Sentence examples for sealing progress from inspiring English sources

Ivory Coast have lived up to the second part of their name by sealing progress as group winners with a game to spare, which leaves Togo and Tunisia slugging it out for the second and final slot in the quarter-finals, where whoever it is will play Burkina Faso.

And the Lowland League outfit sealed progress to the fifth round when Beesley pounced on Jack Beacher's pass.

A victory in either game should seal progress into the quarter-finals, but coach Audrey Cooper is targeting the Dominican fixture in particular.

Like Tottenham, the Russian visitors had already sealed progress to the last 32 prior to this game, and although they caused moments of worry for Andre Villas-Boas's team, they were eventually overpowered.

Leeds' first win at St Andrew's since 1996 also provided them with their 100th in FA Cup history and sealed progress from the third round for only the second time in 10 years.

Adebayor's goal in extra-time at the San Siro sealed Spurs' progress into the quarter-finals.

That would have sealed their progress to the next round but instead Leicester were forced to dig deep against opponents who suddenly fancied their chances of forcing a replay.

India had already sealed their progress to the semi-finals with three successive wins, which relied on their top order doing the bulk of the scoring, but they had to rebuild from 66 for four to set up the match.

Full-back Ryan Bertrand never feared Chelsea would crash out of the Europa League last night, despite waiting until the final kick of the game to seal their progress to the last 16.

Wigan beat Bournemouth in a replay at this stage five years ago en route to lifting the trophy and looked to be on course for another win when the substitute Ivan Toney could have sealed their progress when he went down in the box after rounding Boruc.

The Crusaders, who finished stone motherless this time last year when they were known as the Celtic Crusaders and had endured a nightmare first Super League season including the deportation of six of their Australians, sealed their progress to the top eight with a thrilling 30-24 win against Hull KR in Wrexham last night.