Sentence examples for protest tournament from inspiring English sources

Unlike the race, however, spectators hoping to take in the protest tournament will not have to book their tickets in advance.

You're a cheater!" (His protests persuaded tournament officials to give his team a share of the winnings).

Nothing less than a World Cup title a month from now will satisfy the fans, at least those who are not actively protesting the tournament.

When activists protested the Tournament of Roses — calling it an "old white men's club" — Lowe stepped in to lead a diversity committee and created an outreach program.

But change would take an act of above-average courage and cooperation, like the unnamed college basketball team that, according to Branch, swore it would refuse to play if it made the N.C.A.A. championship game, in protest of the tournament revenues it would see no part of.

He says that with such a high-profile tournament protest groups in Brazil were realising the potential of targeting not only the event itself but also sponsors.

When asked if he intended to protest to the tournament organisers about the myriad controversies and inconsistencies in their running of this Test, he paused and said he would "send something through that will help them".

This was the political context to the Italian's team's arrival in 1938, where anti-fascist protests became that tournament's Mexican wave.

On Friday, Iranian female fans frustrated by the ban took to the stadiums in St . Petersburgin the first of such protests in the tournament's history.

They live in the Stone Age, and a deep reform in that institution because of the way they respond to protests during the tournament would be the best legacy the World Cup could leave".

Refusing to have fun is a public offense: On June 14, the opening day of the World Cup, an activist was sentenced to 15 days in jail for protesting against the tournament in downtown Moscow.