Word: defeatism
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...result but on specific plays: how many runs an individual batsman will make, how he will get out, when he will get out. This so-called spread or spot betting means games can be tampered with, if not completely rigged. Did Woolmer discover something untoward in the shock defeat to Ireland or the earlier loss to the West Indies that could have led to a confrontation and his death? Could he have been about to make some revelation about match fixing from his time with South Africa (he left before Cronje's admissions) and Pakistan in a book...
Great champions, like politicians, are forged in defeat. Garry Kasparov's came in February 1985 at the end of a match for the world championship of chess. Kasparov's rival, Anatoly Karpov, had jumped to an early and seemingly impregnable 5-0 lead. The rules stipulated that the match would be won by the first to win six games. After a long series of draws, Kasparov clawed his way to 5-3. Then Florencio Campomanes, head of the international chess federation, intervened, claiming the players were exhausted. Kasparov, just 21, was enraged. Later that year, he defeated Karpov...
...competition. After lambasting the players, Tiwari called on India's agriculture minister to resign, not forgetting, of course, that the relevant minister also sits on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Leaving aside their special interests for a moment, Tiwari wrote that farm activists "termed this defeat as national shame...
...Jamaica, and the cause of his death turned out to be strangulation - although police are investigating whether he may have been poisoned, as well. The murder occurred during a high-profile event in which the victim was in the international spotlight, and it followed hours after a humiliating defeat for his team. The fact that police believe he would have known his killers (because there was no sign of forced entry or robbery) has narrowed the range of suspects and motives. The fact that police have security camera tapes of people who used the elevator...
...with the two late additions, the Crimson travels with only 11 fencers, while St. John’s, Columbia, and Penn State boast full 12-person teams. Although mathematically possible for Harvard to repeat its title as national champions, it will be hard to garner the points necessary to defeat the larger squads...