Sentences with phrase «games faced competition»

The four games faced competition between eight other finalists that were a part of the selection process.

Not exact matches

Bombardier hopes the fuel - efficient aircraft that's been in development for a decade will be a game - changer for the company, whose regional jets face an uncertain future amid increased competition.

Will they up their game in face of all this competition?

With the Xbox One, the company is instead shoveling out a whole bunch of stuff gamers don't want or need in an effort to make its partners happy, all in the face of fierce competition.

To make matters worse, the video game industry was now facing stiff competition from personal computers.

He has faced Premier League teams too including two games against Chelsea in the Europa League semi-finals the year the Blues won the competition, and holding Liverpool to a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield, but it another European game that he remembers the most.

The third competition Arsenal face in this period is the Champions League, in which we travel to Germany to play Bayern Munich on February 15th and it would be great to have Cazorla's control for that game.

The draw ends United's run of three consecutive wins in all competitions, as they now wait until after the international break to face Liverpool at Anfield on October 17 with the point on Sunday moving them up to sixth place in the Premier League table with 13 points from their opening seven games.

The group stage of the 2014/15 Champions League kicks off on Tuesday evening, with two English teams in action — Liverpool return to the competition with a home game against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad, whilst Arsenal face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund.

Bale really stepped up his game to world class levels this season, scoring 26 times in all competitions in a new role under Villas - Boas, and the club will now face a big fight to keep the likes of Real Madrid away.

United will be busy in the month of August as they begin the new season with a home game against Tottenham on the 8th and will also face a two - legged qualifier in order to reach the group stages of Europe's elite club competition.

He'd be looking at what competition he'd have faced over the last few seasons, and he'd fancy his chances with game time.

He has to start doing that in the face of Ibrahimovic now hitting 23 goals in all competitions should challenger Alexis not to be limiting himself to just scoring a goal per match for Arsenal, but starts scoring 2 - 3 goals per game for Arsenal on regular basis and also gives more assists.

On the other hand, I shudder at the thought of kids playing excessive amounts of games while facing average (or below) levels of competition, while also often getting inferior coaching.

Arsenal's next game is a trip to Vicarage Road to face Watford on October 14, but they're now unbeaten in their last seven in all competitions following that defeat to Liverpool, winning six and picking up one draw in the away day at Chelsea.

Furthermore, with relegation battles down the bottom half of the table also growing in competition, as various clubs fight amongst themselves for safety from the drop, it means that Arsenal also face tougher games from teams in the lower half of the league.

There is still a long away to go, and even more quality teams to face, but at least Ramsey sounds like he thinks the team are now going to take things seriously in this competition, and I doubt that Wenger will be playing his second team in any more games in the Europa League.

was great to see crowely training with the first team today wont be long until he gets a game, maybe f / a cup next round or against villa lol, he will be fighting with zelalem next season for spot in the midfield, great to see competition coming through, and always great to see we stick to our philosophy and not waver in the face of financially doped teams.

With the 2015 Copa America underway after Chile beat Ecuador 2 - 0 in the opening game, here's a look at a best XI of the superb talent on show at the competition, featuring some familiar faces from Arsenal, Manchester City and Barcelona...

I hope mesut has a good game against brighton, because right he is facing serious competition from santi in getting a starting role!

He might have faced competition from teammate Madison Bumgarner, 10 - 4 and second in the NL with a 1.94 ERA, but Bumgarner won't pitch in the All - Star Game because he started on Sunday for the Giants.

They will face competition though as it's reported that Atletico Madrid are also interested, and so as he looks to further strengthen a backline that has conceded just two goals in the last eight league games, the Chelsea boss will likely have to act sooner rather than later.

Kyle Walker should retain his place, although he faces competition from Vlad Chiriches, who scored in Tottenham's last cup game in the FA Cup against Burnley.

The draw for Round Four took place shortly after the end of the game, and of the ten Premier League teams left in the competition, eight have been drawn to face each other with some mouth - watering ties.

Joe Hart's Torino are struggling of late, picking up just one win in their last 11 games in all competitions, so facing lowly Pescara should be just the tonic for a turn of fortunes!

While that isn't much of a factor in the early part of the run - in, if they reach the quarter finals of Europe's elite competition they face the prospect of five games in 14 days.

Manchester United are on a four game winning run in all competitions and should be considered favorites to win their fifth fixture in a row when they face Sunderland at Old Trafford on Boxing day.

The 2015 Copa America kicked off last night as hosts Chile faced Ecuador in the opening game of the competition.

They are coming into this clash on the back of a six - match winning streak, although many will argue that aside from Napoli the competition faced in those games have hardly been fierce.

