| The win gives Bronte a home tie in the semi-final when they will meet Grassington United. |
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| The top two teams in each division will play off in a semi-final followed by a final to decide the winners. |
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| Actually it was the quarter-final, the semi-final and the final all in one night. |
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| England beat them in the semi-final in one of the best games of the tournament. |
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| They only just lost in their semi-final missing out on the opportunity of an all Ilkley final. |
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| Without question it was being knocked out of the play-off semi-final by Cardiff. |
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| During the semi-final against Portugal, Fats spent much of the game standing outside his technical area in a strop. |
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| In her heat she ran a comfortable 2.18.75 and in her semi-final she produced a 2.13.65 to ensure final qualification. |
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| Bolton Wanderers face Aston Villa in the first leg of the competition's semi-final at the Reebok Stadium on Wednesday next week. |
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| The first-leg semi-final matches will be played on Friday and the return matches will be held on Sunday. |
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| But when they lined up for the team picture before their Champions League semi-final, there he was, large as life, and preserved for posterity. |
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| Mackenzie himself went further than expected in the championship, but will still be rueing his semi-final defeat. |
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| It will be asking a lot of Maxwell to expect a fourth monumental effort in Friday's semi-final against Nepal. |
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| You just can't go out and not perform in the first half in an All-Ireland semi-final and that's what we did with the wind at our back. |
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| They will have the bit between their teeth again and we will really have to pull something out of the top drawer to qualify for the semi-final. |
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| In his semi-final Grantown's MacLean claimed the scalp of Czech internationalist Pavel Buran. |
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| Great to see her in a semi-final, we thought, and sat back and waited for her rival to marmalise her. The marmalising duly took place. |
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| She qualified easily on Saturday and ran a fine race to finish third in the semi-final. |
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| In Athens, her Olympic career ended when she finished seventh in her 100m semi-final. |
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| The 2002 World Champion gold medallists advanced with the fastest time from the first semi-final. |
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| His charisma bought him a one way ticket to the calypso semi-final and final dozens of times. |
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| But Liverpool fought like tigers and erupted in joy at the final whistle, with an all-English semi-final to look forward to. |
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| Long after the final whistle had blown at their semi-final, the sound of drums beating and fans chanting could be heard outside the stadium. |
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| He defeated the Russian who beat him in last year's semi-final to gain sweet revenge and the gold medal. |
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| Australia will now play the winner of tomorrow's second semi-final between Scotland and Bangladesh. |
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| Mayo now play Laois in the All-Ireland semi-final tomorrow week at a venue to be decided. |
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| He has hit form just at the right time and his 30.20 return in the semi-final was out of the top drawer. |
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| We predict they will win their semi-final play-off game, and the Mad Butcher will go berko and drop dead of a heart attack. |
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| This is sure to draw a huge crowd to the local venue and there will be much at stake as both teams strive to secure a semi-final berth. |
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| His first year competing in the Senior level, he did remarkably well in a very competitive series to reach the semi-final berth. |
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| Spain, Holland, Germany, Australia and Argentina are the strong contenders for the semi-final berths. |
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| This year his performances have been inconsistent but his semi-final berth at a recent tournament show he is approaching peak form just in time. |
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| The six gymnasts who competed on each event earned their berths at the semi-final competition held two weeks ago. |
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| In the earlier semi-final, Sheffield Steelers got the best of a scrappy game. |
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| If you were in their shoes wouldn't you have been already celebrating a semi-final place. |
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| This game was a trial run of the first semi-final next week and it should turn out to be a nail-biter in good football tradition. |
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| If the match is still level, a penalty shoot-out will decide who faces Sweden or Holland in the semi-final. |
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| They should have been disqualified for playing out of turn at the semi-final. |
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| Australia wrecked New Zealand's World Cup ambitions on the same stage nine months ago in a 22-10 semi-final boilover. |
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| In the semi-final Michael bolted into the changing rooms because he didn't want to take a penalty! |
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| It may seem ungracious to describe Galway's loss to Mayo in the Connacht under-21 football semi-final in Castlebar last Wednesday as a flop. |
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| This was the day of United's Champions League semi-final against Bayer Leverkusen. |
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| Deans has named an unchanged side from the one which beat the Otago Highlanders in last week's semi-final. |
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| Tickets for the eagerly awaited semi-final against the French giants were snapped up yesterday. |
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| His impact was so great that when Italy played Argentina in Naples in the 1990 World Cup semi-final, many Neapolitans supported Argentina. |
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| The most notable of the near misses was, of course, the European Cup semi-final defeat by AS Monaco last season. |
