Zidane insisted the decision had nothing to do with Barcelona's refusal to form
a guard of honour at the Clasico in Madrid in December just after Real had won the Club World Cup.
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Not exact matches
Long years in public view have trained him in the art
of maintaining stillness and dignity while speeches are made and greetings are exchanged, but he still doesn't look quite
at home with military bands and official formality; he walked nicely along the
guard of honour but was much smaller than all
of them.
If United avoid defeat there we might be have to beat City
at Wembley the following week to avoid the
guard of honour.
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard's failure to qualify for the FA Cup final on his birthday could be further compounded by the painful reality that he could be leading his team in a
guard of honour for champions - elect Chelsea
at Stamford Bridge next month, the Daily Mail reports.
Look
at the rugby team who were knocked out
at home in the group stages who gave the Australians a
guard of honour as they left the field.
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guard of honour
In our daily look
at the latest football news on Thursday, we shared the news sourced from Fairfax Media that Sydney FC had requested Melbourne Victory to form a «
guard of honour»
at their match on Friday night in light
of Sydney's premiership status.
Guard of Honour — Give your little ones the chance to welcome their football heroes into the Turf Moor arena
at the start
of an exciting Premier League fixture!
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos said it would not show a lack
of respect if his team do not offer Barcelona a
guard of honour should they be crowned La Liga champions before the Clasico
at the Camp Nou next month.
Every match day a local junior football club is selected to take part in the
Guard of Honour pre-match and Goal Shots
at half time, you'll see this on the pitch in front
of the FM Stand.
The coffin will be met
at St Paul's Cathedral by a
guard of honour.
He was given a
guard of honour immediately he took the oath
of office
at exactly 11.35 a.m by Justice Osoba.
Fani - Kayode said it was sad that Buhari could also not inspect the
guard of honour mounted for him by the military
at the airport when he arrived in the country, alleging also that Buhari could not afford to do a six - minute live broadcast to Nigerians when he arrived, but chose to do a recorded broadcast.
Speaking
of crying, I'll be doing a lot
of that this afternoon
at «clap out», which sounds like an STD, but is what they call the
guard of honour that the year 6 kids walk through as they exit primary school for the last time.