Sentence examples for cup earning from inspiring English sources

Yet during some of the darkest days of the war, in 2007, the Iraqi team won the prestigious Asian Cup, earning the nickname the Lions of Mesopotamia.

You'll never beat Des Walker Holland winger Marc Overmars, for one, seemed to think differently as he sped past the defender in qualifications for the 1994 World Cup, earning the Dutch an equalising goal and effectively dumping England out of the finals.

Dynamic flanker who showed extravagant footballing skills in recent Churchill Cup, earning a contract with Welsh side Ospreys.

He ran in six races and won five of them, finishing second in the Dubai World Cup, earning nearly $7 million.

Swansea have enjoyed a successful first two seasons in the Premier League and in February won their first major trophy, the Capital One Cup, earning them a place in next season's Europa League.

The club enjoyed a successful first two seasons in the world's richest domestic league and won their first major trophy, the Capital One Cup, earning them a place in this season's Europa League.

A team of veterans from the '94 World Cup earned a 0-0 tie against its archrivals.

The World Cup earned transfers to Real Madrid for Sami Khedira, from Stuttgart, and Mesut Özil, from Werder Bremen.

Under the leadership of Ethiopian Ydnekachew Tessema, CAF president from 1972 until his death in 1987, the cup earned greater international prestige.

Jonny Wilkinson, the star of the England rugby team whose last-minute drop goal clinched the World Cup, earns about £250,000 ($432,600) a year from his club side in Newcastle.

Aided by a late charge from Woods, who finished one stroke behind Scott, the final-round coverage of the Barclays, the first event of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup, earned a 3.7 overnight rating on CBS, up from 2.7 last year.