Sentence examples for championship close from inspiring English sources

The result, coupled with Fernando Alonso's hard-won third-place finish, kept the season points championship close enough to set up a showdown between Vettel and Alonso next week, at the season finale in Brazil.

Mahan, whose first victory came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, closed with consecutive rounds of six-under 65.

His family was there the night the Spurs became the first team from the defunct American Basketball Association to win a National Basketball Association championship, closing out the Knicks in 1999 at Madison Square Garden.

Mark Wiebe completed a wire-to-wire victory in the inaugural Cap Cana Championship, closing with a five-under-par 67 for a four-stroke victory over Vicenté Fernández in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Forty-eight hours after the world team championship closing ceremony in Astana, Kazakhstan, England's jet-lagged trio of team silver and individual board medal winners Luke McShane (gold), Gawain Jones (silver) and David Howell (bronze) were in action again in the penultimate weekend of the 4NCL, Britain's national league.

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And the Championships close on Sunday with the men's road race where Chris Froome will attempt to become the first man since Greg Lemond in 1989 to win the Tour de France and world title in the same year.

Like, maybe, two or three championships closer.

On the verge of winning his 15th major championship to close within three of Jack Nicklaus's record, and his 71st tournament to close within two of Nicklaus, the externals do not matter to him.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., who took a big step up and defeated Genaro Hernandez last Saturday night for the World Boxing Council superfeatherweight championship, is close to signing a deal to fight Angel Manfredy on Dec. 19.

At that point, Mickelson was at even par for the championship and close to losing touch with the leaders.