1.   Dungannon nearly increased their lead when Jonathon Hastings charged down a Highfield kick in midfield.

2.   ANNADALE emerged victorious after the fourth and final round of the Panasonic League at the Antrim Forum where they increased their lead over Ballymena and Antrim.

3.   Wilkinson increased the lead with a brilliant header into the roof of the net from an inch-perfect left-wing cross by Ripley.

4.   Armstrong gave Sunderland the lead after twelve minutes and Gabiadini increased their lead five minutes later.

5.   Thame increased their lead immediately after the interval, Thomas scoring again after the Langford keeper had dropped the ball.

6.   Although Schumacher raced spectacularly at the next race, the Belgian Grand Prix, Hakkinen won it and increased his lead in the championship.

7.   Also, the Yankees increased their lead in race for a wild card over Anaheim to eight games.

8.   Although Mourning led the Heat in scoring, he missed three foul shots in the fourth quarter when Miami was trying to increase slim leads.

9.   Atlanta increased its lead in the second inning when Dotel ran into control problems.

10.   A month ago they increased their lead to a season-high seven games.