Sentence examples for throwing matches from inspiring English sources

Because the gas is now leaking and all around people are throwing matches".

Unlike badminton players throwing matches, many of the runners showed their hands early, hoping not only to make the next round but position themselves for good lane assignments.

After the Cultural Revolution subsided, in 1969, China used Ping-Pong matches to reconnect with the world, sometimes throwing matches to promote a friendlier mood.

The eight players were turfed out of the Olympics by the BWF for throwing matches in a bid to secure more favourable draws later in the tournament.

But the days of people throwing matches toward Mr. Williams as a suggestion he might as well burn the frigate are long gone.

Then there's the constant chipping away at their credibility, wild accusations thrown at them – from fixture lists to opponents throwing matches, from refereeing conspiracies to the far more pernicious, unfounded, accusation of drug use.

Why do people pay players to throw matches?

They trailed behind as the Arab soldiers threw matches onto the roofs of the huts.

Tennis appears defensive in confronting top stars alleged to have thrown matches.

One of those taken into custody, defender Andrea Masiello, has reportedly confessed to accepting bribes to throw matches.

Those players were alleged to have offered to throw matches, a far more heinous crime than bowling a no-ball.