White lost the first five frames of his semi-final with James Wattana but, from 2 – 6, he won 12 successive frames en route to a 16 – 9 victory.

Second round defeats followed in 1997 ( to Marshall James ) and 1998 ( to Raymond van Barneveld ) before he made it a hat-trick of semi-final defeats in 1999, this time to Ronnie Baxter.

In 2008, Schüttler reached his first career semi-final at Wimbledon by beating Santiago Ventura, James Blake, Guillermo García López, Janko Tipsarević, and Arnaud Clément 6 – 3, 5 – 7, 7 – 6, 6 – 7, 8 – 6.

James made his Villa debut on 7 August 1999, and kept a clean sheet in a 1 – 0 away win over Newcastle United in the opening Premier League game, and was decisive in a penalty shoot-out against Bolton Wanderers in the 2000 FA Cup semi-final, but then was at fault for Chelsea's winning goal in the ensuing final, the last to be staged at the old Wembley.

Newcastle finished bottom of the First Division in 1989 ; they came close to making an immediate return, finishing third in the league but losing 2 – 0 in the playoff semi-final to local rivals Sunderland at St James ' Park.

He did this in the semi-final of the 2011 World Grand Prix against James Wade on 8 October 2011.

He was beaten in the semi-final by Jimmy White, with whom he shares his birthday ( James is one year older ).

He played his 103rd test against France in the semi-final which Wales lost, coming off the bench to replace James Hook in the 45th minute.

The performance saw James land in the bottom three alongside Joelle Moses and Frances Wood, though his place in the semi-final was awarded by coach will. i. am.

On September 8, 2010, McLachlan performed and sang " Forgiveness " from her 2010 album Laws of Illusion on a semi-final show of America's Got Talent ; she did so again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, two days later.

He performed at Croke Park during half-time in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Cork and Donegal.

On 27 February 2010, Pernilla performed the song in the fourth semi-final of the competition, taking place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö.

On 22 February 2008, he performed as an interval act at the semi-final of Dora 2008, the selection of the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ranked 11 at the start of the 2001 / 2002 season, White performed steadily in the ranking events without reaching a semi-final.

Following his initial audition, Noll made his way into the Top 32 semi-final where he performed a rendition of Robbie Williams ' hit " Better Man ".

On May 19 they performed fourth in the running order of the semi-final and came up sixth in the grand final on May 21.

On May 19 they performed fourth in the running order of the semi-final and ended up in 2nd place with 207 points.

Hoddle performed as the midfield fulcrum in many of these successes and also contributed magnificently as the team reached the final of the League Cup, losing 3 – 1 to Liverpool, and the semi-final stage of the European Cup Winners Cup.

In the 2007 World Twenty20, he performed poorly with the bat but brilliantly with the ball, earning the Man of the Series award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck. But in the next ICC Twenty20 World Cup, held in 2009 Afridi performed brilliantly in the series scoring 50 runs in the semi-final and 54 in the final and leading his team to victory.

During the 1982 World Championship, after one semi-final had finished early, he performed some of his impressions, such as of Alex Higgins, Terry Griffiths and Dennis Taylor.

' On 15 May 2007 he performed as a guest dancer in a high-profile semi-final segment on ABC's " Dancing with the Stars.

In the semi-final, Stiles performed an effective man-marking job on the Portuguese playmaker, and prolific goalscorer, Eusébio ; to the extent that the immensely skilled player was essentially nullified for the whole match, which England won 2 – 1.

The team performed exceedingly well, finishing 4th on the ladder with 9 wins and 8 losses, then winning the first semi-final against West Perth followed by another victory against Subiaco in the preliminary Final.

Estonia performed in twelfth position in the semi-final of the 2005 Contest which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine on 19 May 2005, but failed to qualify for the grand final after finishing in 20th place.

As Israel had not qualified for the final at the 2004 Contest, the song was first performed in the semi-final.

The radio semi-final was also gone, and the six songs were performed live in a Saturday night show.

A panel of three judges ( John Barrowman, Carrie Grant, and Terry Wogan ) decided which artists to put through to a semi-final after each pair had performed.

Due to Romania's failure to place in the top 10 at the previous Contest, the song was performed in the semi-final initially.

However, her 96 points are the most points Slovenia has ever received in the final ( Alenka Gotar in 2007 received more points in the semi-final than Maja Keuc, but she performed in a field of 28 countries, while Keuc performed in a field of 19 countries.

