After its worst defeat for more than 50 years, the Tory party does not know where it is going.
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The record of England's senior team in penalty shoot-outs is far from impressive, while memories of the heartbreaking defeat for the Under-21s two years ago were also fresh in the mind of England fans as the game went to penalties.
The trophies aside, Mancini's time at City is likely to be remembered for several rows with star players, most notably Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli, and for engineering Manchester United's worst home defeat in 56 years as City won 6-1 at Old Trafford, the first time the Red Devils had conceded six goals at home since 1930.
Nadal bounced back from his Monte Carlo final defeat to win the Barcelona Open title for the eighth time in nine years.
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But after three years of defeat, it seems to have found a new appetite for battle.
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Rijkaard, 40, was coach of the Dutch national team for two years, but he resigned after the semi-final defeat by Italy in Euro 2000.
The big difference this time is that Birmingham is a Labour city now, following the defeat of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition which had been in charge for eight years.
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For 77 years, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to its 1945 defeat, Japan set and pursued national goals of modernization, industrialization, and entrance into the league of major nations.
Necessary reforms - including reform of the electoral law made to measure by Mr Berlusconi that gave him a fat premium of deputies in parliament two and a half years ago - are unlikely, for every vote risks a new defeat for the government.
It was a 10th defeat in 18 games for the Addicks this season and Pardew was sacked after less than two years in charge.
But Cardiff's first victory at Hull for 13 years ensured the Welsh club maintained a good run of just one defeat in their 11 league games since New Year's Day.
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France's defeat marked the final match in charge for captain Guy Forget, who has stepped down after 12 years in charge.
After that she did not look mobile enough to keep the Russian from winning and, as a result of the defeat, she will drop out of the world's top 10 for the first time in six years.
The Toulon new boy has made just one start in almost two years since suffering an ankle injury playing for the Ospreys in an EDF Energy Cup defeat to Gloucester in March 2009 before going on a rugby sabbatical.
The team went on to defeat the Detroit Tigers in the 1908 World Series--the last championship the Cubs would win for 100 years (and counting).
Calls for a rematch between the US basketball team and their Russian rivals following that "defeat" in Munich 30 years ago never happened.
Based on exit polling conducted by Edison Media Research and partial returns, CNN projects that Democrat Jim McGreevey will defeat Republican Bret Schundler for New Jersey's top elected post, which has been in GOP hands for eight years.
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