Southgate's side cast off the clouds of dread that have come over England in penalty shootouts in the past, a psychological lift that may yet help them further down the line.

A few leading edge (some say bleeding edge) users have stepped into the arena and their experiences have helped sharpen our perception of what the electronic office can be.

Only in 2007 they are less about pure socialism than a kind of suburbanized version of it.

The evergreen Marianne Vos, a multiple world champion, crowned her illustrious career by taking her first yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes after emphatically winning stage two of the week-long race in Provins.