Sentence examples for thrilling contests from inspiring English sources

This weekend's Heineken Cup quarter-finals are not short of quality or pedigree, with four thrilling contests in prospect.

Ghana, too, have a local coach and James Kwesi Appiah deserved all the plaudits for the way his team played so vibrantly against Germany in one of the most thrilling contests of this World Cup.

As we insist on adding competitions that let the pros in to a greater and greater extent, the chance to see more offbeat yet potentially thrilling contests evaporates.

Somehow, though, Hull survived to edge a thrilling contest.

A dance duel between José Maldonado and Mr. Córdoba is a thrilling contest of rhythmic wits.

Hibs – beaten finalists in the past two years – fell to their fourth straight loss in an thrilling contest.

What a pity that the referee had to become central to a thrilling contest.

AFC Wimbledon won a thrilling contest against Luton 3-2, and third-placed Wycombe triumphed by the same scoreline at Carlisle.

As Nwankwo Kanu poked in the only goal of a thrilling contest, Portsmouth reversed the curse of many decades.

Bresnan concluded a thrilling contest by bowling Andy Caddick off his pads, sparking wild celebrations among the fielding side.

In a thrilling contest, the lead exchanged hands three times, with the Springboks leading the way for most of the game.