Bettered

Despite being placed second last, Bertrand is still proud as he bettered his performance compared to the semi-finals yesterday when he recorded 420.70 points for the same event.

Guirassy has already bettered his total of 11 goals he managed last season with this campaign already being his most prolific season to date, even before December has hit.

His non-penalty xG (10.3) was only bettered by five players too.

Only Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Piotr Zielinski bettered his assists from central midfield in Italy's top-flight last term, while his tally of 62 key passes had him ranked eighth in the division.

Horlick bettered that effort with a miraculous point-blank save to keep out Rees, with a lunging block denying Merthyr on the follow-up in the 88th minute.

In the Senior Plate Final, Adare bettered Killeedy.

Jack Cummings bettered his previous times at this event, finishing 44th in 30:54.

She then elevated the bar to 2.10 metres, which she cleared on her first try, earning applause from the audience at Stade Charlety in southern Paris as she bettered Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova's record from 1987 by one cm.

The pacy United States international has been accumulating frequent-flyer points with his regular overlapping sprints down the left wing and no top-flight defender has bettered his three assists.

Though criticised at the time, these results would not be bettered until Southgate’s reign over a decade later.

He finished with 15 runs for 126m – a remarkable effort only slightly bettered by Daniel Saifiti – and 19 tackles.

Of course, had Billiat went to either Celtic or Rangers, he would have earned more but those are the only two clubs who could have bettered his deal.

The 1.95m height he cleared on the day was only bettered by reigning Olympic champion, John Winter’s 1.98m height which was a Games record at the time.

The event has seen an improvement in the performances of the zone’s swimmers as records have been broken and bettered.

A hat-trick from Fernando Llorente and two goals from Serge Aurier, the first a thumping drive from distance that Harry Kane could hardly have bettered, saw Tottenham into the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of Rovers.

Australia were held together by the unflappable Steve Smith, who made 73 and was only dismissed by the most incredible boundary catch by Sheldon Cottrell, one that perhaps bettered the grab of England's Ben Stokes in the opening game against South Africa.

He bettered his previous mark of 387 yards against Texas A&M and tied his personal best for touchdowns set against Auburn, both of those coming in 2018.

Fakhar Zaman bettered the record of Viv Richards as he scored a whopping 515 runs in his last five innings against a hapless Zimbabwe bowling attack.

Fielding a squad costing only €37 million (this is bettered by 86 individual players in the tournament) it ranks 30th of 32 teams on cost.

Pankaj Advani bettered his own performance by moving into the title round after settling for bronze last month in the first leg in Doha.