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Errors in In the news

Europa League

Should it be Atletico Madrid defeats Fulham? Atletico Madrid is a football club - a singular noun. --Mkativerata (talk) 05:57, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but it is also a collective noun, which can be used with a plural verb, especially in British English. See American and British English differences#Formal and notional agreement. Lesgles (talk) 06:18, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

This comes up every time something like this goes on ITN and as painful as it is to me to read, it's apparently correct in British English. As an Englishman myself, I still think it's wrong, but if I change it, I'll have to put up with the peanut gallery until another admin inevitably reverts me! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Should the item be past tense, at the very least? The game already happened. Allison Tragedy (talk) 17:55, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Errors in Did you know?

Queue 1 concern

I have a quibble with the hook in Queue 1 that reads:

• "... that former Stanley Cup champion in ice hockey, Shirley Davidson, was alleged to have committed suicide with his fiancée after his father, Sir Charles Peers Davidson, refused them permission to marry?"

...I'm not sure the "former Stanley Cup champion" phrasing can be applied to an individual. The Stanley Cup is awarded to the championship team - the Lady Byng Trophy would be an example of an individual award. Now, this might just be a colloquialism to get the phrasing short enough for DYK, but it still looks rather...well, odd to my eye. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 14:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It probably has been phrased like that so that it fits on DYK and in the "that..." format, but I'll be happy to tweak it if you can come up with a suggestion. I can't really think of an improvement off the top of my head. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)