PSG had the chance to take the top spot if they defeated their arch-rivals after Lyon's surprising defeat to Auxerre.

In Sweden, there was a severe reaction to this surprising defeat, and the Swedish commander, Lieutenant Colonel von Knorring, was court-martialed.

The Patriots (13-2) were coming off a surprising 29-28 defeat in Miami on Monday night.

On March 6 of 1970, he suffered a somewhat surprising defeat, at the hands of Felix Marquez, who had only one prior professional fight.

Limerick, however, were out of sorts as they suffered a surprising 3-19 to 0-18 defeat.

The result is a surprising defeat of the National Conference, which was the dominant political force in the state for over 40 years.

This was a surprising defeat, but the worst was yet to come.

The nervousness among the Republicans has been heightened by a surprising defeat they were dealt last year.

So perhaps the most surprising element of last week's surprising defeat of the crime bill on a procedural motion was Lee Hamilton's "no" vote.

This giant and surprising defeat of the Russians shocked everyone and opened a new phase in the conflict.