Sentences with phrase «main challengers for»

Now at the age of 40 he has admitted whilst promoting his new autobiography that he deliberately gave away the spot kick against his former club Sparta Prague's main challengers for the Championship title, Liberec, whilst playing for minnows Ceske Budejovice.

Having been Chelsea's main challengers for most of the season, just two wins in eight games in all competitions has seen them knocked out of the Champions League, and overtaken by Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League, whilst Liverpool's win over Newcastle has brought them right back into the equation.

Juventus and Roma are both among the main challengers for the Serie A title in Italy this season, and will be looking to strengthen their squads in the January transfer window.

Then again, it was only three weeks ago that Rovers were frustrating United's main challenger for the league in Chelsea.

McMahon's main challenger for the seat is expected to be Ukip candidate John Bickley.

Steve Lonegan, Christie's main challenger for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, is even leading Corzine in many polls.

The SNP's David Kerr is expected to be Labour's main challenger for the seat.

Not exact matches

Wyoming's Cowboys will be gunning for their fourth straight title, but they must play their main challenger, Arizona State, away.

The Reds were not good enough for much of this season as they slipped out of the Premier League's top four, and Rodgers now knows he needs to spend on proven players to get his side back among the main title challengers.

Here's what the Tigers and their main challengers each have going for them.

John Smith was the runaway favourite but his main challenger, Bryan Gould, struggled for nominations from MPs who wanted to be seen to be backing the winner.

Incumbent NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, polling ahead of all rivals by double digits and raising millions more than all challengers combined, squared off in a debate last night with Sal Albanese, his main but long shot rival for the Democratic mayoral nomination.

The next day, they ran a story about Ms. Rivera's main primary challenger, Mark Gjonaj, calling for an investigation.

While Albanese comes from a different camp on policing, there are several issues where de Blasio's two main Democratic challengers agree, such as providing free tuition at CUNY and using a revised local median income to make determinations for affordable housing.

The incumbent mayor, who is standing for re-election on May 3rd, was accused of not having acted soon enough by his main challenger, Labour's Ken Livingstone.

For many real estate professionals, the contest between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is the main focus this election season, even though neither man will have a direct hand in New York City real estate policy.

He is also thought to have the active support of Unite and has pitched himself as the main centre - left challenger for the Labour leadership.

Despite an early indications that City Councilman Thomas White (D - South Ozone Park) won Tuesday's primary with a slim lead, his main challenger said he will continue to fight for his shot to be the leader for the 28th Council district.

Ukip were perceived as the main challengers from the beginning and it was a promising seat for them: a somewhat neglected working class Labour seat that voted strongly for Brexit, but with a Labour candidate who was remain.

The accusations fueled new rounds of negative headlines for the mayor and have animated the campaigns of his two main challengers, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, and the independent candidate Bo Dietl, both of whom are expected to face Mr. de Blasio in a second and final debate on Wednesday.

«People were stunned to find that Many Worlds was the main challenger,» says physicist Max Tegmark of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Best Supporting Actor Frontrunner: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Main challenger: Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards, at the moment.

This could be lousy news for the AFT and NEA, both of which have opted to throw their full weight behind Hillary — except that her main challenger is coming from the pro-union left.

The marriage of an American technology firm and a Taiwanese display panel manufacturer has helped make digital reading a prospective challenger to paper as the main medium for transmitting printed information.