grandstand finish

noun

1. a close or exciting ending to a sports match or competition

Example Sentences

It was a long approach, the tournament was on the line, thousands upon thousands were watching - a genuine grandstand finish.

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Fire responded to give a crowd of 22,009 - a record for a women’s match in The Hundred – a grandstand finish before Deepti seized her moment.

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The Irish support were scattered around the arena but were on their feet after the grandstand finish.

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This was another engrossing day in a fabulous Test, one that could yet produce a grandstand finish.

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Sarries hit back after the break through Alex Lewington before Lucio Cinti's 79th-minute try set up a grandstand finish but the visitors were denied.

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