Sentences with phrase «player in history»

A century after his birth, Guston does remain, assuredly, a major player in the history of American painting.

This is Serena Williams, the undisputedly greatest woman tennis player in the history of the sport, in 2013 on «Late Night with David Letterman»:

It's only fitting that the greatest basketball player in history would star in the biggest basketball film of all time.

His college accolades include three national championships at UCLA and he is the only player in history to be named «Most Valuable Player» of the Tournament three times.

Stretching from Egypt to Mesopotamia (present - day Iraq), the road passed the overlook city, Megiddo, making the community atop the mound a player in the history of wars and men.

French wonderkid Ousmane Dembele shrugged off comparisons with Neymar and insisted he still has much to learn, despite becoming the second most expensive player in history as he was presented by Barcelona on Monday.

And Dembele expects to learn firsthand from Messi, who he described as the best player in history.

40 — Shay Given would become the second oldest player in the history of the competition if he makes an appearance.

It is the largest compensation award for an out of contract player in the history of professional football — the previous record was the # 3.5 million paid by Chelsea to Manchester City for Daniel Sturridge (now at Liverpool).

In the Premier League alone, 13 of the 20 clubs broke their respective transfer records — including Manchester United whose # 89 million move for Paul Pogba has made him the most expensive player in history.

After starring in a four - year spell with Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga, Xhaka became Arsenal's third-most expensive player in history, joining for a # 30 million fee last May.

At 18 years and 208 days, he became the youngest player in the history of the national team to score on his debut.

Lukaku joined Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo by becoming just the fifth player in history to reach the lucrative landmark of 50 league goals by the age of 23.

The Toffees — who have already spent # 100million this summer recruiting the likes of Jordan Pickford, Davy Klaasen, Micheal Keane and Sandro Ramirez — are now ready to progress the Rooney deal, which will see him become the highest paid player in their history.

Mohamed Salah became just the third Liverpool player in history to score 40 goals in a single season by netting once more in a 3 - 0 win over Bournemouth.

It is told that Messi is the best soccer player in history ever.

Introduction: With 117 appearances, Sergey Ignashevich is the most - capped player in the history of the Russian national team.

He is also Ukraine's third - youngest player in their history,

With the sale, Dortmund made the biggest one - season profit on a player in the history of the sport.

Individually he's the youngest and only player in history to have won 4 consecutive Ballon D'Or awards (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), is tied with Gerd Müller for most European Cup top scorer awards with four (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), became La Liga's top scorer (Pichichi) and European Boot winner (or Golden Shoe) twice (2010, 2012), established a new La Liga record for goals (50) and hat - tricks scored (8) in a single campaign, longest scoring streak in La Liga 10 games (along with Ronaldo and Mariano Martin).

The match was in particular of great significance for Walcott, who was also stand - in captain, as his second strike meant that the 27 - year - old has reached a landmark 100 goals for Arsenal and the attacker becomes only the 18th player in the history of the club to do so.

The Danish forward is widely hailed as the best player in the history of Arsenal.

* Centre forward: George Best Best, the boy who had the lot, with balance like no other player in the history of football.

Perhaps the best of Mourinho's signings, Drogba was unheard of to the average football fan when he emerged onto the Premier League scene as the most expensive Ivorian player in history.

Throughout his time at Real, Bale and his representatives have sought to play down the fee and dismiss his status as the most expensive player in the history of the game.

The LA Galaxy have reportedly returned for Ibrahimović, making a gigantic offer to the striker that would see him become the highest paid player in the history of MLS should he accept.

Or do they say, «You know what, we're not gonna have the greatest player in the history of the sport forever, so we might as well try to win as much as we can while he's still here?»

Bastian Schweinsteiger has been offered a very lucrative contract by Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, which would make him the highest paid player in the history of US Soccer.

Kanu, our most decorated player in history, won the Champions League with Ajax, the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan, and two Premier League titles and FA Cups in England with Arsenal.

The best player in history for me, is pele, cr7, messi, maradona, ronaldo # 9, zidane, frantz bechenbauer, johan cruyff, alfredo distefano, michel Platini

Oh, and Sergio Aguero has the best goal - scoring rate of any player in the history of the Premier League.

While Totti's pursuit of Silvio Piola's scoring record will ultimately fall flat, Totti already has more appearances than any attacking outfield player in the history of the league and is, by any objective measure (bias alert, but not really), the best Italian to ever play the game.

Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 0 Mohamed Salah became just the third Liverpool player in history to score 40 goals in a single season by netting once more i -LRB-...)

And if Ronaldinho was «the most gifted player in history», shouldn't his era as the best player in the world been a lot longer than 2 years?

He ran For 1,486 yards, inexorably rolling to his third consecutive rushing title, becoming only the fourth player in history to accomplish that feat.

However, the Juventus icon stopped short of calling the Portuguese ace the best player in history.

By a consensus of grandmasters, he had become the strongest chess player in history.

In fact, every NFL player in history who was selected prior to 2008 can say he was drafted before Matt Ryan.

Tagaloa is the first four - year varsity player in the history of the storied De La Salle program.

He is the only player in history to score a hat - trick in the Venezuelan clasico between Caracas and Deportivo.

Trae Young also committed more turnovers than any other player in the history of college basketball — freshman, sophomore, junior or senior.

No player in history, not even Lew Alcindor, transformed college basketball more than Baylor's dunk - happy Brittney Griner

According to 247Sports» Steve Lorenz, Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player in history, will pay a visit to The Big...

With one game remaining in his busy career, Bork has now thrown more passes (834), completed more (534) for more yardage (6,366) and more touchdowns (58) than any college player in history.

The most overhyped, and overrated player in history of football.

He has three NBA championships with two teams, and he's the most important player in the history of both of those franchises.

Via @eliassports Justin Tucker is the first player in history to kick FGs in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s in terms of yardage.

Call me biased, if you wish, but no player in the history of the NHL except for maybe Steve Yzerman compares to Lidstrom as the total package.

Lecoq made more interceptions in a bpl match today than any other player in the history of bpl.

Jordan Spieth is in line to become the 4th player in history to repeat as Masters champion, which raises the question: Who would help him put on his new green jacket?