Whilst he has reached 5th in the World Rankings and performed consistently well in the World Championship ( reaching the semi-final in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 ), he has not yet won a major tournament as a member of the PDC.

Cyndi Lauper performed the song at semi-final of The Voices season 2 with Beverly McClellan.

In 1925, the Riders defeated three-time defending champion Queen's in the Eastern semi-final.

In drawing 2 – 2 with Clydesdale in the 1875 semi-final, Queen's conceded their first ever goals.

He guided the club to promotion into the Second Division via the Third Division play-offs, beating Queen's Park in the 2-legged semi-final and then Cowdenbeath in the 2-legged final in May 2009.

The 1991 semi-final between Arsenal and Tottenham was the first to be played at Wembley, as were both 1993, 1994 and 2000 semi-finals.

At the 1999 World Cup, Cronje finished with 98 runs at 12. 25 as South Africa was eliminated after the famous tied semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston.

Liverpool's success was overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster: in an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989, hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed against perimeter fencing.

The stadium's record attendance was registered on 25 March 1939, when an FA Cup semi-final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town drew 76, 962 spectators.

Denmark, who had reached their second successive semi-final, once again had to bow out at this stage, as they lost 20 – 22 to Germany in what was described as a " hard-fought victory.

The only major competitive match to be decided by a silver goal was the semi-final match of Euro 2004 between Greece and the Czech Republic, when Traianos Dellas scored for Greece after a corner kick in the last two seconds of the first period of extra time.

The signing of Gullit, alongside the likes of Mark Hughes and Dan Petrescu, propelled Chelsea to the semi-final of the FA Cup but their league form was disappointing.

The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was a human crush and a panic which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.

Football clubs contest the semi-final of the FA Cup at a neutral venue, and in 1989 Hillsborough was selected by the Football Association.

In 1989, Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, the home of Sheffield Wednesday, was selected by the Football Association as a neutral venue to host the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs.

Serious overcrowding was observed at the 1987 semi-final between Coventry City and Leeds United.

On June 22, 2006 Match Game was the sixth of seven classic game shows featured in CBS ' month-long Gameshow Marathon hosted by Ricki Lake and announced by Rich Fields, and the second of two " semi-final " games in the tournament.

By the time the semi-final against Italy came around, the level of national pride and unity was at its highest throughout the tournament, and the hosting of the World Cup is seen to have been a great success for Germany as a nation.

After two lacklustre seasons, Richard had an outstanding season, scoring 43 goals and 65 points, but was held to just one goal in a five-game semi-final loss to the New York Rangers.

On 15 April 1989, the ground was the scene of one of the worst sporting tragedies of all time when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in an FA Cup semi-final in the infamous Hillsborough disaster.

The first FA Cup semi-final to be held at the stadium was a replay between West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers on 3 April 1912.

On 15 April 1989, the ground was the scene of one of the worst sporting tragedies of all time when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in an FA Cup semi-final.

The semi-final was against Uruguay, after a 2 – 2 draw, Brazil won 5 – 4 on penalties.

The only highlight of the campaign was reaching the semi-final of the Coppa Italia, beating Lumezzane in the round of 16, Milan in the quarter-finals, and eventually losing 2 – 1 to Roma on aggregate.

He played in all four of England's matches and was booked in the semi-final against the Netherlands, which meant he would have missed the final.

Hero for the cupwinners was goalkeeper Jörg Sievers who made two saves when the semi-final match went to penalties and then scored the winner in his own turn at the spot.

On 15 April 1989, the club's stadium was the scene of one of the worst sporting tragedies ever, at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, at which 96 Liverpool fans were fatally crushed in the Leppings Lane end of the stadium. The tragedy resulted in many changes taking places at Hillsborough and all other leading stadiums in England, namely the requirement of all-seater stadiumsand the removal of perimeter fencing.

In the 1980 semi-final, the youngest competitor, Ted Stockton, ( a taxi driver, aged 25 ) started 56 seconds after the only female semi finalist who was 33.

Keene brought Victor Korchnoi and Garry Kasparov together for their 1983 Candidates ' semi-final match in London as part of the 1984 World Championship cycle ; the semi-final match between Vasily Smyslov and Zoltán Ribli was also played at the same site.