Sentence examples for all the defending from inspiring English sources

They are, after all, the defending champions, a title the Mets hope that Santana may bring their way in the seasons to come.

Nunes arrived wearing a charmingly cheap-looking lion costume: she calls herself Leoa, which is Portuguese for "Lioness," and perhaps she wanted to remind fans that she is, after all, the defending champion in the night's main event.

I am, after all, the defending champ.

Messi is hacked down on the edge of the box, free-kick... 6.29pm BST 66 min: This is all Barca, apart from all the defending Atletico are doing.

Chelsea were suddenly having to do all the defending, as Suárez saw a shot tipped round a post and Carroll headed over, and at least a game that had failed to produce any excitement in the first half had turned into an absorbing contest.

With less than 10 days and no more than seven games remaining for the top eight teams in the regular season, only one thing is clear: No one wants to play Portland in the first round, least of all the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

In the end it was all about the defending, and in the last 10 minutes defending the lead and doing the right things to get the three points.

He said he welcomed it all as the defending national champions tried to become just the second team in the last 14 years to repeat.

After all, Spain is the defending world champion and played the Americans tough in the gold medal game in the 2008 Olympics, which the Americans won, 118-107.

For instance, over the weekend Ridsdale was on all the media defending Woodgate and apoplectic about him not being picked for England".

This confusion is all the greater when the defending forces exploit the civilian population.