Although Dionysius' position was contested by a rival schismatic group during his entire reign, he succeeded in effectively governing the Syrian community.
Henley's oldest and most prestigious event, the Grand Challenge Cup, will be contested by a Canadian national squad and a German club, Hansa Dortmund.
In a Papua New Guinea national election, a parliamentary seat in a district shared by Hulis and Nipas was contested by a Huli candidate and a Nipa candidate who happened to be from the Handa clan.
Nimrod XV230 was an ancient aircraft doing a vital surveillance job over the battleground of Panjwai being contested by a large Taliban force and a few hundred Canadian soldiers.
In the late 1960s, the tournament was contested by a shrinking pool of amateurs; players were often defecting to the professional circuit after winning a grand slam event or two.
Although the positivist mood prevailed at least until World War I, it was contested by a rival current of thought that from the 1890s onward began to assert itself.
Mr. Buchanan, whose nomination is being contested by a rival faction of the party, was admitted to Washington Hospital Center after repeated episodes of stomach pain in the last few months, his sister, Bay Buchanan, said.
While most clubs threw their names into the hat, the first Wembley final was contested by a team from the Third Division, with Alec Stock's QPR facing the top-tier holders West Bromwich Albion.
Moreover, "only 28 Republican-held districts are considered even remotely at risk of being contested by a Democratic challenger... ....... Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas comment, "So for about 200 of the House's Republicans, a primary challenge by conservatives angry over 'amnesty' is probably a more realistic threat than defeat at the hands of angry Hispanic voters, or even angry Democrats".
The race this year was contested by a fleet of 13 boats, among them the futuristic 88-meter, or 289-foot, Maltese Falcon, built in 2006 for the Silicon-valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins and sold to the hedge fund billionaire Elena Ambrosiadou for an estimated $95 million in 2009.
