shootout
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The crowd disorder on 8 March came after a penalty shootout win for Celtic, when around 8,000 visiting supporters had been present.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Now they head to Lord's, where not one over of spin was bowled in England's shootout win over New Zealand in June.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The winter includes trips to South Africa and Bangladesh, and a one-off pink-ball shootout against Australia.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The shootout eclipsed the previous record set in 2016 when Derby County beat Carlisle United 14-13 on penalties.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
And, like a grizzled extra scurrying out of the bar just before the climactic final shootout in a grade B Hollywood Western, Bud dropped a dollar onto the table and hurriedly split.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
But after four memorable shootouts in the last 32 and last 16, we thought it was worth crunching the numbers once again.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Excluding shootouts, Opta records show he has scored 114 of his 148 attempts, a conversion rate of 77%.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He has taken Argentina's opening penalty in nine shootouts, converting seven, with his only misses coming against Chile in the 2016 Copa America final and Ecuador in the 2024 Copa América quarter-final.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Having missed against Austria, it also meant be became the only player - excluding shootouts - to fail to convert two penalties in a single World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In addition, more than 52 percent of the shootouts between extremists and police now involve white extremists.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
