Sentence examples for penalty mark from inspiring English sources

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penalty mark

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A small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken

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Penalty throws at goal are awarded for more serious infractions and are taken from a penalty mark just outside the circle and directly in front of the goal.

A penalty shot at goal from a penalty mark 13 feet away is awarded to the victim of a major violation of rules.

Goals scored during extra time periods count toward the final score of the game, but kicks from the penalty mark are only used to decide the team that progresses to the next part of the tournament (with goals scored in a penalty shootout not making up part of the final score).

If the score is still tied after extra time, some competitions allow the use of penalty shootouts (known officially in the Laws of the Game as "kicks from the penalty mark") to determine which team will progress to the next stage of the tournament.

Kicks from the penalty mark occur at the end of a game during a tournament.

While penalty kicks and kicks from the penalty mark are similar in nature, they are distinct and follow their own rules as part of the game.

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As in the second day's competition, penalty marks are given for failing to clear obstacles and for exceeding the time limit.

Gentleman struggled for fluency in parts of the test, while Pearson, who was born with arthrogryposis and controls the horse using his hips, picked up two penalty marks for an error of course.

If ice skating followed the rules of show jumping or eventing, a fall would either eliminate a competitor or earn enough penalty marks to put him, her or them out of contention.

This is the speech that will change the lives of French women and mark the term of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing just as the abolition of the death penalty marked that of François Mitterrand.

For Corriere della Sera, Italy's victory in the penalty shootout marked "the return of the Azzurri among the big teams in Europe" while England's paltry possession and reliance on "improbable long balls" left Wayne Rooney, a player Italians fear and respect, "flying from one side of the pitch to the other like a mad butterfly".

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