Bottom club Hertha Berlin earned their first league point since the opening day of the season as they held Wolfsburg 0-0 at home, a result which left the defending champions in seventh place on 17 points.
Meanwhile at the WTA event in Stuttgart, defending champion Maria Sharapova booked at place in Sunday's final after beating Germany's Angelique Kerber in three sets 6-3 2-6 7-5.
First, as Sir Lawrence Freedman, the war's official historian, summarises, Britain would indeed struggle to recover the islands if they were overrun again but defending them in the first place would be much easier, because of the men and kit now deployed there.
Defending champion Djokovic secured his place in the semi-finals by beating Gilles Simon 6-3 6-2.
Over the July 4th weekend, a summit called Texas Defending the American Dream took place in a chilly hotel ballroom in Austin.
Last weekend, the first Afghan-led military operation took place successfully in Helmand, Afghans defending themselves.
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Watson will play Peng, the world number 72, on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals against defending champion Wickmayer or Simona Halep.
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However, the defending British visually-impaired mixed coxed fours boat, easily booked their place in Saturday's final - winning the semi-final by 13 seconds.
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So the Chinese are defending their predatory currency policies, which are creating the need for QE2 in the first place, by trying to change the global conversation.
In Germany , two-time defending champions Borussia Dortmund moved above Bayer Leverkusen into second place after winning their clash 3-2.
Cancellara, the defending Olympic champion, remained on the course, and only after the Swiss veteran finished in seventh place did Wiggins dare accept a congratulations.
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Defending world champion Hamilton expects to build on the form he showed to win in Hungary to compete for a podium place in Valencia this weekend.
The Blues have lost just twice in 13 games and could seal a place in the new Magners League end-of-season play-offs should they beat defending league champions Munster at the Arms Park next Sunday and deny them a bonus point.
In the women's draw, Li Na beat defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4 6-2 to secure reach the semifinals and seal her place in the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul.
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