Today is Vidovdan, the 612th anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, when the Serbs found a national myth in their glorious defeat by the Turks.

"We, however, have somewhat greater aspirations than to achieve another glorious defeat," Bukato continued.

In this scenario, even as he savored the fruit of a glorious Serbian defeat, Mr. Milosevic would not share Prince Lazar's unpleasant end.

Hussein had but a few under his command, while Yazid had many, yet Hussein led his few into a glorious and disastrous defeat.

It is a treasured part of Serbian tradition, the site of a glorious medieval defeat at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.

It was a glorious defeat and we have all come to see it.

One glorious defeat after another.

Scotland has been in the doldrums of international competition for years, only able to raise its game in occasional moments of glorious defeat as in the last European Championship.

Davie Power and other sponsors realised how much the tendency to ennoble glorious defeat was ingrained in the Scottish psyche.

Was I going after Antonin in search of a glorious defeat in order to avoid admitting that there were no clear answers, or that they weren't what I wanted?