Sentences with phrase «leagues of equal»

By contrast, there are many leagues of equal prestige and power in football.

But until then, the EPL will remain a league of equals.

Not exact matches

Rick Fox, former NBA star and current «League of Legends» team owner, said recently that eSports will soon equal the NHL in size over the next two years.

The curriculum will be developed with guidance from several national and local experts confronting racial bias, including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, ceo of the Anti-Defamation League.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

* Petr Cech is one short of equalling David James» record of 169 Premier League clean sheets (awarded only in games where goalkeepers played the full 90 minutes).

The Spanish striker has emerged as one of the most coveted strikers in Europe since leaving Real Madrid in 2014, and has already equalled legend Alessandro Del Piero's record of scoring in five consecutive Champions League matches for Juventus.

Morata is starting for a top International team already & has memorable Champions League final & Italian Cup final goals, memorable Champions League goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague final & Italian Cup final goals, memorable Champions League goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaleague titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaments.

Ligue 1 is at least as strong as the Portuguese league (I say more competitive but for the sake of argument lets just put equal).

Barcelona are currently unbeaten in the league this term, and if you count the seven games at the end of last season, are currently on a run of 37 consecutive games without defeat, just one game off equaling the record set by Real Sociedad in the 1979/80 season.

Barca equalled that record in last weekend's win over Leganes, while they remain 11 points clear at the top of the standings this season as they edge ever closer to sealing the league crown.

Oxford went ahead in the Rugby League Varsity March series with a convincing victory, equalling Cambridge's record of five successive wins in the 1990s.

Adam Le Fondre needs one goal to equal the club's Premier League record tally of 13, set by Kevin Doyle in 2006 - 07.

And all things being equal, Chelsea will drop all three points to Liverpool at Anfield on this same Saturday night to start a cave in journey in their Premier League campaign this season that will see Arsenal overthrow them eventually form the top of the table to begin to sit on it sooner than later.

The Reds have failed to win any of their previous four home league matches, equalling their worst start to a top - flight season of 1894 and 1911.

Money equals power, after all, and Sheikh Mansour has spent eleventy squillion pounds buying himself a football club to crush teams like Blackburn as a matter of course (and then the rest of the Premier League and a fair chunk of Europe too, if his plans come to fruition).

If they avoid defeat they will equal their Premier League record of five home matches in a row without a loss, set in January - March 2007.

In Porto's opening European Cup fixture — a 2 - 2 draw away at Dyanmo Kyiv — the legendary stopper equalled Xavi's record of Champions League appearances, when he made his 151st outing in the competition.

The one - year pact means Landry will remain a Dolphin at a cost that equals the average annual pay of the league's five most expensive wide receivers in 2018.

Over the last 4 years, Arsenal have been on average the 4th best team in England so for them to win 3 trophies in 4 years would have paid off massively if you had placed a wager on this, slam him all you want for Premier and Champions League failures recently, but give him equal amounts of praise for his FA Cup brilliance.

Sky have edged BT in being awarded five out of seven packages available — Friday and Monday evenings, along with Saturday and Sunday afternoons — equalling to 126 live Premier League fixtures per campaign from 2016 - 2019.

Having a two goal difference over the foxes (and at equal pts) isn't exactly top of the league stuff to gloat bout

Second half goals from defender Aleksandar Kolarov and substitute Samir Nasri were enough to give the visitors all three points and equal a club - record of nine successive league victories.

Remember we got an Academy and some players need to come from within our system I for one would be delightedly happier if the solution comes out from within rather than buying and putting money into agent pockets particularly when prices are inflated this inflation got to be burst before we all get bussed come on 100 milion for pogoba if thats the case what money is on messi or ronaldo or for the new messi and the new ronaldo you got to have limit this limitless soccer business got to stop some where and the monies got to filter down I like the premier league because all have equal opportunity but than you have guys like the moron morinho will just spend and get his player no matter what the costs are as I said they must be a limit and for that reason I salute MR wenger and the likes of Leicester

Tuesday's 6 - 0 thrashing of Champions League debutants Qarabag equalled our best - ever result in the competition, previously notched against Maribor three years ago, and scaled new goalscoring heights for any competition under coach Antonio Conte.

Mustaphi is world class and needs to bed in, Kos is world class but needs a partner who is of equal measure, Ramsey is a pri Madonna who turns it on for country but NOT for club, Giroud just ai nt good enough and more importantly CONSISTANT enough to win the league, Walcott was rubbish and lazy and has improved but again is just not really consistent or good enough, Cazorla is world class but getting old and injury prone, coquelin is just not good enough, Bellerin is good but not world class just yet (though he will be), Monreal is ok but not world class Elneny is ok but not world class, and so on and on... the ONLY two players that any other team are consistently looking at are Sanchez and Ozil.

stop making up stuff; by the time our injuries were at a normal level we were out of the race already and from that point onward we had the best form in the league equal to Chelsea.

