Judges comprehensively threw out an attempt to privately prosecute the men, describing it as an attempt to thwart entirely legitimate extraditions to the US, approved by every court that had examined the applications.

BBC: New trial location rules follow terror extraditions

With a long evening session to negotiate, both Tim Ambrose and Flintoff opted for attrition in an attempt to thwart South Africa's pumped up pace attack.

BBC: England toil as S Africa dominate

In an attempt to thwart a lockout, the NFLPA is gearing the players up to decertify the union, something that was done in 1987 to good effect.

FORBES: NFLPA President Kevin Mawae Sees Players Unified And Ready to Battle a Lockout