Sentences with phrase «play in the world championships»

Would he be able to play in the world championships?

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By the time he won the world championship in 1921, he had played in only two strong international tournaments (San Sebastian 1909 and St. Petersburg 1914).

After starring on A's teams that won three consecutive world championships, after seeing the burlesque melodrama of his relationship with Finley played out in the papers, Reggie, perhaps the most compelling, certainly the most visible, personality in baseball, had arrived.

So, on a day when Hiroshi Iwata matched the major championship - scoring record with a 9 - under 63 and other players golf fans had barely heard of (George Coetzee, 7 - under) scorched Whistling Straits, Woods played like the 286th - ranked golfer in the world.

In the finals of last year's world championships, Jiang was down 21 - 14, 11 - 6 to Sweden's Jan - Ove Waldner when they played a remarkable point.

His play at the world championships mirrored his play in the NBA: In Yugoslavia's early games he looked like a tired old man, but on he came, getting stronger as his team diin the NBA: In Yugoslavia's early games he looked like a tired old man, but on he came, getting stronger as his team diIn Yugoslavia's early games he looked like a tired old man, but on he came, getting stronger as his team did.

Also long experienced is George Rapée — five world championships, including three wins — partnered by Sidney Lazard, who played in his sole world championship by the unanimous invitation of his five teammates.

The powers of amateur golf got a surprise in Mexico City when four unheralded Australians, led by a 43 - year - old scrambler, played it cool and quiet and confounded the favorites in a world championship

Now, says the USGA, the Open championship, the most important golf event in the world, will be played like any other tournament, 18 holes a day for four days, finishing on a nice televisable Sunday.

I think that as a 24 - year - old player who has played in the Champions League, played a quarter - final of the World Cup, took part in championships in Spain, France, England, Greece, Portugal, he has a very important background.

They played.500 ball for months at a time in 2016, however, and still managed to win over 100 games and eventually, a World Series championship.

To recharge, Redick stayed away from the court for two weeks last summer, after playing for the U.S. in the under - 21 world championships in Argentina.

The play, which received considerable acclaim when staged in Washington, deals with the career of Jack Johnson, the legendary Negro fighter whose career ended when he allegedly threw the world championship.

Base on some fans comment we should be playing in the championship and the world has ended, i have stopped guessing who is going to go or who is going stay, i will just wait to see when the window closes.

In September, the most versatile player in college added to her repertoire by practicing and playing against the best vets in the world as the only collegian on the U.S. team that took gold at the world championship in IstanbuIn September, the most versatile player in college added to her repertoire by practicing and playing against the best vets in the world as the only collegian on the U.S. team that took gold at the world championship in Istanbuin college added to her repertoire by practicing and playing against the best vets in the world as the only collegian on the U.S. team that took gold at the world championship in Istanbuin the world as the only collegian on the U.S. team that took gold at the world championship in Istanbuin Istanbul.

He wanted to play in the Olympics, the world championships, the NHL.

Although the fast - skating Russians have taken long strides (Olympic championship), the Canadians of the National Hockey League still play far and away the best hockey in the world.

He thought: «I can not imagine anyplace else on earth that I would rather be at this moment than right here, about to play in the final game of the championship of the world.»

Since 2002, when the upstart Angels beat the Yankees in the ALDS on their way to a world championship, teams that had not played in the previous postseason are 23 — 13 against teams that had.

Indeed, one of the more celebrated news photos ever to run in the newspapers of Norway (where Heiden is almost as famous as the King himself) shows Eric and his U.S. teammates skating in their underwear — a prank they played after Heiden's third world championship.

What follows is an annotated version of the game story that ran in Sports Illustrated the last time Brady, Belichick and the Patriots played for a world championship in Houston, 13 years ago, against the Panthers.

France have a fantastic record in tournaments played on their own turf, having won the World Cup in 1998 and the European championships in 1984, so it is little surprise that they are favourites to win again with 888Sport euro betting odds.

Declan's prowess in water polo has taken him across the world — playing against Romania in the European championships is one of his career highlights, as is winning a Men's invitational tournament in Malta.

# 17 Duane Ward FARMINGTON Fireballing reliever for Blue Jays led American League with 45 saves in 1993; played on two World Series championship teams.

The world's best U20 teams will play across three venues: Stade Aimé Giral in Perpignan; Stade de la Méditerranée in Béziers and the Stade d'Honneur du Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié in Narbonne.Tickets for the championship, which showcases the future stars of world rugby, went on sale on 6 March via www.ffr.fr, www.ticketmaster.fr and www.francebillet.com with prices reflecting the FFR's ambition to attract new fans to the sport.

