Sentences with phrase «of a major tournament since»

It was their first finals of a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

Not exact matches

In 2000 Webb put together the best season since Nancy Lopez's heyday, winning seven tournaments, including a pair of majors.

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.

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.

The Three Lions should be relieved to sidestep Portugal, who have knocked them out in the quarter - finals of two major tournaments since 2004, and also beat them in the group stage of Euro 2000.

Buoyed by the success of that decision — Arena's team reached the World Cup 2002 quarterfinals, the best U.S. performance since 1930 — Contiguglia has stood fast on Heinrichs, her results in major tournaments be damned.

This was a major upset since Coastal Carolina's odds of winning the championship were 55/1 before the season and 25/1 entering the tournament.

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.

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.

Matter of fact: Ondrej Duda was the first player since Pele in 1958 to score against Wales in a major tournament.

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.

Much like the rotation of the four major golf tournaments (well, three, since The Masters is always in Augusta).