Sentence examples for foolish foul from inspiring English sources

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Spain committed a foolish foul and barely held on to beat Ireland on penalty kicks.

11 39 p.m. | 70' Costa Rica goal disallowed!!!! Some dumb play by the Americans, starting with a foolish foul given away by Jones, leads to some pressure, but the linesman correctly lifts his flag.

In a dizzying flurry in the final 2.5 seconds, Butler seemingly won the game on a layup by Andrew Smith, appeared to lose it because of a foolish foul by Mack, and then actually won because of a foul 90 feet from the basket by Pitt's Nasir Robinson.

Giving up a goal on a penalty kick in the 90th minute after a foolish foul by its captain, Fernando Hierro, Spain hung on to defeat Ireland on penalty kicks, 3-2, after playing to a 1-1 tie over 120 minutes.

Keep your cool -- don't commit a cheap and foolish foul after making a mistake.

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An honest accounting of this weekend's contests would have to account for a glut of turnovers, missed open shots, and foolish fouls committed at an exasperating rate.

And when coaches told her to hunker down in agility drills or stop making foolish fouls, she was preparing for something else — a challenge for her life.

Baba Segi himself is foul, foolish and arrogant.

Long may have anticipated contact but it was a foolish and clear foul.

But will the Indians be foolish enough to foul their air as comprehensively as the Chinese?

The general is becoming more dictatorial: the long-awaited elections due next month promise to be a farce, with opposition leaders barred and the parliament already emasculated.Most mainstream Pakistani opinion supports the alliance with America, and the general has been foolish to fall foul of it by his anti-democratic manoeuvres.

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