81.   The Americans suffered their first defeat after three straight victories, but they are sure of a berth in the medal round.

82.   The government suffered its first defeat in parliament in two decades Tuesday when ruling party proposals to change legal and election procedures were outvoted.

83.   The first defeat in four months slipped third-place Lazio five points behind La Juve, possibly out of contention for the Italian title.

84.   The move came after elections dealt the Christian Democrats, whose coalitions had dominated Italian politics since the end of World War II, their first major defeat.

85.   The other two overnight co-leaders, yokozuna Takanohana and ozeki Musashimaru, suffered their first defeats in the upset-filled seventh day action.

86.   The reversal handed Team New Zealand its first defeat in nine races and pulled oneAustralia within one point of the first-place Kiwis.

87.   The result was the first defeat for the Peronist Party since President Carlos Menem swept back into power for a second term in May.

88.   The Thai squad suffered its first defeat Wednesday night, when super-middleweight Sayidkhan Kulamahmad lost by two points to Uzbekistan gold medal hopeful Dilshod Yarbekov.

89.   Though missing star-forwards Abel Balbo and Daniel Fonseca, Roma played an all-attack game causing Juventus its first defeat in nine games.

90.   This was the first professional defeat for the Hungarian, who had previously won all his five fights with KOs.