Sentence examples for beat the former from inspiring English sources

Saturday: Sunderland beat the former champions 3-2 and close on a great escape.

They beat the former record, 65, which had been shared by seven other players.

In women's play, top-ranked Serena Williams beat the former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 6-1, 6-4.

Alban Maginness, the SDLP candidate, narrowly beat the former IRA bomber Gerry Kelly into second place in the assembly elections.

She next plays Flavia Pennetta, who beat the former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-1.

At Madrid, she beat the former French Open champions Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone before falling to No. 6 Li Na in the quarterfinals.

But Dave Scatchard put the Islanders back ahead by three goals, 4-1, beatheg the former Islander Kevin Weekes.

Mr. Rajapaksa swept to a resounding victory in Tuesday's vote, beating the former army chief by 17 percentage points.

But the prospect of a South American team beating the former champions overcame any sense of neighbourly rivalry.

DeGale brought new maturity and patience to his boxing in beating the former Olympic welterweight gold medallist Bakhtiyar Artayev, 8-3.

In 1991, Dre plead no contest to misdemeanor battery charges for beating the former Fox TV host of the Pump It Up rap show.