Manchester United are coming back from a trip to Lisbon on Wednesday night where they beat Benfica 1 - 0 in the Champions League, to face Huddersfield Town in their third successive away game in all competitions.

Wenger has already faced pre-match protests from fans who want him to leave the club but speaking after another damaging defeat, Arsenal's seventh in their last 12 games in all competitions, he would still not be drawn into announcing his intentions.

With Bayern 15 points clear in Europe's most competitive league, on a six - game winning streak and undefeated in an 18 - match run that has seen them score 47 and concede only 6, we have rarely faced a tougher challenge to stay in the competition.

He has brought in potentially great players, brought up wonderful youth players, developed the infrastructure to achieve great things, fought against the dinosaurs entrenched in the 19th century who are ¨ running ¨ the game, displayed dignity and nobility in the face of unremitting criticism from a small band of Arsenal ¨ supporters ¨ and the media, endured xenophobic pundits, questionable officiating, lean years after the stadium build, ever expanding competition for players from richer clubs and yet stayed true to his principles and still managed to bring in trophies and success over his 21 year reign.

Arsenal have drawn their last three games in all competitions and will be looking to get back to winnings ways when they face Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday.

And finally, Manchester City (2.15 WilliamHill) are in action on Sunday — The only fixture on Sunday not to be shown live on any broadcast — as Roberto Mancini takes his side to The Hawthorns in a game they simple must win following back - to - back defeats in the league, three in all competitions, with the latter the most humiliating as City lost to a team from Poland who are 14 points off the pace in their domestic league and starring relegation slap - bang in the face.

That despite Sir Alex Ferguson insisting changes are imminent, something he attempted in last season's competition only to end up with egg on his face on two separate occasions, both, incidentally, at Old Trafford: A much - changed United failed miserably to break down a mediocre Rangers defence in their first home game in the group, drawing 0 - 0 with the SPL side, while Valencia almost came away with a famous win on Match Day 6, albeit with the Reds already through to the latter stages, only to be denied by a second - half strike from Anderson.

Given the up - tempo nature that Pochettino wants to play at and the number of games we will face competing in four competitions, having a fit squad available to choose from is important.

Adam's transfer request couldn't have come at a worse time for Blackpool chief Ian Holloway, whose charges are not only facing a formidable Manchester United side on Tuesday night but are also in a poor frame of mind following four defeats in their last five league games, five in their last six in all competitions if you include their 2 - 0 defeat in the third - round of the FA Cup to Southampton.

The coalition, called Upstate Theaters for a Fair Game, said the Cuomo - crafted state Gaming Commission has said it won't face undue competition — a sentiment backed in a statement from the commission's acting executive director, Robert Williams.

The earliest documented women's soccer in Scotland, 1888 was the start of an emergent European trend, but faced resistance to women at competition level due to their being too delicate for the physical demands of the game.

And it was a good thing too, about time I took a turn at playing Splatoon's online mode, which let's face it, is the game's biggest selling point and what more importantly, the first Splatfest is this month, first in Northern America on June 20th and then here, in good old Europe for the 27th and it is an online gaming competition I want to be a part of, so it was good I was getting some practice in.

IHS is also optimistic about the PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»

Another pleasant surprise is Project Cars, which faces tough competition in the pile up of driving games being released this holiday period which includes Driveclub, Forza Horizon 2, The Crew, and F1 2014.

Coming into the toys - to - life genre this late in the game it faced stiff competition in the form of the very well established Skylanders and Disney Infinity franchises.

It's often hard for a new action game to stand out at trade shows like E3 and Games Convention when it's up against so many established brands, but Dark Void - assembled by a team of veterans from FASA Interactive's Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - faces strong competition from within as well as without.

Considering the competition, Axiom Verge, the Metroid inspired game did rather well to claim 3rd place but will it be able to hold onto the spot, when next week it will face competition from the likes of Jotun: Valhalla Edition?

Though some Cannes - watchers wondered if the flurry of big titles that screened on the last two days of the festival — «The Neon Demon,» «The Last Face,» «The Stranger» and «Elle» — would have a big effect on the Palme d'Or competition, it now seems unlikely that there were any real game - changers in that group.

In terms of overall value it's facing tough competition from rival games such as Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator and The King of Fighters XIV which both come packed to the gills with playable fighters and additional content from day one, but Street Fighter V still has a solid fighting engine and is continually, if slowly, expanding its offerings as it matures.

This game designed for iPad faced some stiff competition from Super Stickman Golf and Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, but managed to take the win in two different categories.

Sony is facing increasing competition in the handheld gaming space from the likes of Apple, which offers an excellent portable games experience on its iPhone and iPod touch devices, as well as a host of downloadable applications for those gadgets, such as ebook readers.