Sentences with phrase «against champions on»

As many Slaw readers may know, IBM's system known as Watson will go up against champions on Jeopardy in less than two weeks — on February 14, 15, and 16, to be exact.

Not exact matches

He championed tariffs on Chinese imports, penalties against American companies building factories in China, and tighter restrictions on Chinese investment in the U.S.

While much focus has been on human versus machine — Garry Kasparov versus IBM's Deep Blue in chess matches of the 1990s or the Watson computer pitted against human champions on Jeopardy — the greatest potential for advancement comes from humans partnering with computers.

The talking heads on Sun News champion the free market, and rail against meddling by government bodies.

Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.

Defending champion Alexander Zverev had to dig deep to win his second - round match at the ATP tournament in Munich on Wednesday after a scare against fellow German Yannick Hanfmann.

Liverpool reached the Champions League final for the first time in 11 years after a 7 - 6 aggregate win against Roma on Wednesday.

Zinedine Zidane sprung a surprise by dropping Casemiro for Real Madrid's Champions League semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

The other is championing the Vatican against a group of aging nuns whom they say are on the verge of extinction unless they reform.

He upheld and championed priestly celibacy; re-affirmed and explained the importance of an all - male priesthood, while advancing the true dignity of woman in all other ways; issued a clear declaration on sexual ethics, and a decree against abortion and on behalf of life.

After becoming the 2010 Central Division Champions — the Reds» first playoff spot in 15 years — they lost against the Phillies who will go on to the World Series.

That may include deploying some big name overseas - base landholders to help champion Australia's export case against quota restrictions and non-quota barriers, including bans on hormone growth promotants in beef.

Winks may only have one England cap under his belt to date, having been named man of the match on debut against Lithuania, but his superb displays home and away against back - to - back European champions Real suggest he is more than ready to shine in Russia.

They were knocked out of the Champions League quarter - finals to Liverpool on Tuesday night and failed to win the Premier League title against rivals Manchester Utd last weekend — after surrendering a two goal lead.

A Man Utd predicted line up as the Red Devils take on PSV in their opening game of the Champions League, with Anthony Martial tipped to start after his superb debut goal against Liverpool at the weekend...

If you wasn't tryin your best to be a knobhead «Buddie» which round my part of NW London [buddie] means your dick... You'd know that Jack Wilshire was in the champion league final against barcelona and at that time he was round 18 yrs old and ran their much acclaimed mid-field ragged and it was a catalyst for him as from then on he was counted among the most promising mid-fielders arsenal and england had ever produced.

Forster has shot to prominence with his displays for Celtic over the last couple of years, but has now moved on from the Glasgow club despite their Champions League reprieve and upcoming play - off tie against Slovenian championsChampions League reprieve and upcoming play - off tie against Slovenian championschampions Maribor.

There are also a few shocks on final positioning in this year's group stages so the Gunners could once again be drawn against a potential champions league winner early on in the competition.

What better way to start than the second - leg against Monaco — with a 3 - 1 defeat suffered in the first - leg — this would be the perfect moment for Ozil to silence his critics, and spur Arsenal on to an epic Champions League comeback.

Whether Arsene Wenger chooses to rest a few first team players for the Champions League away game against Barcelona on Wednesday night remains to be seen, but judging from his comments in the press conference today reported by The Mirror, I would not be at all surprised.

Arsenal took on Besiktas in the 2nd leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Besiktas last night, needing an outright win to progress through to the group stages of the competition for the 17th year running.

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil faced colossal criticism for his uninspired performance in the embarrassing Champions League defeat to Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco last Wednesday, but after grabbing two assists against Everton on Sunday — are the German's critics unjust?

The squad met up at Vardy's house to watch Tottenham's 2 - 2 draw with Chelsea, with the result ensuring that the Foxes were crowned champions and will be given the opportunity to celebrate their achievement at the King Power Stadium against Everton on Saturday.

The reigning World Cup champions begin their qualification campaign against Poland on Saturday and then the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.

