Sentences with phrase «final day victory»

Stoke shipped four goals in each game and only managed to score once as they ended the season with a whimper, despite a final day victory against West Ham to consolidate a top half finish.

Not exact matches

Serena Williams of the US celebrates her victory against Venus Williams of the US during the women's singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017.

A day after the bill's prospects wavered somewhat, Republican leaders notched two victories on Friday, when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said he would vote yes after gaining a more generous child tax credit in the final bill and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, who voted against the initial Senate bill over deficit concerns, said he would support the legislation.

And, having begun, he could give the final victory to either side any day.

Any of a number of A's could have been named the Most Valuable Player, but the honor finally fell to the industrious Fingers, who pitched in all four Oakland victories and saved the final one for winning Pitcher John (Blue Moon) Odom, his opponent in a clubhouse scrap only six days before.

Earnest Byner, the Baltimore Ravens» director of player development, had called down from the coaches» booth in the final minutes of the Ravens» 33 - 13 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 14 to help the running back keep his focus as he finished his 295 - yard, two - touchdown day.

They had to wait until the final day of the season to secure promotion, but an impressive and composed 4 - 1 victory over UCLAN was enough to seal the league title.

Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor leg in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge athlete in the final metres of the last race of the day, bringing the match victory back to Oxford for the first time in four years.

The 1 - 0 win on the day combined with Barca's 2 - 1 triumph in Manchester have the Blaugrana a 3 - 1 aggregate victory, and knocked the final EPL team out of the tournament.

The win over the Wildcats, which came on the heels of an 84 — 83 victory against No. 25 LSU on Nov. 29, marked the first time the Cougars had defeated ranked teams back - to - back since the 1984 NCAA tournament — the last of three straight Final Four trips during the glory days of Phi Slamma Jamma.

In fact, Asturias native Enrique supported Sporting as a boy, and was merely celebrating their La Liga survival, with the Rojiblancos having confirmed their place among the elite with a 2 - 0 victory over high - flying Villarreal on the final day of the season.

UCLAN provided tough opposition but on the day it came down to the skill, teamwork and determination of MMU who deserved the victory and to advance to the quarter finals.

The highlightof the victory was Army's conversion of a fourth - and - one play in the extraperiod, a gutsy call considering Ross made it seven days after his team wasstuffed at Texas A&M's two - yard line on the final play of a 28 — 24 loss.

Going into the final day City were top of the league, ahead of United on goal difference, but with Wayne Rooney's solitary strike securing the Red Devils victory against Sunderland, Roberto Mancini's side needed three points as well.

This was the final deal of the two - day 80 - board challenge match between Los Angeles and New York for the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED trophy, emblematic of the title «Bridge Capital of the U.S.» As some readers will recall, the Westerners won the first challenge match last summer when a late rally by New York fell just short of victory.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

With one more victory and the right combination of wins and losses in the season's final few days, though, they could be hosting the opening two games in the Staples Center.

On the last point of their come - from - behind three - set victory over Betty Stove and Wendy Turnbull in the finals, Navratilova let out a shriek more joyous than the one she had emitted in winning the singles the day before.

It was a dramatic day at Wembley as a Willy Caballero - inspired Manchester City pipped Liverpool to the first major trophy of the season with a penalty - shootout victory in the Capital One Cup final.

It was St Hilda's who took advantage of the situation and managed to seal their victory in the final game and finish the day unbeaten.

A strong Cambridge seam attack proved too good for Matty Hughes» Oxford in this year's four day varsity match on a wicket which offered plenty for the fast bowlers, as the light blues claimed victory after tea on the final day at Fenner's.

Jones returned to competition four days after her victory in the European Clubs» Championship and having already won the World Grand Prix finals series in Mexico.

It proved to be a bitter sweet Valentine's Day for Lizzy Yarnold as she took victory in the final World Cup skeleton race of the season in Sochi, but missed out on the overall title by just 20 points.

The 55 - year - old also led the Tigers to their first ever FA Cup final back in May 2014, but despite taking a two - goal lead their opponents on the day, Arsenal, fought back to eventually take a 3 - 2 victory in extra-time.

The manager introduced him from the bench for the final 10 minutes of the 2 - 1 victory, to hand Brahim his City debut aged just 17 years and 49 days old.

At the HSBC Champions in Shanghai in October, he went into the final day trailing by eight shots but stormed back to overhaul world number one Dustin Johnson on the final day to claim an improbable victory.

