Sentences with phrase «against the reigning champion of»

The latest product from the company, not coincidentally announced a couple of weeks ahead of Black Friday, looks to be competing with Amazon on price, as well — a tough proposition when you're going up against the reigning champion of consumer hardware subsidies.

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That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

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

It's funny, that Arsenal loose one of our friendlies and a large portion of fans are telling us how awful we are and how terrible we are going to do next season, based off the one display, yet when we win the charity shield, against the reigning champions, it means absolutely nothing.

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.

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

The 28 - year - old completed his move to the reigning champions of England last week in a deal worth a reported # 21million and enjoyed a dream debut against West Brom at the weekend as he scored one and created another inside 30 minutes at the Hawthorns.

The Blues — England's reigning champions — are enduring a miserable campaign in the Premier League, and while they scraped a draw against Everton this weekend, they remain mired in the bottom half of the table.

The fan was one of several seen in the video kicking a red ball around the Plaza Mayor in Madrid city centre, ahead of his team's game against reigning European Champions Real Madrid.

Following victories for Arsenal and Manchester United over the weekend, the reigning Premier League champions dropped down to fourth in the table ahead of their game against Crystal Palace on Monday night.

Following their goalless draw against Atletico Madrid on Saturday, the reigning La Liga champions remain in third place in the standings but dropped 10 points adrift of Barcelona.

Chisora was stripped of his licence in March after an ugly press conference brawl with Haye following his unsuccessful heavyweight title bout against reigning world champion Vitali Klitschko the previous month.

Over the course of 90 minutes against the reigning English champions, Coquelin won all of his attempted tackles (3) and an astonishing 7 of his 8 aerial duels, indicating the control he had over proceedings that day.

Arsenal were already up against it this weekend, as the fifth round of games in the Premier League season sees the Gunners travel to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning EPL champions less than three days after facing the Ge4rman club FC Cologne in a Europa League clash, so the last thing Arsene Wenger needed was to lose one of his key players.

The game at Stamford Bridge last weekend certainly felt like it could be the catalyst for a change in our fortunes, as no one gave us much of a sniff against the in form and reigning champions.

Costa failed to score at last summer's major competition in Brazil as the then reigning champions of the world were knocked out at the group stage and his one and only goal for the Spaniards came in a routine 4 - 0 Euro 2016 qualifier victory against Luxembourg in October last year.

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As well as being a vitally important home game for Arsenal in the quest for Champions League glory, the game against Galatasaray this evening marks the 18th anniversary of the managerial reign of Arsene Wenger.

Simpson also finally got the international recognition he deserved and finally made his debut against England at the tender age of 36 as Scotland beat the reigning World Champions 3 - 2 at Wembley.

It was hardly the opening match which he would have wanted but a clash against the reigning world champion in the Short Stature 6 class of the Dubai Para-Badminton International, but such a draw becomes second nature for the Alpha two - times World and European champion Niall McVeigh as he continues his build - up to the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

Another victory followed over Spain's Marta Tort Merino but Gibbons» winning run came to an end at the semi-final stage against reigning Olympic champion Kayla Harrison of the USA.

However, the reigning Barclays Premier League champions have been unable to land either defender and now look set to turn their attentions to luring Rose away from White Hart Lane before they begin the defence of their title against Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

Ahead of the upcoming international friendlies which England's national football team will be playing during the weekend in what will be called a «friendly» against bitter rivals and reigning world champions Germany in Berlin - a dress rehearsal of the European Championships in France, in June 2016, it's only fair that we looked at Roy Hodgson's best performing players in the Premier League.

Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea begin the defence of their title with a good looking home opener against Burnley.

It was another tough week for the two teams against two of the top sides in the country as Catherine Wilcock's Dark Blues were beaten 82 - 6 at home by the reigning champions Cardiff Met and Alice Middleton's gallant Light Blues went down 92 - 0 in Topsham against Exeter University a week after their 72 - 0 defeat in Cardiff.

They battled out a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool over the weekend to keep their good unbeaten streak of form going and with Swansea looking all out of sorts and lacking any kind of quality, there are a good three points on offer for the reigning Champions here.

Manchester United will be pitted against reigning La Liga and UEFA Champions League holders at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California in United second International Champions Cup match, their fourth match of their pre-season.

Pablo Ibanez is another of Di Matteo's summer additions and in the same match with Spanish club Osasuna, picked up a knock which could hinder his chances of featuring against the reigning English champions but both Steven Reid and Boaz Myhill should start from the off as the Baggies will predictably set themselves up to frustrate their superior opponents by putting plenty of men behind the ball and trying to use the counter-attack as their main source of goalmouth action.

Real Madrid took control of their Champions League semi-final with a 1 - 0 first leg victory against reigning holders Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday.

The reigning champions were deemed favorites to secure three points against bottom - side Palace on Saturday, but they failed to show up in the absence of key first - team players.

In the club's first foray into the Premier League International Cup, Manchester United's U23's faced off against reigning champions Villarreal at what can now be called the youth side's home ground of Leigh Sports Village.

The fans need to give him a bit of love, and the reigning European Champions the support they have earned over the past 8 years, but Costa must first break that scoring barrier and push on from there against either Slovakia or Luxembourg.

The reigning champion, Juventus celebrated at home in the 21st round of the Serie A competition against Lazio.

In fact, with the likelihood of Blackburn not shutting up shop this weekend like they did against the Reds, Everton should find plenty more room than that of the reigning English champions.

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In this second leg match they will need to show more aggression in attack, and to opens up, it they even intend to do something serious in Munich.Marseille group match against Bundesliga reigning champion, Borussia Dortmund showned that they are capable of scoring more than two goals on away matches to german teams.However, last time when Bayern lost by two goals difference at home was last year from borussia Dortmund when Borrusia footballers went on to win the title.

Chelsea have a formidable record against the Midlands outfit having won all five of the previous Premiership encounters, and with Branislav Ivanovic back at the heart of the Chelsea defence, surely the reigning Premier League champions have enough about them to see off bottom - of - the - league Wolves?

Chelsea Ladies kicked off their pre-season with the toughest of challenges against reigning Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg this afternoon...

The reigning European champions are still standing in this year's UEFA Champions League, even though this Tuesday's night 3 - 4 home loss against Schalke ended up exposing most of their weaknesses onchampions are still standing in this year's UEFA Champions League, even though this Tuesday's night 3 - 4 home loss against Schalke ended up exposing most of their weaknesses onChampions League, even though this Tuesday's night 3 - 4 home loss against Schalke ended up exposing most of their weaknesses once again.

City though have won their last four home Premier League games against reigning champions — each of the last two was by a three - goal margin and over 2.5 goals at Sky Bet is a price of 5/6, while city to win by a 3 - goal margin is a price of 4/1.

In 1996, when a computer won a match against the then reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov, it was nothing short of a sensation.

Ahead of the event, the odds were on the reigning human champions, who won the last competition against the AI in 2015.

And so we're tweaking our «Best of the 21st Century» formula (check out our Horror Films, Animated and Music Documentary features) to look instead at the top - grossing films of the century to date, and seeing how, in this season of bottom lines and billions and box office bombs, the 25 reigning champions of the century stack up against each other in terms of quality.

After his scheduled opponent backs out of a match against the reigning world heavy weight champion (Carl Weathers), the consummate showman decides to stage a fight against a local boxer and give him a Cinderella shot at the coveted belt.

Adonis is adamant about forging his own path without the help of his father's legacy, but when his secret is revealed and he's offered a fight against the reigning world champion, he must prove to himself (and his detractors) that he's worthy of the Creed name.