Sentences with phrase «of international tournaments»

Sabatini was awarded the best director of football award for the 2013 - 14 season, though he has recently faced criticism during a faltering 2014 - 15 season that has seen Roma drop out of international tournaments and collapse.

Sanchez is the ONLY player who should have been rotated this season because of his international tournament in the Summer.

USA Rugby is leading the planning and delivery of this international tournament in San Francisco, working closely with World Rugby, local partners and officials.

Players are usually granted leave following the end of an international tournament to rest, and the French duo are not expected to play in our upcoming American tour, where we will take on an MLS All - Star side, before taking on Chivas de Guadalajara.

Not exact matches

The 75 - year - old has helped to organise the International Champions Cup, a pre-season tournament involving many of the world's top clubs in the US, China, and Australia.

At first, yes, according to the analysis, but the benefits of adding star contributors to the team worked only up to a point, whether you were looking at international soccer tournaments or the NBA.

To celebrate the NHL's international diversity, the World Cup of Hockey will return in September 2016, a best - on - best international tournament featuring eight teams comprised of the world's best hockey players.

Known as the Kalocsa Paprika Days, it features an exhibition of food products and agricultural machinery, a professional conference on the topic of paprika, various sports events, a «Paprika Cup» international chess tournament, and a fish soup cooking contest.

Kona is the start and finish of the annual Ironman World Championship triathlon, the annual Kona Coffee Festival and the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.

He also serves as president of the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup, one of the world's most prestigious international youth soccer tournaments.

And the good humor and candor of these youngsters contributed a great deal to the fact that the tournament in Santiago was an engaging and generally successful experiment in international relations.

Sirs: The article by Tanya Matthews showing how American champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his way out of the recent world international chess tournament in Sousse, Tunisia, in spite of the sincere efforts of the officials and players to meet his almost incessant demands and to placate his petulant faultfindings, was eminently fair and factual.

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 tournaments.

There are usually a number of international vacancies after a major tournament.

Hummels obviously has more experience and at a higher level having played almost 50 European club games and with about the same number of full international caps and two major tournaments to his name with Germany.

A lot of this theory may hinge on how much game time the Arsenal and England international midfield star Jack Wilshere gets at the upcoming Euro 2016 tournament, and by extension whether the England boss Roy Hodgson decides to play our Jack and our transfer target Jamie Vardy at the same time.

The Costa Rica international was a star of the World Cup, helping the small nation to their best ever finish in the quarter finals of the tournament.

NCVA compiled a perfect 9 - 0 record during the tournament and dropped just five of 32 total sets en route to winning the Youth Boys International Division.

If they are going to make the international tournaments longer and longer than perhaps we should start looking at reducing the amount of teams in the Premiership again to shorten the season just a little bit?

Let's be honest England just don't produce the world class players needed to win big tournaments, even the so - called golden generation of Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham etc were never at the same level as the likes of Xavi, Pirlo in internationals for their country!

But while the world is full of countries that have never made it to any international tournament — of FIFA's 209 teams, 68 have never made it out of qualifying — rarer are those in the club that Wales are, in theory, about to leave.

TENNIS — Stockbroker CHUCK McKINLEY of Port Washington, N.Y. beat Puerto Rico's Charles Pasarell in the last match of the Vanderbilt International Invitation Round Robin Tournament in New York to clinch the title with 219 points.

On the other hand, when Korn / Ferry was asked to find someone to head the Women's International Professional Tennis Council, a body created two years ago to provide a neutral meeting ground for the various factions in women's tennis — the ITF, the WITA and the tournament directors — it came up with Jane Brown, a woman of great experience in several areas of tennis administration.

While a disappointing tournament for Jose Mourinho's Blues after getting knocked by Paris Saint - Germain in the last 16, the Serbian international would walk into the team of any giant of European football.

But if his international team makes it to the final four of the Copa América tournament, we have already heard Arsene Wenger say that the Gunners will have to do without our star man in the first few weeks of the new season, so you might find it odd that I want Chile to win the cup, especially after the World Cup hangover that was so evident for Per Mertesacker and Mesut Ozil.

