Sentences with phrase «league level for»

Not exact matches

After losing out to Bell for FIFA World Cup rights in October, CBC's executive director of sports, Jeffrey Orridge, whose network had also lost out on rights to the Canadian Football League and Canadian Curling Association, told The Globe and Mail, «It's a challenge for the sports media landscape in general, to sustain these types of levels, what rights are currently commanding.»

That level of production for just a three - month period puts Netflix in a league of its own.

But TV ratings and digital broadcasts are measured in totally different ways, and when Next Level Media broke the numbers apart, it concluded that at least four times as many people watched an NBA Finals game on average as tuned in for League of Legends finals.

The findings, which controlled for such factors as skill level and league ranking, were significant enough to garner a call from Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets (who holds an MBA).

Caster Semenya will bid to move the spotlight from new IAAF rules for female athletes who have high testosterone levels firmly back to the track as the Diamond League gets under way in Doha on Friday.

The league tables show schools with «a religious ethos» make up 62 % of the schools that reached the government's targets for pupil's levels of reading, writing and maths.

They could more easily make the defense champions league quality with two or three high quality signings, then go for a striker like Lukkaku, I think Lukaku would raise the level of the strike force, and a stout defense would eliminate these embarrasing goals that we give up.

Arsenal are readying a bid for Barcelona attacker Pedro Rodriguez as sources within the Nou Camp have confirmed that high level scouts from the North London side have been spotted at matches state Tribalfootball, even before the two teams were drawn to meet each other in Champions League action.

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

«Until that, win the FA Cup or the League Cup — it will be fantastic for our fans but is not going to move the club to a different level.

I watched the game again and found out Arsenal played so brilliantly the level of the performance was of old Arsenal I have no doubt that the Arsenal will win the league providing we remain united and strong and patient the next 38 games will just be the road for success we just need to remain focused on the road we will eventually arrive to our destination enjoy the trip guys

The Championship levels or a lower positioned Premier League team would work wonders for Holding if he was to get regular playing time.

Despite a lack of Champions League football, I firmly believe that Arsenal still has been the reputation and financial stability to compete for top - quality talent, but it appears as though Wenger has started with his Europa League - level recruitment.

Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughleague game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughLeague and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.

He is a fantastic backup at this level and would start for more than half the league.

Pete Rose is the all - time leader for hits in Major League Baseball history, and that's indisputable, but what Ichiro did, spanning two decades and two countries, in an era of LOOGYs and power closers, while performing at a high level and not writing himself into the lineup, just might be more impressive.

The assist he provided for Kieran Gibbs to level the scores was his 10th of the season in the league.

The 29 - year - old has only started 14 league games for the Potters, but he remains a vital player for Honduras, whom he has represented 94 times at senior international level.

And don't forget Ajax has the advantage of not having the pressure to compete for the Premier League of all competitions, meaning you can get talents that are a lot more raw still than we can because they don't have to immediately have to perform at such a high level.

It has never really been about how much you spend or how much of a genius you are, it takes sustained competitiveness at the highest level and / or that extra bit of luck to have a shot at it hence my [previous] happiness at being in the top four [lots of clubs would do almost anything to get in that league], however even that can get stale, to be realistic, I think progress would be aiming for the top two now, enough of these top four stories, it ran its course now we need to aim higher, when the top two is our priority, it becomes inevitable that whoever might be in front of us is bound to slip up on a few occasions ala Bayern and Dortmund, we should now set our sights on the top four of the champions league lol

A run of eight games without a clean sheet is Cech's worse ever run in the league and I think despite remaining adamant he can play at the top for several more years to come, it could be argued that his level of play is slowly beginning to fall with age.

A club of our stature challenging for the PL title, the toughest league in the world, we should make a statement at this level, wether we win or lose the game in the end.

that is in terms of being a challenger for the top prizes like the Premiership and the Champions League...... why waste another year (year 11) before passing judgement on Wenger's ability to compete at the top level.

Mbappe was 17 last season and he scored 24 goals in the league and now sold for # 160m — Nelson, and I dare say Willock and Nketiah are quite close to that level if given the chance.

Morale is down, toxicity in the stands is spreading to the dressing room, pay attention to Ozil and Sanchez and even Bellerins body language, the playing for a lost cause... If I'm Ozil there is no way I'm putting in a similar level of performance I did last season if the «main striker» goes missing for 14 games despite creating 141 chances and breaking the premier league record

We are far off from competing for the champions league, in fact I'll say this about all the top english clubs Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool they are no where near the level of top teams in Europe

This same level of care has made him one of the league's top - rated officials, worker of two Super Bowls and an alternate for three more.

