There are fewer winners because people can return balls off the screen."

I was throwing my famous return ball then.

The returning ball missed Flavius's head but crushed his chest utterly.

At least he would have had he not been bundled over before he got to the return ball.

Even as the soldier caught the returning ball and put it back into its niche, the ponderous gate began to swing open.

But Obertan's return ball is cut out.

She never stopped chasing and returning balls everyone else in Ashe Stadium had given up on.

Morison's return ball is angled away from his team-mate.

Stephens often stays well behind the baseline, relying on her athleticism to chase and return balls.

At one point, Pironkova's varied shots had Williams wildly chasing to return balls.

Without looking, Sarasti flicked out his arm and snatched Bates' returning ball from the air.

Finch took a quick line-out, took the returning ball and left Hart flat-footed as he sped past him.

In a 21-point practice game with a professional at Club Fit, Jenna returned balls with consistent, bullet-like ground strokes.

A half-hour later, returning ball boys and ball girls, dressed in navy blue polo shirts and shorts, show the applicants how the job is done.

Penalty missed: Kadri 59' (Osman kicked the returning ball from Güngör).

Afterwards, the Jets tried to make yet another comeback attempt as Jerricho Cotchery ran a return ball 54 yards.

He was taken down in the box yet managed to pull himself up to loop Marvin Emnes' return ball over the Ipswich Town keeper.

The umpires got together and decided to call them balks instead of strikes whenever I threw my return ball even if the batter took a full swing at it."

The game evolved to include two features that differentiated it from tennis (besides the cold weather venue and smaller court): returning balls off the wires and only one serve.

The bowler's end of the field has three control points: two push-button switches marked Bowl and Return Ball respectively, and the Bowling Rate selector switch.

Sessegnon's return ball was teased through the middle, placed past Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott, for Ji to run on to.

Nasri knocks the ball right to Silva and rushes into the area for the return ball, but Silva overcooks it and Szczesny claims it easily.

Tom Hateley played it short, took the return ball from Nicky Law and planted his cross straight on to the forehead of Michael Higdon, who left Forster stranded.

Crossover - The point where a player has to change from playing a forehand stroke to backhand stroke; often a target for attack, since it is difficult to return balls aimed at this area.

On a more tactical level, a host of other details can be influenced; Capello is even believed to have instructed the Wembley ball boys to return balls at speed when they go out of play.