Putting aside my intense hatred for terry aside on a number of factors, You're wrong on this one my friend... Terry was by far the best defender in the league, its not just me saying it, he stats prove it he was unanimously voted by the rest of the players in the league into the pfa team of the year... Don't let your love of Arsenal cloud the obvious were talking of a man who has had more world team of the year and uefa team of the year appearance's, that Per can only dream of having... Having rose tinted glasses on would have you thinking Giroud was the worlds bes striker and theo walcott is on an equal ability to Cristiano Ronaldo.

We have a special group of players that are doing special things on the pitch, but the media wont tell u that we have lost just one away match this year, and have the best defense in the league, infact i heard a documentary that says «Liverpool have the best defence in the league conceding only 9 goals only equalled by Arsenal» such reporting is typical in putting pressure on Arsenal.

With United looking to equal Liverpool's once - seemingly - invincible tally of titles this season, and Liverpool looking about as close to winning the league this season as Hull City on a bad day, you can't help but wonder how United boss Sir Alex Ferguson would handle the current situation at Anfield.

11 — Arsenal have now lost 11 Premier League games this season; equalling their worst tally of league defeats in a season under Arsene Wenger (11 in 2005 League games this season; equalling their worst tally of league defeats in a season under Arsene Wenger (11 in 2005 league defeats in a season under Arsene Wenger (11 in 2005 - 06).

A hat - trick in the last League game against Aston Villa meant that Giroud equalled his best tally of 16 (EPL) goals for the season, and 24 in all competitions, but that is not really good enough for a top team like Arsenal, especially with Ozil creating chances in the hundreds.....

A win for them would also have them equal our record of 14 consecutive league wins, to add further pain to, but I think this game has a draw written all over it.

All of their final product is leagues above Sterling's with equal if not higher ceilings.

The league is unbalanced — meaning all the sides do not play each other an equal number of times, and some teams might play more sides more than others.

I don't want to be misconstrued here; I will wholeheartedly welcome a new striker who will give us another 6 - 12 PL goals, and our overall chances of winning the league will undoubtedly increase (assuming of course, all things being equal, there are no adverse effects to the team overall with a new face scoring more goals — weakening us defensively, not linking as well with others, dressing room morale etc).

In 2013/14, no Premier League defender of any nationality made more interceptions (104) or won more aerial duels (171) than Davies; those disparate disciplines show his equal comfort reading the game or reacting to physical presence, while he contributed the second - highest number of tackles won for a centre - back (56, one behind Swansea's Chico Flores).

Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid were absolutely flying along this time last week, having just put Espanyol to the sword to equal the La Liga record of straight wins set by fierce rivals Barcelona and continue the 100 percent start to the new domestic league campaign.

Cristiano Ronaldo equalled his personal record of scoring in 12 consecutive games for Real Madrid on Wednesday and could set a new landmark against Bayern Munich in the Champions League next week.

Paris Saint - Germain will equal their best ever performance in the Champions League on Tuesday if they capitalize on a 3 - 1 win in the first leg and knock Chelsea out of the competition.

Should Mohamed Salah net at The Hawthorns, he will equal the highest number of goals scored in a 38 - game Premier League season (31)- a total only previously achieved by Luis Suarez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Alan Shearer.

Their winning streak is already a record for all English league football but one more victory would see City equal the 19 in a row Guardiola achieved while in charge of Bayern Munich in 2013 - 14.

Generational — a player that transcended all others at his respective position for at least 4 - 7 seasons, in such a way that no equal could be found in the league during the time of his reign; and ultimately landing in the Hall of Fame.

But they lost out to virtually the last kick of the league season when a Michael Thomas goal gave the Gunners a decisive 2 - 0 victory and the title on the virtue of goals scored in the season with points and goal difference being equal.

And, finally, if one player drove a lesser team to Champions League qualification or a World Cup, then it had to be examined whether that feat was the equal of an international star forcing an already - competitive team over the line.

In the end, his 34th Diamond League meeting win was shared with American Sam Kendricks as both had a best of 5.90 m and were equal on failures.

Hughes» time puts him equal fifth with Darren Campbell on the UK all - time list as he becomes the first British winner of a Diamond League 100m or 200m race.

The Gunners will equal a club Premier League record of four consecutive away defeats if they lose.

It was the Academy product's SEVENTH treble of 2017 and one which saw him equal Alan Shearer's record for Premier League goals scored in a calendar year with a total of 36.

By JAMES NICKELS, 05 Apr — CSKA Moscow have equalled their best European record since they won the competition 13 years ago, reaching the Quarter Final of the Europa League.