Sentences with phrase «of a major tournament for»

Carvalho played all 90 minutes in the victory over Ghana and 45 minutes in the 2 - 2 draw with the USA as Portugal crashed out at the group stages of a major tournament for the first time since 2002.

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The NCAA Tournament is a major source of advertising revenue for television, generating more than $ 1 billion per year in ad sales.

In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

Velloso says eSports has been a major focus for his team because that gaming community already uses the platform to communicate in real time as they watch livestreams of tournaments and competitions.

The Florida Keys and South Dade are home to a number of major fishing tournaments, so some of the stores make sure to carry a stock of frozen bait for traveling competitors.

He is definitely giving Giroud chances due to the French national team which is a major tournament for him due to the ban of Benzema and lets face it Giroud is good when plays with France who is a completely different player for them than Arsenal.

While most of the nation's major college teams disappointedly packed away their shattered dreams, the fortunate few made ready to engage in the annual battle for national honors in the NCAA and NIT tournaments.

At international level too, Ronaldo inspired an average Portugal team to the semi-finals of Euro 2012, while, without the assistance of Xavi, Iniesta and co., Messi has struggled for Argentina at their last two major tournaments.

The Bearcats won by 38 but lost in the next round to UCLA, making it possible for a kid who picked the first 16/1 upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament to finish in the top 10 of a contest on a major national website.

Van Persie now has 45 goals in 85 appearances for his country, and can further cement his status as one of the best strikers in the world with more impressive displays at a major international tournament, after already proving himself as a star of the Premier League.

I can taste the overwhelming wisdom about Walcott on the way in April when he returns just in time to get the usual few games before a major tournament and undeservedly gets picked for England — blocking the inclusion of a deserving player.

England still clearly haven't developed that habit and ability to see out results at major tournaments, and for all the positive signs from the game, it was ultimately a disappointing night given that they had to share the spoils when they should of won comfortably.

Maybe because the Welsh have been punching above their weight recently and have not qualified for the World Cup since 1958 and only one major tournament in the donkey's years will make their loss to the Republic of Ireland in the crucial final qualifier a little easier to bear, but I doubt it.

It's been a testing two weeks for football fans, because although there should be no prouder moment than seeing your nation walk out for an international fixture, these days anything bar the major international tournaments just seem to get in the way of a busy and competitive club schedule.

Finally free of the pain that last year forced him to end his streak of playing in consecutive majors at 145, Nicklaus came to the Bell Atlantic to shake out the cobwebs and get his game in some kind of shape for his own tournament, next week's Memorial, and two weeks after that, the U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

Yedlin has been bubbling up in Major League Soccer for the past two seasons as a future star, and at this summer's tournament he got to show just how far he's come in that short space of time.

I'm not surprised he's missing the sunshine from the South Coast of Spain, but he is obviously enjoying his football and his life in London, but he rues the fact that, despite his excellent form for Arsenal, he has been mostly overlooked by the Spanish national side when it has come to the major tournaments.

The Red Dragons have qualified for their first major tournament in 57 years and will fancy their chances of claiming a famous scalp, with a motivated squad pulling around the talismanic Gareth Bale.

Dzeko played for his national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, leading the line for Bosnia & Herzegovina, but he was unable to help them make it out of the group stage in their first ever major international tournament.

Unfortunately there's been a shortage of buzz surrounding the majors this year without Woods, but there should be plenty of hype for this one as this is just the second tournament since March that he's has competed in.

Arsenal's supersub Olivier Giroud has been told by the France coach Didier Deschamps that he will need to play regular first team football if he wants to be chosen for the international squad at the World Cup in Russia this summer, and Giroud himself has admitted that he is desperate to go to what could be his large major tournament of his career.

A major international tournament, on home soil, may well be the ultimate send - off for a man who was once considered one of Europe's elite players.

As impressive England have been, coming up short against the top national sides has been their achilles heel, especially at major tournaments which makes Tuesday's game against Italy vital for the confidence of the team going forward.

I don't expect them to be a major force in the tournament although if the likes of Ronaldo and Nani play to their potential then they certainly should challenge Holland for second place in the toughest of all Euro 2012 groups.