His latest starring role came against Man City in the Champions League on Wednesday night, and while he's enjoying the form of his career and the Reds are flourishing because of it, a move elsewhere would seemingly make no sense for either.

This Tuesday we face Barcelona FC in the Champions League and anyone but the most blind faithed wouldn't give us much hope of getting past them (especially based on our past performances in the UCL, bar one instance against them).

Arsenal will want to get their Champions League campaign back on trach this evening and we have a great chance at home against Galatasaray.

Tonight's Europa League game against Besiktas will mark Liverpool's first return to the Ataturk Stadium for the first time since they came back from 3 - 0 down, to win the 2005 Champions League final on penalties against AC Milan.

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

They may also have to deal with a returning Andrea Pirlo, who has been on the sidelines with calf injury since the Old Lady's last Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund.

We do have a Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb on the Tuesday after the international break but it is at home and we do play on the Saturday beforehand.

The Premier League champions will be looking to close the gap on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and with the Hammers taking just one point from their last six league games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confident.

While Bayern Munich easily took care of business on the road despite giving up an early equalizer, Atletico Madrid gave Barcelona a dogfight that wasn't truly settled until the final minutes but ultimately took care of business against the reigning Champions League winners.

While his performance and sending off against Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek did raise further questions about his ability to make an impact on the big stages in Europe, there is no denying that the Argentine forward is a quality individual who is integral to Juve's future success.

Is that we will not have a team that will be capable of winning the league or to be crowned european champions because it will require spending on a larger scale and this would go against the business model.

Wenger's men, however, have to guard against any naivety that they have exhibited on a fair few occasions this season, when they have over-attacked and committed too many men forward while trailing at home to Manchester United in the league and in the first leg of this champions league tie.

With Clyne looking like going to Liverpool, Manchester United are sure to up their interest in Barcelona right - back Dani Alves, who looks set to leave the club at the end of the season, which culminates with their Champions League final against Juventus on the 6th of June.

This pattern went on until Arsenal pulled some pretty powerful performances in the UEFA champion League in 2006 especially, coming to just 15 minutes away from a famous win against Barcelona.

The England Under - 21 international joined the west London giants» academy aged 7 and earned his first competitive debut in a Champions League clash against MSK Zilina in 2010 — with high expectations placed on his shoulders.

Gordon's scheduled «Proving Ground» match against Ring of Honor champion Dalton Castle in West Palm Beach on April 27 shows his progress in the company in only a year's time, and he plays an important role on the Young Bucks» cutting edge «Being The Elite» YouTube series.

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Indeed, the Burnley midfielder showered the centre - back with some glowing praise following his performance against Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

After all, a point away from home against the champions would not be a bad result by any means, whereas yet another defeat, even if it is a narrow one, would inflict further damage on the confidence and self - belief of the Arsenal players.

It might be a push for Arsene Wenger to throw the new Arsenal signing straight into action against Sunderland on Saturday, but with The Mirror reporting that the Gunners are ready to announce the transfer of Mohamed Elneny from the Swiss champions Basel, it is certainly a possibility.

The 25 - year - old certainly won't be fit in time for Liverpool's crucial Champions League tie against Real Madrid on Tuesday night.

They are replaced by Pedro, who will likely take the wide role that Oscar took up in the Champions League, and Eden Hazard, who will be looking to build on his encouraging late cameo against Kiev.

Barcelona top La Liga and will extend their lead to four points with a win against Real Madrid, going some way to sealing another league title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions League.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

Look the Bayern the barca and co are top top teams with huge history We need to concentrate to build up wins we need to win cups then league than we go and win the champion league the result today show that we are Lincoln in front of Bayern and a bit better as we scored against Bayern and Lincoln did nt score against us >> > I had a busy Tuesday as I was coming home I guessed we were 1 2 down I turned on the match to be 1 2 to see it go down hill I wished I never turned it on

What I saw on Wednesday evening against the current champions gave me, as a fan, something to be proud of.