And the 24 - year - old rounded off the victory with her third goal in two days to make it 4 - 1, although Canada did pull one back with a penalty corner of their own with the final play of the game.

Arsenal's 3 - 2 victory over Hull City in the 2014 FA Cup final will undoubtedly go down as a defining moment in the club's history, but it seems even more vital now as Arsène Wenger has revealed that his fate hung in the balance that day.

The most recent victory was on the final day of the Great Escape season (May 2007) and in the twelve encounters since that day the record is lost nine and drawn three.

Arsenal showed impressive fight to register a victory over Everton on the final day of the English Premier League after going down to 10 men in the 13th minute, but it wasn't enough for the Gunners to qualify for the top 4.

Who will ever forget that wondrous volley from Di Canio against Wimbledon, The evening we put seven past the «unbeatable» Leeds United, The day Geoff Hurst scored six against Sunderland or the final magnificent night at the Boleyn when Winston Reid sealed an unimaginable 3 - 2 farewell victory over Manchester United.

The next was when Arsenal's Danny Welbeck scored in the final seconds of the Valentine's Day game to give the Gunners a vital 2 - 1 victory.

World and Olympic champion Robert Harting threw a best of 68.24 m in the final round to secure his victory in style, with Moscow Worlds silver medallist Piotr Małachowski again runner up behind Harting with 65.45 m. Jeff Henderson called it a day after his personal best leap of 8.33 m in the fourth round of the long jump.

Ultimately, few had expected anything other than a home victory here, and the win both keeps the Blues well in the title hunt (after Manchester City and Arsenal were both victorious a day earlier) and puts the final nail in the coffin of United's chances of successfully defending their Premier League crown.

Just one team − Tottenham, on the final day of last season − have recorded a Premier League victory over Liverpool at Anfield in 2011 (W10 D8 L1).

But four days after Arsenal's epic 2 - 1 victory over Chelsea, it doesn't feel like heat - of - the - moment exaggeration to say that it was one of Arsenal's best ever FA Cup final performances.

Bolton Wanderers made an immediate return to the Championship following a routine final - day victory against Peterborough United.

Wenjun Xie delighted what was left of the home crowd in the final event of the day as he ran a 13.23 PB for 110m hurdles victory ahead of a field including the likes of world champion David Oliver and minor medallists Ryan Wilson and Sergey Shubenkov.

Last weekend's FA Cup quarter - final victory over Chelsea was both impressive and much - needed, particularly when you consider that Roberto Martinez's team went from 2 - 0 up after 78 minutes to 3 - 2 down after 90 when hosting West Ham United just seven days before.

«Batigol» is shown celebrating above after taking his tally to 20 league goals in a 3 - 1 victory over Parma FC on the final day of the 2000/01 season as Roma clinched their third Scudetto.

Arsenal were able to claim second place in the top flight on the final day of the season thanks to a 4 - 0 victory over Aston Villa, meaning that they overtook rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the table.

Manchester United have finally made public the sack of the club's manager, Louis van Gaal just two days after the Dutchman led them to victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final.

However, City's win on the final day of last season is their only victory in their last six top - flight matches at the Reebok Stadium (W1, D2, L3).

The victory over West Ham on the final day of the 2014 - 15 season that ensured Premier League survival for another year merely papered over the cracks.

As if the final - day victory over West Ham that not only ensured Newcastle's survival but also cemented a higher finish than Sunderland wasn't sweet enough, it also sealed the sacking of Sam Allardyce, still a hugely unpopular figure on Tyneside seven years after leaving the club.

Early in the second half at Selhurst Park goals from Robert Huth and Jamie Vardy had taken the visitors close to a momentum - building victory just four days ahead of their Champions League quarter - final second leg with Atletico Madrid.

The 84 - year - old Democrat declared victory earlier that day and underscored this was his final campaign, referring to this primary as his «one last fight.»

A Democratic super PAC is making a surprise major investment in the Wisconsin Senate race in the election's final days, a sign that a race many Democrats had long considered a sure victory has become unexpectedly tight.

Given that John Reid's speech was on the final day of conference, his boost was probably more to do with his «victory» in Newsnight's focus group on the Labour leadership (or more to the point, given that not many people actually watch Newsnight, the media speculation that followed it).

It was supposed to be a laid - back week to collect a few more samples and enjoy a few final days tracking chimpanzees, a fieldwork victory lap of sorts.