1.   But Conservatives suffered a shock loss of a parliamentary seat in the one by-election, in Romsey, southeast England, where the winner was a Liberal Democrat.

2.   Coach Kitch Christie dismissed concerns South Africa was underestimating Canada and could suffer a shock loss because of its decision not to field its strongest side.

3.   Last year she suffered a shock second round loss to Katarina Studenikova of Russia, but refused to lay the blame on her preparations at Eastbourne.

4.   That made advancing to the second round more difficult for defending champion France after its shock loss to Senegal on Friday.

5.   Blackburn Rovers shot six points ahead in the Premiership on Saturday, but in-form Liverpool suffered a shock loss to lowly Ipswich.

6.   The immediate challenge facing Atherton is overcoming the shock loss of Dominic Cork in Zimbabwe.