Sentences with phrase «bigger prize money»

Tang joined the American team Tempo Storm so she could get the chance to compete against Western opponents for bigger prize money.

McMahon wanted to bring WWF - style showmanship and bigger prize money to the sport of bodybuilding.

Though she led the crusade for bigger prize money in women's tennis, she did not get rich — at least not by the standards of today's players.

Once you've done eight standard events you'll get an invite to complete in a special race that nets you big prize money and a free bike should you be first to cross the finish line.

Street Fighter tends to be the biggest draw at EVO, usually attracting the largest player pools and biggest prize money.

Not exact matches

We won the prize money, developed the site and were able to recently secure $ 1.7 million in funding from some of the biggest investors in the world.

But bigger prizes at schools such as Rice, MIT, Stanford and Harvard can yield significant seed money: $ 25,000 to $ 100,000.

Of course we will turn it down, and that will be the same for Wolfsburg who just spend big money to get Gustavo last season and not in any pressure to sell their prize assets.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have been linked with a big - money offer for the England international, as reported by The Daily Mail, but Spurs have a plan in place to avoid selling one of their most prized assets.

With more than $ 675,000 in prize money last year, Rocca could afford to move, but he still lives in his father's house, even if it isn't really big enough for a family of four.

And Celtic manager Ronny Deila has now warned any interested parties that they will have to pay big money to secure his prized asset.

Ferrari will provide Liberty Media with a big test in that this discussion about prize money will determine how much the new owners of F1 will allow themselves to be dictated to by big teams in the sport.

He said at last year's TOUR Championship that the $ 10 million FedExCup prize, the biggest windfall in the game, was an «amount of money doesn't sort of mean much to me anymore.»

However, Klopp believes he can prize the striker away with a big money move as he looks to rebuild the squad he inherited from Brendan Rodgers earlier this season.

The Players Championship, which used to boast of having the biggest purse in the game, had $ 10.5 million in prize money this year.

After investing all the money they have, they are now competing with their local rivals for the biggest prize in English football.

And though they are aware that it will take a big sum of money to prize the pair from Stamford Bridge, they are also willing to throw striker Jackson Martinez into the deal as a sweetener.

They don't see us as being a bigger team, we don't offer enough money to prize their best players away.

Unlike other big leauges around europe, in premier league tv rights money and prize money is distributed among all 20 premier league sides equally.

And there's no reason to talk Indian Wells, the biggest tournament outside a Grand Slam, if the prize money isn't mentioned.

Thus, fans who find the hyper - inflation of big - time tennis prize money disturbing should find solace in the Penn Circuit.

He has rarely taken prize money in recent years, and betting on the birds, a big thing in New York City where a man can win $ 6,000 on a race, is a practice he avoids.

We are less than one year away from FIFA World Cup 2014 and the excitments thrills and preparations for the big event started with the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Brazil which the home side won it and now the countdown begins for the ultimate sporting event, the biggest in the world and in terms of prize money it ranks one of the most paying event.

However Lorient will not budge in their efforts to keep one of their prized jewels, and it will take a big money offer to consider selling him, according to Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes, who has publicly said that none of four clubs have bid enough money for the 22 - year - old.

«What I really want to focus on, whether we win the big prize, or smaller size, is to make sure we are really using the money effectively in public - private partnerships to create jobs here in the Rochester area,» Robach told WXXI News.

A Nobel prize brings big money and celebrity status for a few, but that's at odds with modern, collaborative science done for the greater good, says Geraint Lewis

A Nobel prize brings big money and celebrity status for a few, but that's at odds with modern, collaborative science done for the greater good

The Animal Sciences department received $ 1,000 in prize money in its third year of collegiate competition for the Big Scoop to be spent on student activities, and will also host a traveling trophy through 2018.

Kohut and fellow faculty member BTI Professor Greg Martin contributed prize money, hoping that a big enough pot would invite robust participation.

The «70s New Hollywood Comedy» festival strand did what it could with a cinematic moment that is not exactly prized for its humour, with titles including Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971), Take the Money and Run (Woody Allen, 1969) and, most interestingly, Mike Nichols» The Fortune (1975), which brought together such big names of the period as Carole Eastman / Adrien Joyce, Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Dick Sylbert.

With Sarah Silverman stealing every scene she can as the chain - smoking Women's Tennis Association manager Gladys, the result is unashamedly crowd - pleasing entertainment — but at a time when gender equality in tennis prize money is still a relatively recent stride forward, this is the kind of story that should be bringing in as big a crowd as possible.

Luckily, running pays well if you post a fast time in a big city marathon where thousands of athletes participate, attracting sponsors and substantial prize money.

On the other hand, maybe you've acquired a big sum of money, such as an inheritance or a prize.

Martha got more than just the title of World's Ugliest dog — she also took home a big trophy, $ 1500 in prize money, and she will be flown to New York for media appearances.

Earn enough points and you'll earn, in keeping with the festival concept, a color - coded wristband which denotes that you're allowed to enter the next level of events where the competition and prize - money obviously gets a little bigger.

Players compete against each other either online or offline to qualify for the Grand Final, the final tournament where the FIWC World Champion is crowned and receives the prize money of USD 20,000 as well as an invitation to the FIFA Ballon d'Or to meet the biggest football stars in the world.

The biggest tournament is the Vainglory one, with 6 teams from North America, the EU, and Korea battling it out for $ 50,000 in prize money.

Alongside the big name awards, the Independent Gaming Festival Awards (handed out at GDC) offered accolades and a hefty sum of prize money to their winners, which included Quadrilateral Cowboy (Excellence in Design, Grand Prize), Hyper Light Drifter (Excellence in Visual Art and the Audience pick), and Ladykiller in a Bind (Excellence in Narrative) to name a few.

February 23, 2017 • There's no prize money involved, although League of Legends maker Riot Games offers scholarships for the e-sports teams at Ohio State and competitors at other Big Ten campuses.

VSL The Fist 2 had another 4 part episodes of Twitch streams that had famed Korean Tekken players face off for big cash prize money.

The Broere Foundation sponsoring the award left little to chance: the nominations committee and jury consist of topnotch art world professionals and the 50,000 euro prize money places the award amongst the biggest in Europe.

he nominations committee and jury consist of topnotch art world professionals and the 50,000 euro prize money places the award amongst the biggest in Europe.

On the ropes and facing trillions of dollars in lost prize money, Big Oil has started fighting back.