Sentence examples for matches previously held from inspiring English sources

ESPN, the sports broadcasting company owned by Disney which launched a stand-alone UK channel after picking up the 46 live Premier League matches previously held by Setanta, examined all the rights held by its collapsed predecessor.

Scotland have now lost all 10 of their World Cup matches, equalling an unenviable record previously held solely by Netherlands.

There is even a case for allowing an independent body to decide the issues on which referendums need to be held: which issues are important enough to require a separate vote Already, the present government has matched the total of referendums previously held in Britain.

A 10-year-old swimmer with sky-high dreams and a name to match them has toppled a record previously held by Olympian Michael Phelps.

Now it's Dom Dwyer who's catching the eye — on Friday night he scored twice, matching a club record for scoring in four consecutive games previously held by Preki and Eddie Johnson.

Henry broke the Southeastern Conference record with 1,986 yards rushing — previously held by 1982 Heisman winner Herschel Walker — and matched a league mark with 23 touchdowns, leading No2 Alabama to the College Football Playoff.

After six years as the company’s general counsel, a position he previously held at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, he had moved to Dallas in 2009 to head up Match, which houses Match.com, Chemistry.com and a slew of other online dating sites.

Alongside their coverage of The FA Cup, ITV will continue to broadcast all England home qualifying matches through until the end of the 2011-12 season as well as home and away friendly internationals (home friendlies were previously held by Setanta).

Services were previously held.

It confirmed their previously held beliefs.

He previously held the job in Montreal and Florida.