In the 2002 governor's race, Blagojevich rode to victory 7 points ahead of opponent Jim Ryan.
Federer had a match point in the deciding tie-break but missed his chance with a wayward forehand, allowing Berdych to claim the victory three points later.
Brown added the Olympic title to her world crown with a victory by 14 points in the final.
Calzaghe then defended his WBO belt for the 19th time with a unanimous points victory over Sakio Bika.
Even so, a points victory on foot-and-mouth is hardly likely to save the Tories' electoral bacon in May.
British boxer Noel Wilders took the vacant European bantamweight title with a convincing points victory over Frenchman Fabien Guillerme in Nice.
In his next outing in October 2008, Cleverly impressed with a breakthrough points victory over hardened veteran Tony Oakey to claim the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title.
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Sosnowski, who is based in Brentwood, Essex, but originally hails from Warsaw, claimed the title with an emphatic points victory over Italian Paolo Vidoz in December.
Their first encounter in May 2004 ended in a draw, while the Filipino took a points victory at the conclusion of their rematch four years later.
The 34-year-old was quick to recover though and made the referee's count comfortably before going on to dominate the final two rounds and secure the points victory.
The 36-year-old stepped up to the light-heavyweight division to fight Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April where his points victory won Calzaghe the prestigious Ring Magazine title.
On the same card, Calzaghe's stablemate Nathan Cleverly got the Welsh contingent off to a good start with a shut-out 80-72 eight-round points victory over North Carolina veteran Antonio Baker.
Sosnowski, who is based in Brentwood, Essex, is best known for a stoppage win over Danny Williams in 2008, while he claimed the European title with an emphatic points victory over Italian Paolo Vidoz in December.
Kenseth was stripped of 50 driver points in the standings he earned only 48 points for the victory and NASCAR also erased the three bonus points he earned for the win that would have been applied in seeding for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
"I need to have a good race here and challenge for the victory to claw some points back, " said Button.
But their third clash in November 2011 ended in controversy when Pacquiao was awarded victory in a marginal points decision.
Victory takes them 17 points clear at the top of the Championship table with only four games of the regular season remaining.
The victory gave Shrewsbury 24 points and leaves them on 134 behind Bromsgrove and Old Hill and 14 points clear of fourth-placed Stratford.
Victory with seven bonus points will guarantee Notts the title, and three more runs on day two will see them bag maximum batting points.
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The victory gives Burkinabe six points in the group, and takes them above South Africa, who also have six points, on the number of goals scored.
Meanwhile, in other news, Man Utd can take another step towards retaining their Premier League title at Middlesbrough while Everton can reduce the gap behind fourth-place Liverpool to three points with victory over Derby.
The victory moves Spurs level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea, who play Liverpool on Sunday, and earned a second gritty victory in four days to revive a season that appeared to be wobbling in recent weeks.
The Knicks actually trailed by 10 when Stoudemire entered in the first quarter, then went on to challenge the franchise-record victory margin of 48 points and kept alive Mike Woodson's chances of coaching the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
It was the Croatians' turn to look rattled but the game was opening up beautifully as both teams saw the value in going for victory and three vital points with matches against holders Spain and Italy still to come.
Davenport raced to a 6-1 lead but then squandered four match points before clinching victory.
England's victory moved them level on points with group leaders Spain, and with a game in hand.
Ian Humphreys kicked over 18 points in a victory which takes Ulster up to fourth in the Magners League.
He needed six match points to seal victory after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt.
Tsonga, who will meet fellow countryman Gilles Simon in the last four, fought off five match points before claiming victory.
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