Sentences with phrase «noted by football»

Il Sole 24 Ore, as noted by Football Italia, claim that Ma is the man behind reported takeover talk for Milan, and it won't be his first move into football given that he part owns Guangzhou.

Along with Valencia's Ever Banega and Caner Erkin of Fenerbahce, the Nerazzurri are eyeing a real push to strengthen their squad in the summer with all four players out of contract, as noted by Football Italia.

«I honestly don't understand why Milan decided to sign Balotelli last summer — It was a choice by the directors that I struggle to understand,» he said to Corriere dello Sport, as noted by Football Italia.

Not exact matches

Weddings still contain the appearance of some of these forms, as do some church services that are sprinkled with violin accents that are lamented by strings players as «football scores,» reflecting the shape of the whole notes that they must play repeatedly as a form of musical gingerbread to elevate the tone of the event.

On a positive note though, that Jets victory «guarenteed by underdog Joe Nameth» launche professional football into the popular sport it is now!

No quest for the fun in college football can be complete without paying a call on Steve Spurrier, who once referred to FSU as «Free Shoes University» and who famously underlined Tennessee's repeat appearances in a minor bowl by noting, «You can't spell Citrus without UT.»

It's worth noting that although home - field advantage has been historically overvalued by college football bettors, the exact opposite is true when betting against the public.

It was only in January that Mourinho was praising Shaw as being one of the best left - backs in football, as per the club's site, but the mood and situation has seemingly changed significantly since then, going back to last season when he publicly criticised him, as noted by BT Sport.

«Mkhitaryan is a top - class player and currently at the best stage for a footballer — 27/28 years old,» he told MUTV, as noted by Sky Sports.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

On a positive note at least we won't be embarrassed by Bayern or Barca next season obviously its better being in the Champions league but we don't ever look like winning it at least we have a chance of winning the Europa League I personally would be happy winning that competition as our European record is shocking one cup winners cup in 24 years of European football..

As noted by The Express, Manchester United had also been interested in the former Real Sociedad star, but with Chelsea set to offer him a lucrative contract offer despite the absence of Champions League football next season, it is suggested that he could be leaning towards a move to Stamford Bridge instead.

Football factories, Baker notes, are «run by business people, not ethicists.»

«I read some things in the press on this topic but personally, I never received a concrete offer from PSG,» the winger told France Football, as noted by ESPN FC.

Can is out of contract in 2018 after arriving in a # 10m deal from Bayer Leverkusen in 2014, as noted by BBC Sport, and could find a switch to join Juve appealing if they are able to assure him of regular football in his favoured role.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Tim Vickery's Notes from South America: dismal showing by Atletico Nacional highlights weakness of South American club football

The increased visibility offered by their impressive run in the world's most coveted football competition, made people sit up and take note of the man, his team, and his tactics.

It has noting to do with blind commitment to the man - It has to do with his ability to milk as much as possible out of his players and ability to run a top class organization - all by doing it the right way... And it just so happens that he also puts out the most entertaining football in the EPL and maybe in europe (after Barca...).

Much the same point is made by the authors of the new BJSM editorial and in Back in the Game, where Kutcher and Gerstner argue that suicide rates among former National Football League players, can be and have been affected by messaging in the media — a phenomenon called the «suicide contagion» — and note how, in its coverage of the suicide of players such as Junior Seau and Dave Duerson, the media has consistently ignored all seven of the recommendations of the Centers of Disease Control on how to avoid spreading that contagion, including not presenting simplistic explanations for suicide, not engaging in repetitive, ongoing, or excessive reporting of suicide, and not sensationalizing suicide.

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan [15] views such suggestions as having «merit,» noting that, while sensors may currently be beyond the reach of most football programs, a «number of companies are developing innovative, low - cost technologies that will make instrumentation both practical and feasible.»

He described the goal of reducing the overall number of head impacts that high school football players sustain in a season as «logical» and «appealing,» but noted that, «until the risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy [25](CTE) are better defined by carefully designed and controlled research,» and research determines «what the advisable limit to head impact exposure should be,» employing contact limits or establishing «hit counts [4]» will remain «educated guesses, at best.»

She notes: «There is a blackbelt karate expert, a female football coach, a mormon, a former TV presenter and a best - selling author who has had the fi lm right to his life bought by Brad Pitt amongst the new MPs.»

CAF's letter titled RE - CONVEYANCE OF SANCTIONS BY NFF DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS EXTENSION AT THE CONTINENTAL LEVEL reads; Dear President, Following your previous correspondence dated May 16th and subsequent exchanges, CAF has well noted the decision of the NFF's Disciplinary Committee dated May 12th placing five (5) year ban from all football related activities for the following people.

Comparing the Dems to Harvard football players whose success is mitigated by the need to «be a rocket scientist» at the same time, Che noted that the Republicans just need to be able to spell the (shortened) name of their school before they start running roughshod over niceties like civil rights, the Constitution, and the fear that they'll be exposed as hypocritical, power - grubbing bullies.

But, as noted by the Bleacher Report blog, and as confirmed by a «source» of mine (read: college buddy) who happens to be a high school football official in the great state of Washington, there don't appear to be any rules dictating the color of whistles that must be used during games.

The Los Angeles Kiss arena football team noted above is so named because it's owned by Kiss band members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

Editor's note: Our Twitter followers will be aware that yesterday afternoon, the Inspiring office was taken over by football fever as we united nations (London, Manchester and Berlin) through the powers of modern day technology for our very own Brazil 2014 Sweepstake!