Sentence examples for the cup started from inspiring English sources

The procession of the Cup started at LA Live Plaza and went along the red carpet to the Team LA Store.

When racing for the Cup starts Feb. 15, mentor and student will enter the starting box as adversaries.

"The Cup starts now; every match is going to be a final," Ronaldo said in the news conference afterward.

Take 3 sips from each of the cups, starting with the smallest cup and ending with the largest cup.

— The first day of the Breeders' Cup started with an altercation between the jockeys Calvin Borel and Javier Castellano over rough riding.

"I was unlucky that I won the day before the World Cup started [for Germany].

Then again, before the World Cup started, virtually all handicappers (including The Economist's own journalists) projected that Spain would reach at least the tournament's semifinals.

On my way to the bookies a week or so before the World Cup started, I'd more or less decided to put my money on England.

In 1908, the Allan Cup was introduced as the trophy for Canada's amateurs, and the Stanley Cup started to become a symbol of professional hockey supremacy.

Meanwhile, independent groups are still organizing protests -- and vow to continue them once the Cup starts on June 12.

France's boycott of the Heineken Cup started on Saturday.