Sentence examples for game rivalry from inspiring English sources

But Persia barely qualified as a country in that era, dominated and ultimately occupied as it was by non-Muslim empires that were busy prosecuting their Great Game rivalry across Asia.

The season continued a seven-season, eight game rivalry between the Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins, and began a ten-game, seven-year rivalry with St. John's.

But the exhilaration did not last, and the Nets say they cannot place too much emphasis on one game, rivalries notwithstanding.

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NEW HAVEN -- After two quarters of quick scoring that suggested that Saturday's Harvard-Yale game would be an exciting addition to the 128-game rivalry, the festive mood at The Game became one of confusion and then seriousness.

MARQUETTE 92, NOTRE DAME 66 Jerel McNeal had 18 points and No. 15 Marquette (13-2, 3-1 Big East) handed visiting Notre Dame its biggest loss in the teams' 109-game rivalry.

This game, this rivalry means a lot".

It was not the classic game the rivalry promised, but it was vintage Connecticut -- vintage for the 1999-2000 season.

There's no global chess game or rivalry going on with the Soviet Union anymore.

The 1883 season continued a seven-season, eight-game long rivalry with Johns Hopkins, which Navy would win, five games to four.

It is a cliché to say that the mental part of the game determines rivalries when style of play is significantly more important.