Given their track record in big international tournaments, you arguably wouldn't expect England fans and the media as a whole to look too far ahead of themselves.

International summer tournaments are always a way for players to put themselves in the shop window, but Fluminense's director of football Rodrigo Caetano told ESPN Brazil: «Fred is under contract with Fluminense, he is very happy at the club and we are very satisfied with him.»

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 youngster is now a fully fledged England international and is set to make his second major tournament appearance at next year's World Cup in Russia as he hits the tender age of 20.

Ronaldo's 3 goals moved him to third in the all - time list of European Championship scorers — no mean feat considering it is the most competitive international tournament in world football.

Jackie Robinson West Little League has been placed on probation with its tournament privileges suspended until such a time that new leadership in the positions of President, Anne Haley, and Treasurer, Bill Haley, have been elected or appointed, and that the league is fully compliant with all Little League International Regulations.

After an extensive review of the operations of Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4, the Little League International Charter / Tournament Committee has determined that the Jackie Robinson West Little League and Illinois District 4 Administrator knowingly violated Little League International Rules and Regulations by placing players on their team who did not qualify to play because they lived outside the team's boundaries.

If you want to be an international player then you've got to accept tournaments take place in the summer at the end of the season.

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.

The Arsenal and Spain international right back Hector Bellerin could be set to endure the same first international tournament disappointment as his club team mate Theo Walcott did with England back in 2006, when Sven Goran Eriksson took the young forward to Germany but did not give him even a minute of playing time despite injury problems to the other England strikers.

Alexis Sanchez» stunning season continued on international duty for Chile as he scored his first goal of the Copa America tournament during their 5 - 0 thrashing of Bolivia in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Many feel that for the good of England's future, its best young players should be turning out in youth tournaments and progressing at a low - pressure level before being introduced into the scary world of being a full England international, where one mistake can drastically turn your whole career on its head.

This year is even worse than usual, back - to - back international tournaments ensuring that plenty of players are either just sloping back from their holidays, or have gone to London to help Sebastian Coe in his bid for a knighthood baronetcy viscounty.

The Colombian is now said to have agreed a move to Fenerbahce this summer, in a # 6 Million deal, having grown frustrated with his lack of first - team football, and with his place in his international team at risk ahead of the World Cup tournament in 14 months time.

Till clubs and the FA here stop treating the young players like hemophiliac children wrapped up in cotton wool... There should never be an expectation of doing well in an international tournament at a senior level.

It had the field, one of the deepest and more international groups you'll ever get for a non-major or World Golf Championships tournament.

TENNIS — U.S. team of Charles Pasarell and Cliff Buchholz defeated Clive Brebnor and Piet Synman of South Africa 3 - 0 to win the Orange Cup international junior team tennis tournament, for the second straight year, in Miami Beach, Fla..

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.

He was one of the stars of the tournament, a home - grown player, good age, and an experienced international.

But while Guerreiro will be playing for his country this summer it looks like the current Arsenal left back Kieran Gibbs will be watching the international tournament from home after he was left out of the latest England squad by Roy Hodgson.

The 23 - year old Greece international was already settled into the national side, despite his young age, but his performances at the World Cup in Brazil this summer, where he was voted one of the 50 best players in the tournament, really catapulted him into the thoughts of club managers around Europe.

He arrived on the international stage with a display of pure skill and stone - cold bravado at the 2000 European Championships, the World Cup - like tournament played every four years between European national teams.

Chelsea's Oscar is missing from the squad having not recovered from injury, and his absence could see this summer's tournament as the moment Coutinho steps out of his shadow and makes his mark on the international stage.

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez truly is a Duracell Bunny as he plays in an international tournament with Chile every single summer, and he wins quite a lot of them too!

With Gareth Bale again making the headlines ahead of Wales» game against Israel, here's a look at seven of the best players as well as the Real Madrid star to never manage an appearance at a major international tournament...