Agonisingly

Birregurra coach Karen Hart says the young Saints are starting to build belief after falling agonisingly short of upstaging the reigning premiers.

Buoyed by that fortuitous jolt, Cratloe could have out the result beyond doubt only for further goal chances for Podge Collins and Diarmuid Ryan to agonisingly flash wide of the far right post.

But the target was also promotion and Bayern's B team twice agonisingly missed out on that feat.

Castleford fell agonisingly short of a play-off place on the final day of last season but the writing was on the wall in the early part of 2023.

Cessnock fell agonisingly short of a grand final berth in 2022, succumbing to eventual runners up Macquarie Scorpions in a preliminary thriller.

Dolly was at his mercurial best as he delivered an eye of the needle ball through to the on-rushing Du Preez, whose effort went agonisingly wide.

Fraser's low cross flashes agonisingly across the six-yard box!

He was caught agonisingly short of a century but put any frustration to good use with the ball, scattering Lachlan's batting order to finish with figures of 6-5 off four overs as their opponents were all out for just 44.

Man United suffered an agonisingly late defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Thursday night.

Mullins-trained runners are 0-17 in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Tuesday), albeit Gaelic Warrior was agonisingly denied in last year's renewal.

Nuno Sousa Guedes has missed a last-minute penalty as Portugal agonisingly failed to secure a first-ever World Cup victory, having to settle instead for an 18-18 draw with Georgia.

Saito blazed high, Grozos had a freekick tipped over the bar, Hoffman a deflection go agonisingly wide and replacement Beka Dartsmelia directed a header to the right.

Schar himself went agonisingly close with a first-half header and was unable to take advantage of two more passable chances which came his way, while fellow defender Dan Burn missed his kick in front of goal.

The Honest Toun club had the chance of doing the double but the 2008 side agonisingly lost out to Edinburgh City just hours later.

The Super Falcons reached the quarterfinals in 1999 when the competition had only 16 teams, and agonisingly lost on a golden goal to Brazil in a 4-3 thriller.

Great Britain were close to finishing on the podium but fell agonisingly short despite a marked improvement on their performance in the qualifying round.

In the final minutes, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos came agonisingly close to opening his scoring account with a header that was brilliantly saved by Balcombe.

It was a dramatic day of action in the Six Nations, with Scotland agonisingly denied a last-gasp win before England sealed a comeback victory.

Jon Parkin watches as he sends a shot agonisingly wide in the FA Cup against Newcastle in January 2008.

Rovers fell agonisingly short at Wembley, losing in Golden Point as Lachlan Lam kicked Leigh Leopards to victory.