1.   Bates was sacked from his job after the team failed to win any games.

2.   The team failed to qualify for the European Championship.

3.   The visiting team failed to score.

4.   The team failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals.

5.   The team failed to retain him, and he became a free agent.

6.   As expected, the team failed to reach accord with Heyward and did not exercise its option.

7.   As a senior quarterback, Leaf broke a thumb, missed three games and his team failed to repeat as state champs.

8.   A meeting planned for yesterday was canceled by Joshi when the Enron team failed to show up after half an hour.

9.   All Miami Coach Pat Riley could do was watch how his team failed to respond.

10.   But the sales team failed to drum up enough interest from the private sector to keep the facility alive, said Dan Silver, a former Gardner analyst.