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| Last year the calculator almost denied Shanahoe a place in the championship semi-final, but by a percentage point they got the nod. |
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| But there was still time for one last gasp dramatic twist to this spellbinding semi-final. |
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| Carlow were led a merry dance by Offaly in the semi-final of the Leinster Vocational Schools SFC in Stradbally on Friday. |
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| But their best player, a mid-fielder, will most likely be unavailable for the semi-final as he is nursing a collar-bone injury. |
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| Never go out and run the race, a heat, or a semi-final, and believe that you must save yourself for the final. |
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| Although Leigh picked up a crop of injuries in their semi-final win over Hull KR, they expect to pick from strength. |
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| This year, two semi-final appearances are the sole outings of note for the Spaniard, who first picked up a tennis racket aged one-year-old. |
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| We don't go out to do so much handpassing, and we might have over-elaborated at times in the semi-final, but that happens. |
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| They had also survived a tense semi-final against Russia, Turnbull scoring a try in sudden-death extra-time. |
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| Glencastle overwhelmed their opponents in both semi-final and final appearances in the large School girls competition. |
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| The former two pairings provide one semi-final while the latter pairings provide the other semi-final. |
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| He came in for tough criticism over his handling of the All-Ireland semi-final from Sunday Game panelists. |
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| The top three teams will receive a first round bye while teams four and five will square off to determine the final semi-final combatant. |
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| For a vision of the future, fast-forward your video of last Sunday's semi-final to the hour mark. |
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| The injury threw out her preparation, and when she finished last in the semi-final she was inconsolable. |
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| They picked up four points to make them favourites to reach the semi-final along with York next month. |
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| Commiserations are extended to Carnacon Under 16 girls who lost their semi-final 4-9 to 3-7 to Kilmovee at the weekend. |
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| The Reds' semi-final exit at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen has led to yet another onslaught by those critics who relish pulling United to pieces. |
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| A bitter feud is threatening to overshadow Liverpool's Worthington Cup semi-final showdown with Sheffield United. |
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| Where the Davis Cup is played over the course of four rounds, home and away, the Fed Cup condenses its semi-final and final rounds into one week. |
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| When United last played a semi-final in Manchester in 1998 there were two nights of trouble in the city. |
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| Lake Banyoles again turned on flat water with a slight hint of a head wind for semi-final Friday. |
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| In the other semi-final, Bishopthorpe edged out Pickering Town on penalties after a cracker of a match. |
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| It's semi-final time at the DNA Micor Group masters squash tournament where it was necessary to have two pools in a section. |
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| Tipperary crashed out of the Munster championship at the semi-final stage because their attack was weak and they didn't have a settled backline. |
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| The calendar is already packed and finding an extra free week in which to hold a semi-final round has proved impossible. |
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| The front rows of Buffaloes and Queenstown Swifts size up each other in a Strand Cup semi-final played in East London on Saturday. |
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| Even if the stadium is only half full at 4pm next Sunday, Dublin's semi-final should go ahead. |
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| The 17-year-old might even have gone further in the singles, but was defaulted for turning up late to his semi-final. |
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| That's why this semi-final has been dubbed the most important derby this century. |
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| But it was going to be really diabolical this weekend up north, before Sydney came to the Friday night first semi-final party. |
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| In the first semi-final, the grudge match between Albatross Old Boys and Albatross Two was always going to be a closely contested match. |
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| He came back strongly in the semi-final encounter against Pakistan by making a solid 58 runs. |
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| Ernie was an ever-present in that season when they eventually lost in the semi-final replay. |
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| Even now the disappointment prevails, ten days after our exit from the All-Ireland hurling championship at the semi-final stage. |
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| The others, AC Milan, came from behind to win the Champions League semi-final derby then lifted the trophy. |
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| However in the semi-final it was plain for all to see that he is an inside runner for he moved right over to the rails on the way to the bend. |
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| The first semi-final however was an absolute humdinger, a marvellous advertisement for the sport. |
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| However, he came through the game without any major aggravation of the injury and the clash will stand to him for the semi-final. |
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| From the semi-final, the competition is a straight knockout, with the winners progressing to the final and the losers competing for the bronze. |
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| Even the Germans, who had taken a lot of goals off Rangers in the semi-final and were a top side, were reduced to chasing shadows by the end. |
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| You wouldn't have thought these teams are on the verge of a World Cup semi-final. |
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| Now, he's in the final again and no matter what the semi-final scores say, all eyes are on the Ashanti. |
