Swansong

Making things slightly more dramatic is the fact that Yeats’ rider Sam Waley-Cohen had chosen both the horse and the Grand National for his swansong.

That Girl In Wonderland was an animated special giving the live-action sitcom its swansong.

The next few months were meant to be a smooth-flying swansong for Joyce, who had planned to retire in November, neatly marking 15 years in charge of the flying kangaroo.

Winning a Villiers Stakes has been a blessing and a curse for tough gelding Brutality, but he has finally got his head back in front at Randwick in what might prove his career swansong.

Ahead of the unveiling, experts were billing the 77th Cannes film festival as a commemorative swansong for “New Hollywood”, a grand final bow for the generation of American movie brats who turned the industry on its head back in the early 1970s.

Cross himself experienced a similarly meteoric rise during his own Alexandra Palace debut in 2018 - clinching the Sid Waddell Trophy by defeating in the The Power's PDC swansong.

Crowd favourite Andy Murray also remained in the draw despite undergoing surgery on a spinal cyst in what will probably be his Wimbledon swansong.

For his swansong Test, Warner wore a spare Baggy Green the team keeps on hand for emergencies.

The annual extravaganza marks a swansong for Biden, 81, who has passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris to face Trump in the November 5 election.

Even if it’s a summary swansong.

For her swansong, she and her sponsor, Adidas, have gone with a simple blue-and-white outfit.

In another swansong act of defiance, the president stroppily vetoed the bill.

There are a few stragglers left, but their swansong this week was a platter in all colours and sizes, grilled till they were scorched, and eaten with a chilled cucumber and beetroot raita.

In his swansong as Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr. gives a masterful performance.

Marshall on Saturday night announced he had officially put pen to paper to play on in 2020 in what is almost certain to be the 34-year-old's career swansong.

The Principality Stadium threatened to lift from its foundations, with Wales making it 14 games unbeaten and giving head coach Warren Gatland a record-breaking Six Nations swansong.

Went on to form a formidable defensive partnership with Igor Tudor as well as Fabio Cannavaro, before a late career swansong at Barcelona.

I thought, will this be my swansong?

Best afield in the grand final in what was officially his swansong as a player was captain-coach Dick Reynolds, who received sterling support from the likes of Norm McDonald, ruckman/back pocket Wally May, back pocket Les Gardiner, and big Bob McLure.

The appearance, since it was released after his death, was his posthumous swansong.