After his close 1999 defeat, Katz was ready for a 2003 rematch with Street.

He closely beat Ville Lång of Finland in rubber games for the first round, and blamed pressure for close defeat.

The close defeat left Bernard "wounded," according to his coach.

The team's only loss was a close 7-6 defeat to Minnesota in the third game of the season.

However their run would be ended with a close 19-16 defeat to the Sydney Roosters in the preliminary final.

In 2007 El Segundo won the Cox Plate avenging his close defeat to Fields Of Omagh the year before.

Perhaps as a result of that approach, he knew the pain of a close electoral defeat.

Following his close defeat, President Bush appointed Blackwell ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Prior to the close defeat it was the first hung parliament since the 1940 election.

Backup quarterback Dominique Davis scored on a one yard quarterback sneak in the final minutes to send Wake Forest to their second straight close defeat.