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| In the League semi-final Carlow shocked reigning Ulster champions, Armagh, to reach the county's lone NFL final. |
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| A foot stretcher breakage in the Egyptian boat caused the second semi-final to be delayed. |
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| The match was an all-ticket event as it is followed by the Leinster Senior semi-final between Kildare and Offaly. |
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| There's been more action in the opening five minutes of this game than in both legs of the all-Milan semi-final. |
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| The semi-final berths were secured by the top ranked teams from each of the four regional areas who now progress through to the business end of the tournament. |
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| United fans slept out overnight at the weekend to guarantee themselves a place at the second leg of the club's first League Cup semi-final and the tickets sold out. |
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| I got a good move to West Ham and broke my leg twice, I got to the World Cup semi-final and missed a penalty, and now I have been psyched out by Dave Beasant! |
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| They lost their place in the final after losing their semi-final rematch, which they were ordered to play after mistakenly fielding a cup-tied player. |
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| New South Wales and the Bulls can also finish in a semi-final placing, although the Bulls are a longshot due to a poorer plus-minus rating in points scored. |
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| If the Scots do not win the regular season championship, finishing second is critical, as the top two seeds receive first round byes and semi-final home games. |
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| I know mistakes happen but not like this in a Grand Prix semi-final. |
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| He is by far the most sublime player in the world today, despite his semi-final loss in the Australian Open, but topping Pete Sampras's silver collection is a long way off. |
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| It's the first time I've been in a semi-final, very few of us have been there before, and we are all determined to make the most of the opportunity. |
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| The major semi-final proved to be a huge disappointment for the club. |
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| As Westmeath won their Leinster title a few people around Ventry realised the draw had Kerry and Westmeath funnelling down to meet in a semi-final. |
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| Bulldogs skipper and flank Graham Carlson said he believed his side had a distinct advantage playing at home and the team had a semi-final placing firmly in their sights. |
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| England's Jason Leonard passed Philippe Sella's international record of 111 caps in the semi-final against France and gets a mention in dispatches for that alone. |
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| Achieving a semi-final berth for some is a huge achievement. |
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| But this race was all about Fernandez and from his leading position he was not going to allow Hartl get within striking distance of his direct trip to the semi-final. |
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| Others argue that the two-week interim since the semi-final stage allowed bands to do so much work on their selections that an upset could result. |
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| After winning the World Cup at a canter, save for that epic semi-final against South Africa, the Wallabies failed to convince in their two-match series against Argentina. |
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| Gloucester scraped home in one of the most amazing finishes in years at Kingsholm but only clinched their semi-final victory in the 85th minute with a gift try. |
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| It makes no sense at all for them to clash again in the semi-final. |
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| Both the boys and girls cadets teams will be competing and the top three teams in each group will qualify to the semi-final stages of the championships. |
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| The Strand Road side were hungry and were determined not to lose another semi-final and they fought for victory as if their very lives hung on the outcome. |
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| Unlike Ball, he wasn't a World Cup winner, but he blubbed in the semi-final and that seemed sufficient to make him significantly more famous than anyone who did. |
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| Her concern was that, by running a heat, semi-final and final of an 800 metres championship, she would leave herself fatigued for the metric mile. |
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| The form book was torn to shreds, however, at Walsh Park on Saturday as the Carrickbeg men totally outplayed a ragged Dunhill side to clinch their semi-final place. |
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| As she got used to the testing conditions, she pushed through to the third and final qualifying position, denying her opponent of a semi-final berth. |
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| In the first semi-final Ahsan Ayaz defeated Zeeshan Khan by 3-1 while Umair Zaman edged past Munir Zaman by 3-1 in the second semi-final. |
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| He had jumped out to a quick lead in the first game against Puertas, who was dealing with a minor leg muscle pull sustained in his murderous semi-final against Walker. |
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| His main concern, and that of his players, is that they have the opportunity to exorcise the memory of a bad experience in the Connacht semi-final against Roscommon. |
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| It was probably the least nervous I'd been on Countdown because I knew I had already achieved a lot in the previous shows and the semi-final. |
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| His semi-final was against Paul Finney from Anfield Liverpool, which he won 14-9 to earn a final place against Liverpool's Korin Rainford. |
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| Subash defeated Avinash Mukund in a thrilling semi-final match to enter the final. |
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| The fifth and final Pool A place at the 2015 tournament will be decided in a repechage, which is almost at the semi-final stage. |
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| Pedro Mendes was the latest Ibrox star to be crocked during yesterday's 3-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over St Mirren. |
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| Rivals Canton Cross Vaults booked a semi-final place with ease, as they eventually swept to a 9-1 victory over Blackweir Ravens. |
