Sentence examples for play contested from inspiring English sources

With much of the play contested in midfield, chances were few after that effort.

Instead, much of the play was contested in Norwich's half and the game was effectively over when City scored four goals in 20 first-half minutes.

It's been beautifully played, closely contested and very exciting.

The third-place play-off, contested by two desperately disappointed teams in England and Italy, turned out to be uplifting.

Outside, as if to preface the coming of peace, a group of guerrillas are playing keenly contested football on a pitch complete with makeshift goalposts.

In 1969, President L Arellanoo led his country in what came to be known as the "soccer war" against El Salvador, because the two countries were then playing hotly contested matches to determine which nation would advance to the World Cup.

Instead of playing tightly contested games against each other for the rest of the week, the Spurs will be preparing for their fifth NBA Finals appearance while the Grizzlies will have plenty of time to examine how and why their promising postseason run ended so abruptly.

The match play competition is contested every two years between USA and Europe.

The Yankees regained the lead in the top of the sixth, Alfonso Soriano doubling down the third-base line, stealing third and tagging up and scoring on a play that was contested vehemently by Orioles Manager Mike Hargrove.

However, all of the views remain in play and (variously) contested.

With intermittent drizzle and a first-pitch temperature of 51 degrees, this game between two weak teams, played on the same night the Knicks and the Boston Celtics were playing a hotly contested N.B.A. playoff game, was never going to be widely attended.