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  • We find it extraordinary that Luis can be found guilty on the word of Patrice Evra alone when no one else on the field of play heard the alleged conversation between the two players in a crowded Kop goalmouth while a corner-kick was about to be taken.

    Luis Suárez: Liverpool statement 2011

  • We find it extraordinary that Luis can be found guilty on the word of Patrice Evra alone when no one else on the field – including Evra's own team-mates and all the match officials – heard the alleged conversation between two players in a crowded Kop goalmouth while a corner-kick was about to be taken," the statement said."

    Liverpool furious as Luis Suárez banned in Patrice Evra racism row 2011

  • This kind of offence, it might be said, occurs unspotted at virtually every corner-kick or free-kick aimed into the penalty area in every match.

    World Cup 2010: Rise of German romantics counters sense of injustice Richard Williams in Cape Town 2010

  • The ball is placed inside the designated corner-kick area closest to where it went out of bounds.

    The Rules Of The Game 2008

  • The six-foot-four (192 cm) striker caught an impregnable Greek defense by surprise, collecting a quick throw in on a counter-attack from a Greek corner-kick and unleashing a powerful shot past helpless keeper Antonis Nikopolidis.

    Sweden 2-0 Greece: Reigning Champions Look Doubtful 2008

  • The Koreans outshot the Americans 19-6 in the game and had seven corner-kick opportunities, while the U.S. team did not manage to get a single one.

    All The Right Moves 2007

  • July 9th, 2006 at 1: 32 pm near goal by Italy off a corner-kick, the announcers are talking about the Italian player “getting away with a push-off” (common illegal tactic in basketball, to get a rebound. .push the defensive player out of the way).

    Weltmeisterschaft Sean 2006

  • They are implying, the 1st Italian goal is tainted by a push-off. .the header off a corner-kick.

    Weltmeisterschaft Sean 2006

  • Such is the fickle, high-stakes nature of modern football that a crisis is often only a corner-kick away.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Henry Winter 2011

  • Soccer: Fredy Montero collected a loose ball off a corner-kick scramble and slid it past Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the 78th minute, and the host Seattle Sounders FC won 2-0 before 35,613 to take the U.S. Open Cup for the third straight year, the first time a team has done that has since 1969.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Associated Press 2011

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