černý kůň

Before the World Championship in June Portugal was ranked ninth in the world in football and was one of the dark horse favorites to win the coveted cup. Google

Leicester continue to blow hot and cold, although one of the reasons they looked a little below par in their first game was because they were playing a Gloucester side that could be a dark horse for the title. BNCB

"Peter is always a dark horse in any championship," says Garth M’Gimpsey. BNCB

ohlušující potlesk/aplaus

Anxiety was cutting deeper, however, and then Eriksson produced what at first appeared a move guided from above when he withdrew Robbie Fowler and sent out Teddy Sheringham, greeted with deafening applause, to glide home the equaliser with his first touch, a header. Google

Hardly had the deafening applause from the spectators died down, when R.P. Singh scored with a delicate diagonal placing. Google

They were welcomed and thanked with deafening applause and cheers from the 38,000 strong spectators, who themselves have contributed in no small amount to the overall success of the games. Google

obhájce titulu/trofeje

On Thursday Boris Becker, the defending champion, lost to Jan Gunnarsson in the third round. BNCB

Deportivo de La Coruna eliminated defending champion AC Milan while FC Porto beat Lyon to reach the Champions Cup semi-finals. Google

"Today I beat Stefan Edberg, the two-time defending champion here at the US Open, one of the biggest tournaments in the world," Novacek said. BNCB

defenzivní záložník

In Chelsea's case, Mourinho is said to want to import right-back Paulo Ferreira, playmaker Deco, and defensive midfielder Costinha. Google

He made his name in Italy as a defensive midfielder but given more attacking licence by the 'sexy football' of Ruud Gullit's management, he soon demonstrated that he had a very impressive eye for goal indeed. Google

Germans started without stopper Christian Wörns and defensive midfielder Michael Ballack. Google

obranné pásmo

Hejduk has such great hockey sense and his play in the defensive zone matches his play in the offensive zone. Google

In the defensive zone, players need to be ready to make adjustments and they need to communicate. Google

A situation in which a player is in his team's offensive zone while the play has moved into his defensive zone. Google

avizované postavení mimo hru, signalizovaný ofsajd

He called this a delayed off-side even though the puck never left the zone. Google

All players must be clear of the zone to nullify delayed off-side. Google

Delayed off-side is no longer in effect once the players of the offending team have cleared the opponents' defensive zone. Google

avizované vyloučení

Goalies are also regularly pulled during delayed penalty calls. Google

The Referee has signalled a delayed penalty to a player from Team A and Team B has substituted its goaltender in favour of an extra attacker. Google

I read a post a few years ago about an idea to have a delayed penalty call. Google

přímý volný kop; přímák

Their former midfielder Oyvind Leonhardsen was penalised for a foul on
Baros and Murphy curled a direct free kick into the top corner. Google

It took them only 10 minutes to break the deadlock with Seamus Duffy curling home a direct free kick after a handball offence from 25 yards. BNCB

But all their Parisian dreams -- and the club's 27 match unbeaten run -- came to an end as the Cypriots scored from a direct free kick and straight from a corner. BNCB

hod diskem; disk (disciplína)

The gold era of discus throw has been the first half of 80s. Google

He has qualified himself second at discus throw. Google

John won the discus throw in the 2002 WV Conference meet with a throw of 146 feet, 3 inches. Google

diskař/ka

Francis tells of a Canadian discus thrower, Rob Gray, who had worked for many years to reach the 58 metre mark. BNCB

Roy Hollingworth, a discus thrower from Trinidad, and Clive Long from Guyana gained intenational athletics honours in the 1960s. BNCB

Developing a skilled top level discus thrower requires patience but has many rewards. Google

dvojchyba

But the Briton was then broken in the eighth game when a double fault gave Ivanisevic a third chance to break, the 29-year-old gratefully accepting with a backhand return winner on a Henman second serve. Google

At 2-1 with Srichaphan serving, a double fault and a passing shot by Andy saw 0-30. Google

But the Swede undid that good work in the 10th game of the third set with more errors and then a double fault to hand Novak three break points. Google

sjezdové lyžování

Downhill skiing is a classic illustration of the relationship between work and energy. Google

Downhill skiing is a sport featured in the Winter Olympics. Google

Downhill skiing is one of the great thrills of outdoor winter life. Google

a) kopnout do míče/vykopnout míč, kopnutí do míče/vykopnutí míče (ihned po jeho odrazu ze země)

(např. brankář ve fotbale, nebo hráč ragby - vykopne jím hozený míč ihned poté, co se odrazí od země)

b) úder oběma nohama (při výskoku) (např. wrestling či karate)

Mind you, Henry might argue that the goal he had disallowed - when he cheekily nicked the ball away from Brad Friedel as the Blackburn keeper prepared to drop kick the ball upfield - should have stood and, having seen endless re-runs of the incident, I can't for the life of me see why the referee penalised the Frenchman for a foul. Google

You might have thought, for instance, that financial considerations played little or no part in the spectacle of Jonny Wilkinson's World Cup-winning drop kick. Google

Saturn gets the feet up to knock Bull away then hits a drop kick. Google

upustit štfetový kolík, ztratit štafetový kolík

It is as if a relay runner had carried on running after she had dropped the baton. Google

Jamaica were gifted gold in the women's 4x400m relay in Edmonton when the Americans dropped the baton on the final leg. Google

We dropped the baton in the state meet in '96 and it cost us the championship. Google

nahazování, nahazovat (puk)

A team with speed and skill and great puckhandlers should avoid the dump and chase. Google

You have to play tight defence, and you have to dump and chase, pass the puck around, and create chances. Google

One way to combat this is to use the dump and chase play. Google