Example Sentences

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As Premiership winners, Celtic will enter the Champions League in the play-off round, the stage they lost at last term.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Back in 2020, at the height of their powers, his team were relegated from the Premiership and fined more than £5m for repeated breaches of the top-flight salary cap.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Nineteen-year-old twins Jack and Tyler Fletcher made their debuts this season, while 18-year-old Jacob Devaney excelled on loan at Scottish Premiership outfit St Mirren over the second half of the season.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Voted for by our expert pundits, dedicated team of journalists, and specialist football programme makers, these awards celebrate the players who starred in the Premier League, Women's Super League, Scottish Premiership and EFL in 2025-26.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The Queen's distrust of Mr Gladstone—not her "prejudice" against him—was of a much earlier date than his first Premiership.

From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Martin, Sir Theodore