Sentences with phrase «champion open their campaign»

Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng the current Olympic champion open their campaign at the Li Ning China Open 2012 against English pair of Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis.

Not exact matches

These oppressed also saw the doors opening for them as a way out of the misery with the success of the anti-slave campaign championed by the missionaries.

The Gibraltar - born doctor tore onto the pitch during the reigning champions» disappointing 2 - 2 home draw with Swansea City on the opening day of the new campaign to treat stricken forward Eden Hazard.

With Arsenal facing a difficult opening to the new Premier League campaign with Liverpool followed by the champions Leicester City in our first two games, along with the probable absence of key players like Mesut Ozil, Koscielny and Giroud, Arsene Wenger knows that his pre-season preparations are hugely important.

That will certainly not be the case tomorrow, when a probably much changed Arsenal side run out at the Parc Des Princes in Paris to open our Champions League campaign with what is likely to be the hardest game of all, away to the French Ligue 1 champChampions League campaign with what is likely to be the hardest game of all, away to the French Ligue 1 championschampions PSG.

Last year's big winners included the likes of Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Everton full - back Leighton Baines, but this year's edition brings a wave of change befitting of a particularly bonkers Premier League campaign in which the reigning champions scraped mid-table and the new ones left jaws a-gaping from the opening day.

Spurs are pushing for the Champions League after a very consistent opening half to the campaign, but a loss against rivals Leicester will cause fans to panic that their side are set to collapse in the second half of the season again.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help Real Madrid open their Champions League campaign with a 3 - 0 win over Apoel on Wednesday.

Nearly 70,000 Spurs fans turned out for the opening night of their Champions League campaign in September when Son Heung - min opened the scoring and Harry Kane struck twice in a 3 - 1 win.

Nearly 70,000 Spurs fans turned out for the opening night of their Champions League campaign in September when Son Heung - min opened the scoring and Harry K...

Roberto Mancini's side had to come from behind before claiming a 1 - 1 draw with Napoli in their opening Champions League clash of the campaign.

Inter Milan opened their International Champions Cup campaign with a 1 - 0 victory over Lyon and then on Thursday rolled out a 2 - 0 victory over Bayern Munich thanks to a brace from Eder in the first half.

The defending champions kick - off their campaign a little later than most and will be looking to make the best possible start, an expected winning start considering their opening day opponents are that of newly promoted West Bromwich Albion.

The 23 - year - old midfielder was forced to miss club's 3 - 1 win over Bournemouth on the opening day of the season due to suspension, a result of the two yellow cards he picked up in last term's successful Coppa Italia campaign with the Italian champions.

While the Premier League champions Chelsea and Manchester City have been phenomenal throughout the opening game of the campaign, both teams have struggled in early days and have started to tail off.

The Clarets defeated reigning champions Chelsea, 3 - 2 in their opening game of the Premier League campaign.

Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Napoli 2 - 1 at Stadion Metalist to open up both clubs» UEFA Champions League campaigns on Wednesday night.

The north London giants missed out on Champions League qualification with a fifth - placed finish last term, and they have started the new campaign in a relatively slow fashion with just 13 points from the opening eight games.

Madrid have begun their Champions League campaign in convincing fashion, with an opening 4 - 0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk, followed by the 2 - 0 victory in Sweden over Malmö FF last week.

Arsenal's winning start continued in France, as they opened their Champions League campaign at France's champions, MonChampions League campaign at France's champions, Monchampions, Montpellier.

Ramsey missed 13 games earlier in the campaign due to a similar hamstring complaint suffered in the opening day loss to Liverpool, but appeared in rude health after playing 70 minutes of the Champions League against Basel last week.

Eight - time world champion LaShawn Merritt opened his Diamond League campaign with a 44.41 to win over the 400m, while American Ameer Webb ran a world leading 19.85 in the 200m.