King lost Rafael Marquez, and when Baines failed to clear convincingly on the line Franco scrambled the loose ball in to give Mexico some reward.

BBC: England 3-1 Mexico

Hougaard fired wide once more in the 75th minute, and, as his team bravely tried to run the ball from deep in the closing stages, Fijian Nalaga pounced on a loose ball to give Clermont's final score a slightly flattering complexion.

BBC: C'mont Auvergne 25-10 Saracens

Without a doubt, its voice of despairing outrage will rise to a squeal if the Americans give way to Iraqi and Iranian demands to cut the movement loose.

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But that was as close as the Great Danes would get, as Curry scored on a drive when he picked up a loose ball and then hit a baseline jumper to give the Blue Devils a 68-56 lead with 3:11 to play.

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They must not allow France any loose ball while Jonny Wilkinson needs to slot his goals and give direction.

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Osasuna looked like comfortably seeing out the remaining minutes until Hemdani picked up a loose clearance to drive in a stoppage-time equaliser that give Rangers hope for the second leg.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Europe | Rangers 1-1 Osasuna

All in all I spent about 10 hours with the game, 12 if you count an extra few that had me rummaging around in the darkest corners of the map scrounging for loose change and attempting to find just one more Voxophone that would give me just another scrap of the plot to analyze.

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