The Recopa Sudamericana, disputed between the winners of South America's two premier club competitions, is not related chronologically to the Recopa Sudamericana, created in 1968 which was contested between former South American winners of the Intercontinental Cup, Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, disputed among Cup winners of South America.
— NATE SILVER With Mitt Romney's win in Florida tonight, he has won all of the state's 50 delegates — although there is some chance the outcome could be disputed because Florida's winner-take-all allocation is technically in violation of Republican party rules.
The world governing body for track and field raced Monday to support Maurice Greene, a four-time Olympic medal winner, after he disputed a report from a federal informant that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.
And the A.P.'s affiliation with the Republican Party enabled it to play a crucial role, through the selective transmitting and withholding of information, in making Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the disputed 1876 election.
Such was the case Sunday in ABC's broadcast of the Indianapolis 500, which turned on Paul Tracy's disputed pass of the eventual winner, Hélio Castroneves, in the 199th lap.
While the matter of legitimate elections in Florida is a delicate one for the governor, given that his brother emerged the winner of the disputed Florida count in the 2000 presidential election, political analysts say that his wish to avoid another mess is genuine.
Beijing issued a strong warning on Friday that it would not tolerate turmoil here, as hundreds of stone-throwing protesters fought with the riot police in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the official certification of President Chen Shui-bias as the winner of a disputed election last Saturday.
Everything is being done with ostensible constitutionality, but the trend has been unmistakable ever since a partisan Supreme Court named George W. Bush the winner of the disputed 2000 presidential election and Al Gore, honorably but unhelpfully, gave up the fight.
Consider the evidence, which began nearly as soon as Khamenei declared Ahmadinejad the winner of the June 12 , 2009 disputed presidential election.
See articleIn Côte d'Ivoire the internationally recognised winner of November's disputed presidential election extended a ban he has imposed on cocoa exports from his country, in an effort to make the incumbent president stand aside.
