Rivalry between the small Border towns is generally played out on the rugby union field.

The " Roses Rivalry " with Leeds stems from the Wars of the Roses, fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, with Manchester United representing Lancashire and Leeds representing Yorkshire.

Rivalry between him and Arminius, the Cheruscan leader who inflicted the devastating defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on the Romans under Publius Quinctilius Varus in 9 AD, prevented a concerted attack on Roman territory across the Rhine in the north ( by Arminius ) and in the Danube basin in the south ( by Maroboduus ).

Rivalry between Nepal and the British East India Company over the princely states bordering Nepal and India eventually led to the Anglo-Nepalese War ( 1814 – 16 ), in which Nepal suffered a complete rout.

* Rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge also has a long history, dating back to around 1209 when Cambridge was founded by scholars taking refuge from hostile Oxford townsmen, and celebrated to this day in varsity matches such as the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

Rivalry grew over time between him and Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, and on the death of Innocent VIII in 1492 Borgia was elected Pope Alexander VI.

Rivalry between Iran and some Arab states, along with the emergence of pan-Arabism and Arab nationalism, has seen the name Arabian Gulf become predominant in most Arab countries.

* Rivalry between clans is a theme recently developed by some scholars, based on an appreciation of the political significance of kinship groupings.

* Red River Rivalry, an annual football game between the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas teams

Rivalry between academic opinion at LSE and Cambridge goes back to the School's roots when LSE's Edwin Cannan ( 1861 – 1935 ), Professor of Economics, and Cambridge's Professor of Political Economy, Alfred Marshall ( 1842 – 1924 ), the leading economist of the day, argued about the bedrock matter of economics and whether the subject should be considered as an organic whole.

* Hariss, G. L., The Struggle for Calais: An Aspect of the Rivalry between Lancaster and York, English Historical Review LXXV ( 1960 ), 30.

In particular, The Rivalry between Lehigh University and Lafayette College is both the nation's most played and longest uninterrupted college football series.

Rivalry between China and the USSR may have exacerbated tensions between them, since Vietnam had affiliated itself with the USSR and Cambodia with China, but nationalism and territorial disputes were obviously more significant factors.

Rivalry between the European powers produced intense competition for the creation of colonial empires, and fueled the rush to sail out of Europe.

Rivalry between court architects temporarily halted the project between 1821 and 1825.

Rivalry between Australia and allies such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand is friendly and jocular in nature, as Australians often view these nations as members of an Anglosphere cultural tradition which has significant overlap with their own.

Rivalry and dissension, which lasted till the French Revolution, soon sprang up between the two monasteries, becoming especially virulent when in 1559 St Omer became a bishopric and Notre-Dame was raised to the rank of cathedral.

Rivalry between Kurdish and Turkish troops occurred occasionally when leading positions were at stake and towards the end of Ayyubid rule, Turks outnumbered Kurds in the army.

Rivalry of royal succession and particularly the tendency of autonomy led to longlasting feuds between the Dukes of Schleswig and the Kings of Denmark 1253 – 1325.

Rivalry between the Tyne and the Thames was very keen, and rowers who upheld the honour of the Tyne became local heroes.

However, major rivalries have grown since, including the rivalry with the Florida Gators, the Tennessee Volunteers, Auburn Tigers, referred to as the " Deep South's Oldest Rivalry " in reference to the first football game played between the two teams in 1892 and the more than one hundred meetings since.

Rivalry existed between Metrovick and BTH brands in the Electrical Engineering field, resulting in internal competition and duplicated management.

Collingwood's two opponents in the themed Rivalry Rounds staged to date have been Carlton ( 2005 – 2006, 2009 ) and Richmond ( 2007 – 2008 ).

Corwin wrote and directed two plays produced on Broadway, The Rivalry ( 1959 ) and The World of Carl Sandburg ( 1960 ).

Rivalry between the two clubs intensified in 2002 when Boston were promoted to the Football League, however " The Pilgrims " would go on to suffer a series of relegations since dropping out of League Two in 2008.

The UNM-NMSU rivalry is represented by the Rio Grande Rivalry, a series based on points awarded to the winners of head to head competitions between the two universities in every sport.

Rivalry between the two former factions of the Tophatters lasted for some time, with the two staging an open air ' battle-of-the-bands ' where they played from atop two flatbed trucks every fortnight.

Lo sposo deluso, ossia La rivalità di tre donne per un solo amante ( The Deluded Bridegroom, or The Rivalry of Three Women for One Lover ) is a two act opera buffa, K. 430, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart between 1783 and 1784.

Rivalry and bad feeling between the two resulted in Exner having to leave Studebaker, whose engineering chief Roy Cole provided personal introductions for him to Ford and Chrysler.

* UC Irvine and California State University, Long Beach ( Long Beach State )— Black and Blue Rivalry Series: The two Southern California schools compete in various sports such as baseball, basketball and volleyball to accumulate points for every victory.

The School's rival is the Depew High School Wildcats, and the two varsity football teams meet every year for a non-league game as a part of the Great American Rivalry Series, presented by the US Army.

Rivalry between Metrovick and BTH continued, and AEI was never able to exert effective control over the two competing subsidiary companies.

In the next game, the annual Deep South's Oldest Rivalry contest against the University of Georgia, he led Auburn to an exciting victory as he amassed 179 yards on an Auburn record 41 carries in one game, and scored two touchdowns, one of which was the game winner.

The start of football season also often matches the two schools in the Arch Rivalry Game.

The Gallagher brothers famously share a turbulent relationship ; one of their arguments was even released on a 1995 bootleg single entitled Wibbling Rivalry.

His voice was used for narration of the PBS 39 documentary on the Lehigh-Lafayette Rivalry Football Game, produced in 2004.

Rivalry between the Ashanti and Fante was long held but grew much more serious in the beginning of 19th century.

Johnston co-wrote, sang and contributed a signature guitar solo to the group's last major chart hit, " The Doctor " ( from 1989's Cycles ). This was followed by the album " Brotherhood " in 1991 which featured 4 songs by Johnston, and " Sibling Rivalry " in 2000 featuring the single " People Gotta Love Again ".

Rivalry started in the 1830s when the Free University of Brussels was established as a non-religious and freethinking university whereas the old Catholic University of Leuven-refounded in 1835-remained under Church control.

The 2008 Meeting of the Red River Rivalry was a major one.

Despite this injury, Bradford started in the 2009 Red River Rivalry confident that his shoulder was healed.

Originally, " Smokey I " was created by the University of Texas at Austin's mechanical engineering lab in 1953, in response to shotgun blasts often heard at the Red River Rivalry.

His first book on this subject was Rivalry and Central Planning ( Cambridge University Press 1985 ).

On the interview Wibbling Rivalry, Noel Gallagher said of the song, " With " Supersonic ", I worried I was never going to write another song after that ' cos I thought, ' It sounds that good '... Two days later I superseded it by about 50 fuckin ' times.

Power, Inc .: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government -- and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead ( ISBN 978-0374151287 ) was published in 2012 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and addresses the changing nature of national and private power-especially that wielded by large multinational corporations-in the global era.

The I-5 Rivalry was a rivalry between the Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers, so named because of the Interstate 5 Highway that connects Seattle and Portland.

This concept was built upon in a set of ESPN commercials tagged " Never Graduate " and " Long Live Rivalry " where graduates of popular colleges interact with graduates of rival schools in humorous agitating ways.