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| Talking to the media, the Lionhearted Khan expressed that both teams Pak-India would be under extreme pressure in the semi-final. |
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| However, Sam Poots's dog still has to answer the stamina question having just held off outsider Lode Star in the first semi-final. |
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| Patrick Rafter destroyed Spanish kid Galo Blanco to reach his first tennis Grand Slam semi-final yesterday. |
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| The Torontoborn hooker tested positive for the drug Salbutamol after a Heineken Cup semi-final for Munster against Toulouse in April. |
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| Plenty, when it's the Bake Off semi-final and the judges expect you to make your own filo pastry from scratch. |
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| Hungary should also continue their good recent record of qualification, having successfully navigated the semi-final in each of the past four years. |
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| Should they be successful they will face Bury St Edmunds in the semi-final later in the day. |
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| But they ran out of time and inspiration as Les Bleus set up a deserved semi-final clash with Wales. |
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| Local singer-songwriter Stevie James is thrilled to have reached the semi-final of a national songwriting competition. |
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| Tough luck on Lauren Platt after she fell at the X Factor's semi-final hurdle. |
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| The women's lightweight double scull of Hester Goodsell and Helen Casey finished fifth in their semi-final to lose out on their medal chances. |
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| Northants fielded brilliantly yesterday to whip out the last six Warwickshire batsmen for just 46 to win their rain-hit semi-final by 27 runs. |
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| Stevenage and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw in their League One play-off semi-final first leg. |
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| Gazzamania, that much is clear, took off after the World Cup semi-final between England and Germany in Turin. |
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| Britain also won heats in the lightweight men's and women's double scull to book a semi-final place. |
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| Keith Wright endured an epic battle against Phil Borthwick to gain a semi-final spot against Eccles. |
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| She now faces a nerve-wracking, semi-final ordeal this Sunday at Doncaster, where she will commentate on a live race in front of the crowd. |
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| Both youngsters booked their tickets to the group final after convincing victories in their respective semi-final matches yesterday against unranked opposition. |
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| The Reds travel to Ewood Park looking to put Saturday's crushing 4-1 league defeat to Arsenal behind them and book a Wembley semi-final with Aston Villa. |
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| Then Al sheepishly confesses that he got a bit squiffy at home the night before our interview while watching Brazil lose 7-1 to Germany in the World Cup semi-final. |
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| The wintry weather that has gripped the country put paid to the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final with Rovers last Tuesday and then Saturday's league game at Wigan. |
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| In the 1995 Rugby World Cup, he illustrated his tremendous football skills and strength by calmly drop-kicking a 40-meter goal against England in the semi-final. |
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| The second semi-final will be between Froggies Club and HFW KooGa Wailers. |
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| Bethan Coole, of Newport, reached the semi-final of the 100m backstroke and was due to take part in her third successive day in the pool today in the 100m fly. |
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| The second semi-final of the Peggy Kelly's Open Sprint at Harold's Cross tonight could be one of the races of the year, a real early-paced battle of the speedsters. |
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| She took out her German opponent 2-0 in the semi-final of her individual event and then overcame the IKU world ippon champion from Italy, again with a 2-0 margin. |
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| Djokovic made merry against Del Potro in the earlier semi-final. |
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| It was also finals weekend in the National Club Racketball Championships, which saw Priory go out at the semi-final stage, losing 4-1 to Halifax club Queens. |
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| Although they didn't play particularly well in their semi-final, we know they've got the ability to play outstandingly, and they have done that in the past. |
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| In the other semi-final, Germany outrode France with little challenge. |
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| The match has been moved from Birr and is now pencilled in as the curtain-raiser ahead of the Division Two football semi-final between Offaly and Kildare. |
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| The second semi-final featured Prins and Dobey, two 140s and a 95 in a 15-dart leg giving Prins an early lead and two tons in a nervous second leg extended his advantage. |
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| The manner in which Lomu steamrolled England in New Zealand's World Cup semi-final win in 1995 left an indelible mark on all who saw it, not least Mike Catt. |
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| The lhasa apso and his pretty owner reached the semi-final of the TV series last year with their unusual rendition of the classical Latin sonnet Pie Jesu. |
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| Alix popham is aiming to emerge victorious in the battle of the ball carriers in Saturday's Powergen Cup semi-final against Bath at the Millennium Stadium. |
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| The fit-again Scotland star insisted the Warriors can bounce back from their Pro12 fadeout in Wales to beat Ulster and book a home play-off semi-final. |
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| They won at West Ham in a quarter-final replay then survived a comeback from a resurgent Everton to win the semi-final with Antony Martial's late winner. |
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| It is the third of eight matches that Spain will play in Group I, but the coach Vicente del Bosque has described it as being more akin to the first leg of a cup semi-final. |
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| In the other semi-final, Lisicki, who endured a three-set quarter-final nailbiter on Thursday, took the first set 6-3 before Jankovic stormed back. |
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