She is part of the England Performance programme and super league outfit Hertfordshire Mavericks playing the highest level of netball in this country whilst studying for a medical degree.

I think circumstances in the game can lead to settling for a point etc, but we as Arsenal must travel to any team in the league with the absolute belief that should we perform to our level we WILL win.

Despite being injured for the majority of the loan, he did not bring a level of quality to win a Premier League title, especially in comparison to players Arsenal were linked to at the time, such as Blaise Matuidi.

What Swindal & Co. hope will also flower is a revolution that creates a more level playing field for nurturing Latin talent for the big leagues, one that would upend a rigid, time - honored caste system.

Okaka had a spell on loan at Fulham last season and scored two goals in eleven appearances, and a lower level Premier League club may look to him for a cut - price deal.

The 25 - year - old has impressed in his first season in the Premier League, having previously shone at Championship level for Ipswich Town before his # 4m move to Upton Park.

Level with Welbeck is a striker signed from the French second tier and yet has been brilliant for the Hammers, scoring six league goals in just eight appearances.

However, as noted in the report, Spurs are not interested in allowing clubs a chance to prise the 45 - year - old away, while Pochettino himself is said to be happy at the club as he looks to take them to the next level and really push the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City for the Premier League title.

Having got the ball rolling with excellent spells at Espanyol and Southampton, the Argentine tactician has taken himself and Spurs to the next level since arriving at White Hart Lane as the club are in the midst of a Premier League title race for the second consecutive season.

Lucas Moura has levelled the score for PSG tonight during their clash with Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League tonight.

He plays with good pad level for the most part, but I have some concerns about how he would hold up against bigger, stronger defensive tackles in the league.

It remains to be seen where Sanogo will end up, but it is thought that Arsene Wenger is keen for him to be playing regularly for a Premier League club to help him gain the experience needed to shine at the top level for his Arsenal side after something of a difficult start in front of goal since he joined the Gunners last season.

David Moyes will be keen to freshen up his squad this summer and will have an eye to youth though the level of talent he can lure to Man United could be reduced somewhat if he doesn't secure a Champions League berth for next term.

These two communities had long been local baseball rivals, but such rivalries grow most intense in the 12 - year - old year, that final magical season of Little League for boys, when they are young enough to be considered children yet old enough to play the sport at a highly athletic level.

Giroud has gone from lower level french football to the premier league in about 5 years, I can see him improving for another 2 seasons and that may put him at Van Persie's peak level (and that without all those injuries and rapid decline).

In addition to honest and open communication concerns, there are also fundamental issues of managerial incompetence, poor negotiating strategy, procrastination, dithering, lack of ambition, lack of willingness to compete with the top teams in the league despite supposedly being financial heavyweights, desperation at the very end of the window, compounded by promises made when Arsene was re-signed and poor team selection decisions for the first three matches, further compounded by a pattern of incompetence during transfer windows and in general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low level.

Toure's strike denied Cech the stand - alone record of most Premier League clean sheets — he remains level with David James on 169 — but was only a consolation for City.

These young guns will only get a chance to prove themselves at top level if and only if arsenal make massive signings that will give us a major trophy... if we are for example leading the league in like seven points in February, then we can afford to give them some minutes on field but they wont get game time on the current team cz the manager realizes that the club needs trophies and hez running out of time so i even doubt he will use them in capital one cup... Good luck boys

Contrary to popular beliefs, the last two games have shown that we're a level above what we were for the past several seasons and can definitely win the league this season if we iron out a few issues such as, team selection, gelling of new players and tactics.

Eventually when these types of player come to higher level i.e. premiere league, they start to fade as there are far more better players than him in that category, for example Joel Cambell, Benik afobe, Bendtner, Arshavin etc..

Atletico Madrid have drawn level in tonight's Champions League final thanks to Yannick Carrasco's first Champions League goal for Los Rojiblancos.

Newcastle United signed Cabaye from Lille in June 2011 and he more than proved himself at Premier League level, scoring 18 goals in 93 appearances for the St James» Park side, and is a player Arsene Wenger will hope can add a fresh dimension to his Gunners midfield.

Once - upon - a-time Ross Barkley was going to take the premier league by storm, and become a hero for England at international level.