• By creating a compliant Supreme Court, Mr Mugabe has side-stepped pressure to comply with a Commonwealth agreement struck in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, three months ago, under which Britain agreed to finance orderly land reform, in exchange for an end to farm grabs.

    ECONOMIST: Zimbabwean law and order

  • Poulsen tried to make amends for his error be slipping a ball through to Ngog but the young striker could only side-foot wide under pressure from ex-Reds left-back Dossena.

    BBC: Liverpool 3-1 Napoli

  • Sunderland's defence was caught wide open as Yaya Toure showed superb pace and strength to power 50 yards through the midfield before laying the ball off to Tevez but the striker - under no pressure - incredibly side-footed his effort well over the bar with the goal at his mercy.

    BBC: Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City

  • However the biggest problem is not on the Turkish-Cypriot side, but the lack of pressure on the Greek-Cypriots to make concessions.

    ECONOMIST: Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu | The

  • The home side began to build pressure - largely through the Chiefs poor kicking - but they spilled the ball in one foray and Exeter worked it wide to Rennie who weaved his way to the line.

    BBC: Bourgoin 19-34 Exeter

  • But for all the home side's pressure, clear-cut openings were at a premium - although substitute Danny Welbeck was guilty of blazing over after being set up by Bent.

    BBC: Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City

  • Connor kicked the opening points, rewarding his side's early pressure with a fourth-minute penalty.

    BBC: Dragons 19-21 Cardiff Blues

  • Dhoni admitted the result puts his side under pressure to qualify for the semi-finals, but said he has confidence they will still go through.

    BBC: India stunned by brilliant Bravo

  • As in the first leg, they had to survive some early Shakhtar pressure - but the Ukrainian side's inability to take advantage of their initial supremacy once again cost them dearly.

    BBC: Shakhtar 0-1 Barcelona (agg 1-6)

  • Farrell's kick off was going to fly out of play on the full but the New Zealander caught the ball and carried it over the dead-ball line to put his side under pressure.

    BBC: Great Britain 16-22 New Zealand 22

  • After losing to bottom side QPR and drawing with newly-promoted Southampton in their last two home games the pressure was on Benitez to deliver and his side consolidated third place thanks to goals from Spain international Juan Mata and Frank Lampard.

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  • Gopperth converted both penalties to pile the pressure on the home side at 17-0.

    BBC: Leeds 5-22 Newcastle

  • But it was the home side who continued to pressure without creating too many clear-cut chances.

    BBC: Swansea 1-0 Middlesbrough

  • Under-pressure Stuttgart boss Markus Babbel saw his side remain in the bottom three after conceding an 89th-minute leveler in the 1-1 draw at home to fellow strugglers Bochum.

    CNN: Leaders Leverkusen limp to another draw

  • Nigeria's under-pressure coach Shaibu Amodu made two changes to the side that woefully disappointed in their 3-1 defeat by Egypt in their opening game on Wednesday.

    BBC: Nigeria 1-0 Benin

  • Significantly, non-food manufactured products inflation, an indicator of demand side pressure, rose sharply from 4.8% in January to 6% in February and continues to stay well above its medium-term trend.

    FORBES: India Inflation Outlook Sours, Commodities Blamed; Real Rates Next to Zero

  • Brazilian free-kick specialist, Roberto Carlos believes his Real side will subdue any pressure that the home team may impose upon them.

    BBC: Fergie ready for Real tactics

  • Although executives now feel under less market pressure since the discrediting of the Wall Street sell-side analysts who pushed them to have ever-shorter time-horizons, they still hear the market's call.

    ECONOMIST: America's business recovery

  • Clarke was shockingly booed by his home supporters when playing out dot balls, but with the required run-rate approaching eight an over, Watson smashed Yardy for consecutive leg-side sixes en route to his highest ODI score to relieve the pressure.

    BBC: Shane Watson century too much for England in Melbourne

  • And it was the home side who exerted the early pressure and only a fine interception by stand-in right back Brian McLean prevented Craig Bryson picking his spot after Kevin Kyle's flick on found the midfielder inside the six-yard box.

    BBC: Kilmarnock 0-0 Falkirk

  • The League One side were the better team in the first-half but could not convert their pressure into goals.

    BBC: Luton 1-1 Liverpool

  • Republicans have put that on the table -- and that would take off some of the pressure on the discretionary side.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

  • Brive did reduce the deficit on 65 minutes when flanker Vosloo barged over after a spell of pressure but the home side were punished for an error from the kick-off.

    BBC: Brive 13-36 Leinster

  • But the Dragons scored the try their pressure deserved moments later when Parks, like all good open-side flankers, was on hand to barge his way over after Martyn Thomas' break.

    BBC: Dragons 13-40 Blues

  • Fulham would have expected an attacking assault from Wolfsburg before kick-off - doubly so after the goal - and for 10 minutes after Zamora's opener the home side piled on the pressure.

    BBC: Wolfsburg 0-1 Fulham (agg 1-3)

  • Vicente del Bosque's side have still not clicked in South Africa - and the South Americans put them under real pressure before being controversially reduced to 10 men just before half-time in Pretoria.

    BBC: Chile 1-2 Spain

  • The Blades conceded in the 18th minute when Bates latched on to Andrew Taylor's cross and fired home but Lowton nodded Bjorn Helge Riise's back-post cross into the net to reward the home side for a spell of concerted pressure.

    BBC: Sheff Utd 1-2 Middlesbrough

  • After Palace keeper Julian Speroni saved at full-stretch from Lee Frecklington's snap shot, the home side quickly began to exert pressure.

    BBC: Crystal Palace 2-0 Peterborough

  • And after absorbing the home side's early pressure, the visitors caught the City defence unprepared with a clinical free-kick on 33 minutes.

    BBC: Manchester City 0-2 Everton

  • And it was Hughes's side who came out quickest, flooding forward and putting pressure on the inexperienced West Brom back-line which contained three enforced changes due to injuries.

    BBC: Fulham 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

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