Sentences with phrase «in friendly games of»

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce, The Open University has created a collection of images from throughout World War I of soldiers participating in friendly games of soccer.

Gyasi Zardes takes on follow U.S. international Miguel Ibarra in a friendly game of crossbar challenge!

It didn't take long for Moe to get Kayden to participate in a friendly game of chase.

Feature in a friendly game of squash or visit Taupo's International Motorsport Park.

Not everyone enjoys playing Call of Duty, but everyone enjoys sitting down with the family and competing in a friendly game of Mario Kart.

Not exact matches

With the Ubooly downloadable application, the creature, which comes in a variety of bright, kid - friendly colors, talks to kids and directs them to play games and go on imagined adventures.

Video games ironically emerged in the 1960s as a consumer - friendly demonstration of what computers could do, with consoles in the 1970s finally packing processing power into a couldn't - be-simpler device.

Often, the tone of an organization is set by the little things -; conversations by the water cooler, friendly exchanges in the elevator, and even a shared sense of «office humor,» like little games played among co-workers.

Irving will soon be home to a new family - friendly restaurant that's co-owned by NFL star Drew Brees and features a taste of Louisiana served up in a game - day atmosphere.

«Of course, the games themselves will be what tried and true bingo players know and love, but they'll be surrounded by superior hospitality in a comfortable and friendly environment.»

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Arsenal's Danny welbeck was over in Holland with the England side to play a «friendly» game against the Dutch national side, but it doesn't look like a lot of the travelling supporters were feeling in a friendly mood as they terrorized citizens out for a pleasant boat trip....

The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21 squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.

Arsenal and Real Madrid legends are set to play two charity games this year with the first match in Madrid on June 3 at the Santiago Bernabeu while Arsenal hosts the return leg of the friendlies on September 8 at the Emirates Stadium.

He will now hope to feature in England's friendly games against Brazil and the Republic of Ireland and joins Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy as a somewhat surprise call - up.

DID MONACO PLAY MBAPPE AT WING BACK (IN A LIFE MATCH AND NOT A FRIENDLY) WHEN HE WAS 17 SO HE CAN LEARN THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE GAME?

Sky Sports go on to add that he'll also be expected to sit out friendlies against Roma, Barcelona and Mainz, and so his first chance of featuring for the Reds in the opening game of the season on August 14 at Arsenal could be under threat too.

Both teams made extensive changes at halftime and early in the second half, changing the chemistry of their teams and hindering the flow of the game in classic international friendly fashion.

If Gausman and Bundy can be reliable pitchers, if Cashner doesn't regress, if Cobb can pitch a sub - 4.00 ERA with half his games in hitter - friendly Camden Yards, if Tillman can have a huge comeback year, if the bullpen continues to be strong, if Brach can be a solid closer until Britton's return, if Davis and Trumbo can find their batting stroke again, if Mancini and Schoop replicate last season, if Manny continues to be Manny at short and with his improved swing, if Adam is still Adam, if Beckham can learn to play defense at 3rd and be August - Beckham instead of September - Beckham at the plate, if the catchers can somehow do their part, and if the O's figure out their right field situation (and all of that put together is one big IF).....

Back in the sixties, hooligans were unheard of - they started in early seventies - and at Arsenal V Spuds games, home and away, I would stand next to my mates, some Arsenal, some Spuds, with just friendly banter, NO FIGHTS, NO NASTINESS.

Your article seems to be glorifying mediocrity by awarding a 9 to a Manager that has just managed to overcome his nemesis in one out of 14 games even in a somewhat friendly meaningless game that will have no bearing come May 2016!

Though they haven't played a competitive game since beating Spain in the Confederations Cup final last June — such are the burdens of hosting — they've won the last five friendly instalments of their rolling global tour, most recently a 5 - 0 thumping of Honduras followed by a narrow 2 - 1 win over Chile.

The game represents arguably the best of the week's international friendlies with the 2014 and 2010 world champions going head - to - head in preparation for this summer's World Cup 2018 in Russia.

Returning were three starters; Center Paul Hogue, tall as a fir and broad as a redwood, who ambles about so casually and likably that his teammates have dubbed him Marmaduke after the large, friendly dog of cartoon fame; Guard Tony Yates, a 24 - year - old veteran of four years in the Air Force who is always smiling on the court as if finding an adult's pleasure in a college boy's game, and who is about the best defensive guard in the country; Forward Tom Thacker, who at a mere 6 feet 2 can jump with Hogue.

Our Softball club took part in two friendly games yesterday against the University of Manchester and University of Salford teams, earning a 34 — 5 win against Salford and a 20 — 19 victory over Manchester!