The main concern for England coming into the tournament was that the players wouldn't totally respond to Hodgson's drills and tactics, something that was one of the major problems during his time at Liverpool.

Senegal are said to be angry that Sakho played for for West Ham 48 hours before they were knocked out of Africa's major international tournament by Algeria.

Heck, I did a daily podcast on the 2010 tournament for a now defunct website that is defunct partially because of the stress that went along with doing things like a daily podcast while working a day job, simply because the tournament is always a ton of fun and a great chance to see some fantastic up and coming talent that isn't yet established in the major European leagues.

Let's focus on England for now and yet another failure in a major tournament, the truth of the matter is they promise a lot but deliver little, England lost to Iceland the same way Arsenal lost to Monaco in the champions league!

Emily: One of the best players never to win a major, and that streak continues this week for Garcia, who is likely to have something of a lackluster tournament.

A good omen for the 33 - year - old, and the rest of Didier Deschamps» talented squad, is that France have won two major tournaments when playing on home soil — Euro 1984 and the 1998 World Cup.

Wales are on the brink of qualifying for another major tournament, or at least of securing a play - off place, but it could swing either way.

Last season Celtic won every competition open to them: the Scottish League Championship, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Glasgow Cup and, finally and unforgettably, the European Cup, the prize in a tournament for the champion clubs of all the major football nations of Europe.

It's a tournament that's crafted for a TV audience, and unbound by some of the stuffy traditions surrounding the major championships and the organizations that run them.

With his history of playing well in major tournaments, including at Augusta, the first round was a great sign for his chances.

Phase 4 is next and will bring brand new windscreens with our logo, new fencing, a water jug filler, new ice machine and another major project which has not been approved yet!!!!! Hunter has served on the Board of Directors for the USTA for 10 years and has been on the Junior Council and adult tournament committees as well as the committee that hired the Executive Director.

Belgium lost in the last minute to West Germany, but it was the start of a golden era for Belgian football, as they qualified for the next three major tournaments.

I've always been a bit of a hopeless romantic when it comes to England and major tournaments, constantly looking for any reason to be optimistic when a little voice in the back of my head is telling me not to bet on us qualifying from the group stages.

Euro 2016 qualification is now effectively certain - as if it weren't already, of course, but even more so now and we can say for certain that Hodgson will lead England into a major tournament for a third time, becoming the first man since Sven Goran Eriksson a decade ago to do so.

Embed from Getty Images I've always been a bit of a hopeless romantic when it comes to England and major tournaments, constantly looking for any reason...

Wales, inspired by Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, have reached a major tournament for the first time in 58 years, but most surprising of all perhaps was the fate of the Netherlands; the third placed side at the last World Cup failed to even make the play - offs, finishing fourth in Group A.

He has failed to find the form he showed in that tournament since, and we have never looked likely to challenge the likes of Spain and Germany for major honours.

Bale was directly involved in nine of Wales» 11 goals during qualifying for Euro 2016, and he scored in every group game as Wales reached the semi-finals in the first major tournament they had qualified for in almost 60 years.

His record of three wins in three major tournaments is one of the worst in England's history, and it was perhaps due to the relatively easy qualifying groups for World Cup 2014 and Euro 2016 that his managerial weaknesses always slipped under the radar.

Albania, coached by Gianni de Biasi, made history by qualifying for Euro 2016 - their first major football tournament, and pipped the likes of Serbia and Denmark to secure an automatic spot behind group winners Portugal.

Unlike Van Gaal with his first - window moves for the likes of Rojo and Keylor Navas he will not base a transfer strategy on performances in an ongoing major tournament.

«I've had a period when injury robbed me of playing for my country but with Russia in mind, it would just be unbelievable to finally be playing at a major tournament for Nigeria,» he said.

Meanwhile tournament hosts the Netherlands» achievement in winning their first major female football title, the 2017 Women's European Championship, was recognised with Women's Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards for Sarina Wiegman and Lieke Martens respectively.

Another major tournament calamity for England, another round of soul - searching.

Introduction: Receiving your call up to the national squad for a major tournament should be a proud moment for any player, but coming less than a week before the first fixture when, by your own admission, you are out of shape, it becomes a more frantic affair.

Being the brand ambassador for the tournament, Owen was one of the major voices of the games.