to earn Fulham a third consecutive draw.

    BBC: Blackpool 2-2 Fulham

  • But South Queensferry's Appleby held on to win, leaving the Greenock man one defence short of the Lonsdale belt.

    BBC: Appleby wins featherweight crown

  • Now comes a man who is ready to offer a robust defence of honest financial success in the electronic church.

    ECONOMIST: Gold and the gospel

  • The 19-year-old played on the left-hand side of a three-man central defence and ventured forward to meet Madjid Bougherra's cross and head Rangers ahead on 24 minutes.

    BBC: Rangers remain depleted for PSV tie, says manager Smith

  • Coyle felt the sending-off altered the game's flow but suggested Blackburn's early decision to play deep with a three-man central defence indicates just how far his side have come.

    BBC: Bolton win over Blackburn 'magnificent' - Owen Coyle

  • The match finished with a cheeky solo effort by Juninho, who again capitalised on loose man-marking by the Manchester defence to squeeze off a shot from the top left edge of the area that beat Bosnich at the right post.

    BBC: Man Utd claim seven-goal classic

  • The last chapter is a return to sanity: a brilliant defence of the man from Stratford.

    ECONOMIST: The man and his pen

  • In July he dropped Mohammed Fahim, the defence minister and the man most likely to make international donors' toes curl, as his running mate.

    ECONOMIST: A fair vote, despite a few inkspots | The

  • Collins, playing on the right of a three-man Wales central defence, in particular had struggled to deal with the lively Okkas.

    BBC: Cyprus 3-1 Wales

  • Jeffs, who had stood expressionless and silent before the jury for nearly half hour during his closing arguments, called only one defence witness to the stand - a man who read from Mormon scripture.

    BBC: Warren Jeffs, polygamist sect leader, gets life in jail

  • Meanwhile, Esperance striker Ali Zitouni, who must have felt very lonely playing as the sole striker against a four-man Enyimba defence, also had a great chance to give his side the lead in the 10th minute during a rare foray upfield.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | Esperance hold Enyimba

  • Jane's, a defence monitoring service, reports that up to 27 terrorist and guerrilla groups around the world have laid hands on surface-to-air missiles, known as MANPADs (man-portable air defence systems).

    ECONOMIST: The shoulder-held threat | The

  • And former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton - the man the government appointed to oversee a review of public sector pensions - said linking the military pension to the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index, would mean war widows and the injured would get smaller payments in future.

    BBC: Military pensions 'not protected', Downing St says

  • The clean sheet against Stoke was Liverpool's third consecutive shutout and came after Dalglish started with a three-man central defence of Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Martin Skrtel and Daniel Agger to try to nullify the visitors' threat.

    BBC: Kenny Dalglish excited by Liverpool striker Luis Suarez

  • The Uruguyan's selection signalled a more adventurous Liverpool formation to the one that employed a heavily loaded midfield and a three-man defence in a successful contain and capitalise operation at Chelsea last Sunday.

    BBC: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan

  • It gave the Scarlets a man advantage but they failed to capitalise as they continued to break down a resilient Bristol defence.

    BBC: Bristol 18-11 Scarlets

  • Byrne was in danger of going from hero to zero after his second-half sin-bin but the 14-man Ospreys defence kept the Blues at bay.

    BBC: Cardiff Blues 12-16 Ospreys

  • The veteran Liberal Democrat peer Shirley Williams came to the defence of Lord Rennard yesterday describing him as a "very fine man" and suggesting the allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour were exaggerated.

    BBC: Parliament women 'treated as sex objects'

  • The defence is not available to women who are co-habiting with a man.

    BBC: Marital coercion legal defence explained

  • The "fear of serious violence" defence could apply, for example, when a mother kills a man attempting to rape her daughter, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said.

    BBC: Defence law changes for killing after domestic abuse

  • The Munster man passed to Kearney, but the full-back's progress was halted by the Fiji defence.

    BBC: Ireland 41-6 Fiji

  • Robben's pace troubled the Spanish defence throughout and another burst from the Bayern Munich man unsettled Puyol, who appeared to impinge his opponent.

    BBC: Netherlands 0-1 Spain (aet)

  • Man of the match Deacon stepped through Hull's defence midway through the second half to crown his performance before Vagana and Jeffries wrapped up a convincing win in the closing minutes.

    BBC: Bradford 42-14 Hull

  • The Sale man missed a chance to double England's lead when centre Dominic Waldouck carved through the home defence and earned England a somewhat soft penalty, and although he missed with the kick, Hodgson did not have to wait long to make amends.

    BBC: Aussie Barbarians 9-15 England

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