He has won the most important league championships in the world of football, now he has the opportunity to play in the best league in the world and I know he will grasp this opportunity and will work hard to help the team win titles.

Chelsea signed the World Cup winner, after he played an instrumental role in France winning their first championship, in the summer of 1998 from AC Milan — with whom he won the Champion League, scoring in their 1994 final against Barcelona — and Desailly was immediately given the captaincy under then boss Gianluca Vialli.

I look @ Willy Boly and think he could play in midfield and become our Yaya Toure we certainly don't want to sign any championship players, we're bigger than that.no cast offs either.A world class striker then the club would have to expand the ground.

It's my dream, I've told many people I wish to play in the Premier League because I think it is the best championship of the world, the most competitive one, and I want to have this challenge in my career.

By the 60s, Busby had United winning championships and, in 1968, the European Cup, playing exciting attacking football that wowed crowds all over the world.

By October 2012, Cahow was back playing for the Boston Blades, captaining the team, which won the Clarkson Cup in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, but, after being left off the roster for the U.S. team that won the world's championships in April 2013, she decided to retire rather than accept an invitation to try out for her third Olympic team.

We all played hooky on Friday and headed into the city for the parade honoring the Chicago Cubs» first world championship in 108 years.

After that, we were playing a little bit of a points game as we wanted to win the championship in our first full season in Pirelli World Challenge.»

As a crew chief John Wright has played a key role in winning eight driver and seven team championships in World Challenge, IMSA (ALMS) and the Grand - Am Rolex Series.

Play 45 holes of championship golf on Tom Fazio's Corales, and P.B. Dye's La Cana, featuring some of the most scenic oceanside golf in the world.

With the world to play for in the Football Frontier International championship, it's going to take the right squad, Special Moves and strategies to take Mark Evans all the way to the top!

Moreover, Players can also play the Exhibition Mode in this authentic WWE 12 wrestling game download, where players will be given a random WWE Start or hero to fight against all the remaining WWE superstar's, and players will have to stand till the end of the game to achieve the world championship title.

By not building upon the split - screen multiplayer of the previous game in most areas; it still has the same limitations of having no race replays, no championships, no variation in game modes besides racing, only 4 A.I. controlled riders and even the improvement of wet weather conditions comes with the unnecessary optimisation of rain droplets having been removed in favour of a damp track, while split - screen is still limited to only the Quick Mode as you can not play any of the World Tour or the online equivalent co-operatively or competitively.

Legends of Wrestling II offers many exciting new features, including: More than 65 of the greatest wrestlers of all time; Cranium - crushing match types, such as 6 - and 8 - man Elimination Bouts, Cage, Battle Royal, Ladder, and 3 - and 4 - way dances; Never - before - seen $ 15,000 Body Slam Challenge with Big John Studd; All - new career mode, allowing players to battle throughout the United States and the world for the respect of promoters and fans while fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world; All - new DVD bonus footage, including interviews with many of the legends talking about their famed careers, favorite opponents and more (not available in Nintendo GameCube or Game Boy Advance); Signature entrances and taunts for each legendary wrestler, including all new licensed music composed by «Mouth of the South» Jimmy Hart; Fierce tag - team tournaments with great teams such as The Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers, British Bulldogs, Nasty Boys, Rock - n - Roll Express and more; Advanced ISP system delivering even more bone - breaking one - button combos and reversals for outstanding game play; Create - A-Legend returns bigger and better, allowing players to make their ultimate grappler; All - new dynamic cloth and hair technology enhancing the realism of the wrestlers» movements.

While the classic cars may be just what excites F1 fans into playing F1 2017; they do fall flat in a couple of areas as none of their legendary drivers are available to race as or compete against which makes no sense as having Mika Hakkinen's world driver's championship winning car from 1998 without Mika Hakkinen somewhat reduces the quality of the experience below that of the classic cars included in F1 2013 which actually featured the official names and imagery of Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Alain Prost, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Hakkinen, Michael Schumacher, Gerhard Berger and more besides.

«When we went to the championships in Sioux City, Iowa, we lost our first game, and when you lose your first game at a world tournament, you are then forced to go through the losers bracket and play a lot of games in seven days.

ALL WORK ALL PLAY: The Pursuit of eSports Glory Live will give fans a deeper look as they follow Season Nine of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM), a global pro-gaming tour that takes the best teams and players from around the world to compete for the championship title in their particular eSports.