Sentences with phrase «first major tournament»

Golfer Lexi Thompson was competing in the ANA Inspiration, the LPGA's first major tournament of the season on Saturday, when she fell victim to a very unusual predicament.

One, the joyous occasion of Chile's first major tournament triumph.

Leeds United on the other hand are playing some good football under manager Gary Monk and currently sit in the playoff places in championship and they will be hoping to cause an upset and reach their very first major tournament semifinals since their surprise run to champions league semifinal back in 2000 - 01.

Playing in their first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup, Wales did well to win their group with a 2 - 1 record in the group stage.

Finally, with 11 minutes left in extra time against France, Eder scored the winner against France to seal Portugal's first major tournament win.

«I know that here in America everyone is going crazy over March Madness,» Kane said on the eve of last week's Nabisco Championship, the first major tournament of the LPGA season.

The Red Dragons have qualified for their first major tournament in 57 years and will fancy their chances of claiming a famous scalp, with a motivated squad pulling around the talismanic Gareth Bale.

After one hell of a Sunday, it was Sergio Garcia coming out on top on the first playoff hole to win his first major tournament.

Australian Open authorities has confirmed another 10 % increase in the total prize money and Aussie Open is rapidly becoming one of the most watched tennis events of the year largely down to being the first major tournament of the year in tennis.

The team were a bit rusty at first, following an amazing run at their first major tournament at Euro 2016, where they were unbeaten until losing in the quarter - finals to hosts France.

Bale was directly involved in nine of Wales» 11 goals during qualifying for Euro 2016, and he scored in every group game as Wales reached the semi-finals in the first major tournament they had qualified for in almost 60 years.

Having qualified for the 2014 World Cup, their first major tournament since becoming an independent nation in 1992, Bosnia were expected to qualify automatically from Group B.

Terim, who replaced Abdullah Avci in August 2013, midway through the World Cup qualifying campaign, has a fearsome reputation in Turkey as the man who guided the country to its first major tournament, Euro 96, and then took them to the last four in 2008.

• First capped by England in 1999, his first international goal did not arrive until four years later, but he scored three times at his first major tournament — UEFA EURO 2004; drew blanks, however, at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he missed a penalty in the quarter - final shoot - out against Portugal, and at the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

Portugal have successfully secured their place in the first major tournament final since 2004 with a 2 - 0 win over Wales earlier this week.

He was one of the favourite defenders of Guus Hiddink who deployed him as centre back in most of the games in his reign before the youngster injured himself quite awfully which ended the possibilities of him playing his first major tournament for his nation.

This week, in the first major tournament since EVO, we have Super Smash Con...

We're in the process of organizing the game's first major tournament, with a $ 100,000 prize pool.

PlayStation is kicking off the first Major tournament with NBA 2K17, to celebrate the beginning of the NBA season.