FOR FRANCE / UNSUCCESSFUL MATCH / LOSE / THE KEY MAN FRANCK RIBERY...

35. for France / unsuccessful match / lose / the key man Franck Ribery / serious injury / only after seven minutes

a. For France, it was an unsuccessful match as it lost the key man Franck Ribery due to serious injury only

after seven minutes.

b. For France an unsuccessful match was when it lost the key man Franck Ribery for serious injury in only after

seven minutes.

c. For France had an unsuccessful match with losing the key man Franck Ribery because of serious injury only

after seven minutes.

d. For France was an unsuccessful match and it lost the key man Franck Ribery because serious injury only after

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The 23rd Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27th to December 5th in 2005.

The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. This was the first time that the opening and

closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despite the fact that Manila has many stadiums. The organization

decided to hold the games at an open space to accommodate the large number of participants and spectators. As a

result, the 2005 SEA Games ranked as having the largest audience - 200,000 people – during the opening and closing

ceremonies. These games were also noted for having the most number of delegates in the history of the SEA Games.

In the end, all participating countries received medals.

Events in men's football actually started on November 20th, prior to the opening ceremony. Water polo events

began on November 21st, women's football on November 23rd, sailing on November 26th, and tennis on November

26th;

The first gold medal of the games was awarded to Singapore on November 25th when their water polo team came

out undefeated during the round-robin tournament round. The Philippine team took the silver medal in that event, and

Malaysia brought home the bronze.

The Games were also considered a valuable opportunity for athletes to gain competition experience and

preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympic Games. It was purposely created to strengthen friendship,

solidarity and understanding among neighboring countries in the region.

This was the third SEA Games to be hosted by the Philippines. The last two times the Philippines hosted the

games were in 1981, and again in 1991.

There were 1,461 medals awarded, 444 of which were gold, 434 were silver, and 583 were bronze.