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(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.

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own goal

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(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.

Japanese Meaning

自分のチームの選手が誤って自陣にボールやパックを入れてしまい、結果として相手チームに得点が入るゴール

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In the final minutes, his accidental own goal cost the team the championship.

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試合終盤、彼の誤って入れたオウンゴールがチームから優勝を奪った。

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(sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.

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(figuratively) A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.

In its penultimate year, for example, starting from when the Provos blew up Canary Wharf in February 1996, the IRA suffered its last 'own goal' when Wexford-born Ed O'Brien blew himself up on a London bus whilst transporting a bomb.

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own goals

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