The 2011 Final Four was unique for how lowly seeded the participants were, as well as how badly the teams struggled offensively.

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The other big upsets saw non-league Luton put out second flight Wolves, while Cardiff, who look set for promotion to the EPL, were beaten 2-1 by lowly Macclesfield.

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Atletico Madrid had inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Barca last weekend but their joy proved short lived as they were beaten 1-0 by lowly Almeria.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

If further evidence were needed of ice hockey's lowly place in Britain's sporting hierarchy, take a look at recent attendance figures.

BBC: Dome doom or hockey history?

For the ING fund, the two largest at the end of last year--accounting for 8.6% of the portfolio--were units of Charter Communications, rated a lowly B2 by Moody's Investors Service, and Nextel, also a junk issuer with a Ba2 bank-loan rating.

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In Italy's Serie A, Claudio Ranieri's position at Inter Milan has been placed into further doubt after they were held 2-2 in the San Siro by lowly Catania.

CNN: Real rout Espanyol to restore 10-point lead in La Liga

There were no improvements under the hood (though even the lowly Nokia Lumia 610 was fairly smooth on WP7.5, and still is), no OTA updates, you're stuck with Internet Explorer version 9 instead of the much zippier IE10 and apps created for WP8 won't work -- giving developers very little reason to create new ones for the lame duck OS, or even update existing ones.

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