We played a behind closed doors friendly against Jamaica seniors on Sunday which was a great experience for the team, both heading into our upcoming series of games but also in preparation for the World Youth Cup in July.

Because as relevant as that friendly seems like it should be to Wednesday's game, Spain haven't conceded in the knockout stages of the last two major finals.

Penn State is set to face four top 12 teams in 2018, but the Nittany Lions will get three of those games in the friendly confines of Beaver Stadium.

I very much hate the waiting game to see who is going to blink first and arsenal tends to love to play this game to the end, for me it is a must that you have the players you going to use for the season in pre-season so that they get a feel of the team in a friendly, but competitive circumstances.

He scored in their friendly against Italy on Thursday and will be hoping to hit the headlines again on Tuesday when they take on Belarus in the first of the games in the World Cup qualifying group.

As soon as our season finished Alexis then went off to join Chile for the friendly warmup games ahead of the Copa America, and then played every single game in the competition proper as his country went on to lift the trophy.

Alaba has experienced nothing but success in recent years with club and country, but the Bayern Munich star was a major disappointment as Austria failed to win any of their games in a friendly Group F.

In 2010, Berry did his best to do things a bit off - kilter — running when opponents expected the pass, passing when opponents expected the run, keeping things fast - paced (possibly not the best idea for an underdog), employing the underdog - friendly 3 -3-5 defense, etc. — and the results were decent; despite low overall quality, ULM won five games, three by a touchdown or less, and came within a one - point loss to UL - Lafayette of finishing bowl - eligible.

I hate the way we crumble to big teams, friendly or not we should stop conceding too many goals; We really need a strong midfielder enforcer to protect our defense, someone in the form of Kante, Carlvalo or Magic we do; l am not judging Lacazette but we should keep Giroud for backup lastly Wenger should wrap up all the transfers he is hoping to do soon not to wait after three games into the season already.

Tech allowed just 1.8 plays per game of 30 - plus yards, 40th in the country and pretty good in the offense - friendly C - USA.

Two hours before the game, a group of Coventry City supporters arrive by train; they parade past the Royal Station Hotel in their sky - blue boaters, sky - blue vests and sky - blue trousers, whirling sky - blue clackers over their heads and shouting friendly gibes at the Geordies.

As seen in the pre-season friendly against Middlesborough last weekend, Di Matteo's side looked comfortable in possession in the first half and patiently built play from the back while dominating the tempo of the game.

The Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks were stuck in a rain delay on Saturday, but that didn't stop their Twitter accounts from passing the time with a friendly game of rock - paper - scissors.

Even though the pre-season training and friendly games are mostly about gaining fitness and getting the players up to speed while getting any new transfer additions settled in, Arsenal and most other clubs would rather not lose any of their games.

They did lose 3 - 0 in a friendly with Liverpool just after the end of last season, but as this is Arsenal's first warm up game we can't expect them to be as fit as Jurgen Klopp's side was in May.

Hunt's mix of fantasy - friendly opportunities through the air (3.9 targets per game) and near the goal line (2.1 red - zone touches per game) sets him up well for a matchup against the Chargers» 26th - ranked defense in rush DVOA.

Our Panthers team plays a series of friendlies throughout the season to give new players plenty of game time, culminating in a varsity match against the Cambridge Tigers in March.

He was beaten by us in his first game we played him in the pre season friendly, drew with us in the first premier league game for of the seaso and lost to us in the FA cup and this is a guy who has won silverware with Bayern and Barca.

So as part of our interviews, we thought we'd play a little game with the drivers and get some friendly competition going in prep for the British GP at Silverstone that upcoming weekend.

It's not the first game between an MLB team and a Cuban one, but it could be the start of something far friendlier than what we've seen in the past between the two sides.

What makes this just a little bit more ridiculous is that the two teams weren't playing in the thin, hitter - friendly air of Colorado: this game came in pitcher - friendly Miami.

And while it may not serve as a huge aspect of the game, it's interesting to note all 3 referees for today's games are road - friendly officials in terms of covering the spread:

Not only did the Frenchman give Walcott a place in the starting line up for the final two games of the season at the perfect time to bring him to the forefront of Roy Hodgson's thoughts as he prepares the three lions for a friendly game against the Republic of Ireland and a Euro qualifier against Slovenia, but he played him in the centre forward role.

Messi, 30, missed Argentina's friendlies against Italy and Spain in March with a hamstring injury but has featured in all five of Barca's games since he returned from international duty, starting four of them.

The biggest game in English football is set for The Big House — the giant home stadium of the University of Michigan football team — with Manchester United and Liverpool aiming to draw an even bigger crowd than the 109,318 attendance for United's friendly against Real Madrid in the stadium in August 2014.