1.   Healthy results from Yahoo!, the internet sector leader, failed to lift the gloom in the technology sector.

2.   A festival of music and fast-paced hockey prowess lifted the gloom of the miserable weather outside.

3.   A sunshine lifted the gloom on Sunday.

4.   For Austrian downhill ace Hermann Maier, clear skies fail to lift the gloom.

5.   For Austrian downhill ace Hermann Maier, clear skies failed to lift the gloom.

6.   A batch of uninspiring corporate news did little to lift the gloom.

7.   A point against England in the heat did not nothing to lift the gloom.

8.   The two produced outstanding performances at Sestriere in Italy to lift the gloom after a series of injuries plagued British preparations.

9.   South Africa is a country in a state of deep sporting depression and only victory in the African Nations Cup can lift the gloom.