Sentence examples for blatant hand from inspiring English sources

It was Maradona's blatant hand ball, then his mesmerizing 70-yard dash through the English defense to score a second goal, that ended England's chances in Mexico.

The blatant hand ball of Henry, which helped give France a place at the World Cup in South Africa, contrasts with the delightful tale of Slovenia.

In that game, the Irish had valiantly tied the French on aggregate, only to experience the agony of a William Gallas goal (courtesy of Thierry Henry's blatant hand ball) in extra time that propelled the French to Johannesburg.

Racked with guilt and cloistered in private after his blatant hand ball helped send France to the 2010 World Cup, striker Thierry Henry said he considered ending his career with the national team.

While some Scottish refereeing officials are under fire for their failure to penalise Inverness defender Josh Meekings for a blatant hand ball in the Scottish Cup semi-final defeat of Celtic, another of their number, Willie Collum, will take charge of Wednesday's Champions League quarter final between Monaco and Juventus.

97 mins: Blatant hands in the ruck give Australia an easy penalty chance.... 98 mins: Penalty Australia!

Amid the blatant forgeries, the hand-wringing of the monarchists and the unctuous Arabisms of the clergymen, a new picture of Iran is taking shape, more intimate and, as it were, more Persian than the elegant diplomatic dispatch or the foreign correspondent's file.

But some of Egypt's judges have drawn accusations of blatant bias by handing down lengthy jail terms and mass death sentences against Islamists.

Alford's evidence seemed to show there was, at best, an honest but blatant error regarding the hand bones, but he felt the Sheriff's Department was always unwilling to engage with him.

Mr. Helms said Mr. Clinton's action was a blatant attempt "to tie the hands of his successor".

Everyone knew that Fazlullah's decision to take the law into his own hands was in blatant defiance of the government's writ: the militants' job was to repel any sudden ambush by the Pakistani Army or paramilitary forces; the deputy on the P.A. system, meanwhile, had to persuade the people that the lashings accorded with Islamic law.