Sentence examples for contesting nations from inspiring English sources

Similar challenges face us in the twenty-first century not only in a world of continuing imperialism and contesting nations with different religious and cultural traditions but also in single nations of multicultural composition.

The entire groundwork of Mr. Bryan's scheme consists in the idea that if the contesting nations only have an opportunity for a calm second thought and are relieved from the incidental irritation that comes from war preparations, the chances are that an armed conflict will be avoided.

And the talented winger believes the Stallions will be contesting the Nations Cup when the dust finally settles on the Zengue affair.

Cape Verde, whose population of 500,000 makes them the smallest country to contest a Nations Cup, will rue a combination of missed chances and the efforts of Kidiaba, who at 38 is the oldest player in the tournament.

The East Africans have failed to contest a Nations Cup since reaching their first finals in 1980.

Meanwhile, Burkina Faso coach Paulo Duarte introduced Bertrand Traore to make the 16-year-old the third youngest player to ever contest a Nations Cup match.

To put the win into context, the co-hosts' coach Gilson Paulo only met his squad three weeks ago as he was parachuted in to lead one of the lowest-ranked teams to ever contest a Nations Cup.

The Namibians believe that Caf's rules also stipulate that Burkina Faso would no longer be in a position to contest the Nations Cup should Zengue be proven to be ineligible, as they claim.

Congo were barely in the game but the half-time team talk delivered by veteran Frenchman Claude LeRoy, coaching at his eighth Nations Cup, galvanised a side contesting its first Nations Cup finals since 2000.

Of the 16 teams contesting the African Nations Cup, only five have a majority of home-based players.Some stars actually resent being selected for the national team because it prevents them from taking part in club tournaments in Europe.

There he launched Le Mouvement pour la Démocratie en Algérie (MDA) in May 1984, returning to Algeria in September 1990 to contest the nation's first multiparty elections.