Sentence examples for contested trophy from inspiring English sources

MADRID — Little separated Barcelona and Real Madrid late Wednesday in the Spanish Supercup, with Barcelona finally securing the fiercely contested trophy at the expense of its archrival thanks to a stunning volley from Lionel Messi.

During his tenure, Simmons guided his side to 11 trophies contested by associate countries.

During Simmons's tenure, he has guided Ireland to six successive ICC global tournaments while his side have also won 10 trophies contested by Associate countries.

With the aim of raising money to help ICC associate nations, the ICC Knock Out Trophy was contested in 1998 and 2000, staged by Bangladesh (not yet a Test side) and Kenya respectively as South Africa and New Zealand captured their first (and so far only) global silverware.

In the 20 years or so since the birth of the European Cup in 1956, Celtic and Rangers had each won a European trophy and had contested 11 semi-finals between them.

The latest Wembley surface had its first test when Carlisle United and Southampton contested the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final on it at the end of last month, when there were no reported problems.

It was also the fourth year in a row and 10th in 12 years that Air Force beat both Army and Navy to capture the trophy, which is contested by the three service academies in an annual round-robin competition.

Despite not being our closest London team, we have contested with the Gunners for trophies for many years and even in a season so poor our fans demand results.

Guardiola, who has won 13 of the 16 trophies he has contested since taking charge at the Nou Camp in 2008, will be replaced by his assistant Tito Vilanova.

This limited-field event — only 30 players are here — is the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, so players are vying not only for the tournament's trophy but also for the FedEx Cup, which is contested over the four-tournament playoffs and offers a $10 million prize.

Thus did Arsenal, who have contested every Cardiff Cup final so far, take the trophy for the second time in three years.