Sentences with phrase «races in the world cup»

Ski racer Nick Zoricic died Saturday racing in World Cup skicross event in Switzerland.

It is one of the toughest races in the World Cup season.

Not exact matches

Kumaritashvili competed in five World Cup races this season, finishing 44th in the world standWorld Cup races this season, finishing 44th in the world standworld standings.

For Vonn, who has four World Cup championships and raced in more World Cup events than any other American in addition to her Olympic medals, monetary success came in the form of lucrative endorsements.

A Russian speedskater looks on before he competes in the Mens 500m race on day two during the ISU World Cup Speed Skating held at Thialf on November 11, 2017 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

12 May 2014 Energy drink ban in pubs during World Cup contrary to evidence The Australian Beverages Council, representing the Australian energy drink industry, has today slammed the recent announcement by the WA Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor that energy drink mixers would be banned in venues during late night screenings of World Cup -LSB-...]

Four of our stars were in action last night, with Costa Rica taking on Jamaica in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, Nigeria hosting Egypt in the race to Gabon 2017 and France travelling to Holland for a friendly.

That means the majority of European races will start at 15:10 local time compared to the traditional 14:00, the only exceptions being Britain, which starts at 14:10 to keep it in line with the European time zones, and France, which will start at 16:10 to avoid a clash with a World Cup game.

MotoGP governing body Dorna has also been involved in discussions, and Bratches also wants to try and make sure that races aren't on the same weekend as other major sporting events, like Wimbledon and the World Cup.

TRANSLATION Sirs: Ganbare is a much more appropriate name for the underdog yacht that Douglas Peterson built on a shoestring and raced with success against far more expensive boats in the 1973 World One Ton Cup championship than your translation of the name — «good luck» — would imply (Sardinia Sea Script: Viva Cinderella!

In the most triumphant week ski - racing America has ever known, Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney took charge of the World Cup

SKIING — It was a case of peaking too late: American BARBARA COCHRAN won it all at the World Cup races in Heavenly Valley, Calif. — first the slalom, then the giant slalom — to shut out the tough touring European stars.

With her downhill victory last Saturday at Lake Louise, Canada, 21 - year - old Lindsey Kildow (right) became the first U.S. woman to win World Cup races in back - to - back years since Picabo Street a decade ago.

Memphis Depay may have scored Holland's clinching goal against Chile in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B, but it is Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben who did most of the hard work, racing down the left with the ball and squaring for Depay to tap home.

After teammate Lionel Messi has netted a first - half opener, former Liverpool star Suarez raced onto a Sergio Busquets though pass to put Barca 2 - 0 up on River Plate after 49 minutes of today's FIFA Club World Cup final in Japan.

Unlike Greene, who was a star on the World Cup circuit, Lee - Gartner had not won a race in seven years of World Cup competition.

Miller was fast when he won the overall World Cup title in 2005 and then again in 2008, and fast when he won more career World Cup races (32) than any U.S. skier of either gender.

Wilshere will now not only be facing a race to regain fitness for Arsenal but also to knuckle down in order to secure some England playing time before the summer in order to raise his case for a place on the plane for this summer's World Cup in Russia.

There's always at least one huge pile - up at Macau and this year, it's happened in the FIA GT World Cup qualifying race.

The addition of the Indianapolis 500, one of the biggest races in the world, gives NBC another marquee property to add its array of sports broadcast rights that includes NASCAR, English Premier League soccer, NFL Sunday Night Football, NHL regular - season games and the Stanley Cup Finals, Tour de France, and horse racing's Triple Crown.

Bayern Munich have apparently knocked Manchester United back in the race to sign Thomas Muller after Louis Van Gaal's men made a # 45m offer for the World Cup winner, according to the Daily Express.

The one fact of the mighty empiricist in this article is that we were in 4 cup finals in the last 5 years and won 3 the rest of the piece is opinion about the unfair treatment of his supplier... another fact is that we were incapable of getting past the last 16 in the CL in that time and another fact is that we were never at any point serious contenders to win the EPL and another fact is that at the end of that cup run we dropped out of the top 4 and will now drop out of the top 5... Another fact is that for over a decade we haven't been competitive in the two races that define a top flight european club even though the promise was that by building a shiny new stadium and charging the highest gate prices in world football we would... And a million and one other facts that point to one thing WENGER OUT

Football has been as exciting and entertaining as ever in 2014, with the World Cup, an intriguing Premier League title race and some out of this world transfer spenWorld Cup, an intriguing Premier League title race and some out of this world transfer spenworld transfer spending.

As he did in the World Cup final, Gotze scored the only goal of the game; racing through onto a beautiful pass from Sebastian Rode before finishing calmly past Juan Pablo Carrizo.

SKIING — BOJAN KRIZAJ of Yugoslavia clinched the World Cup men's slalom title with a second - place finish behind teammate Grega Benedik in the season's final race, in Sarajevo.

In the last race before the Olympics, Proell won the giant slalom at St. - Gervais, France and climbed into the lead in the World Cup standings, 203 - 187 over Fran √ ßoise Macchi of FrancIn the last race before the Olympics, Proell won the giant slalom at St. - Gervais, France and climbed into the lead in the World Cup standings, 203 - 187 over Fran √ ßoise Macchi of Francin the World Cup standings, 203 - 187 over Fran √ ßoise Macchi of France.

She had won eight World Cup slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her first run to take a.49 of a second lead over defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.

The World Cup overall title [for most points scored in all five racing disciplines in a single year] is a goal.

Not only did she compete in and achieve fantastic results in a number of European and World Cup races, but she contributed to sporting life at Oxford at the same time.

The «new» crew were tested in six - lane international racing for the first time at the World Cup in Lucerne at the weekend.

During the qualifying race for the GT World Cup, Dani Juncadella lost it whilst running in fourth place, triggering this spectacular 16 - car pile - up.

The Chilean has been superb for Juve in their three consecutive Serie A title wins, and was also impressive for his national side at this summer's World Cup, where he also attracted the interest of United's rivals Arsenal, though it now looks as though it is the Red Devils who have won the race for his signature, with contract negotiations ongoing but looking positive.

1 Women who have won a World Cup skiing race in each of the six disciplines (giant slalom, downhill, slalom, Super G, combined and super-combi): Janica Kostelic of Croatia, who won her first Super G on Sunday.

(Street, who crashed in the World Cup finals last March, will have a metal plate removed from her left leg late next month and probably won't race for another year.)

It is set to be a nailbiting finish for Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey in the race for the World Cup Finals when they take on Ireland at home on Monday.

@AnnieLast1 becomes the first in 2⃣ 0⃣ years to win elite women's race at the UCI MTB Cross-country World Cup!!

But with the World Cup less than two months away, and deputy Sven Ulreich in fine form, he faces a race against time.

Arguably the most impressive performer of the regatta was Britain's Bryony Shaw who successfully defended her World Cup crown in the RS: X women's class, winning the medal race for her seventh victory out of 10.

It proved to be a bitter sweet Valentine's Day for Lizzy Yarnold as she took victory in the final World Cup skeleton race of the season in Sochi, but missed out on the overall title by just 20 points.

Yarnold continued to push for the Sochi win though and took it by the narrowest of margins, denying home favourite Maria Orlova by 0.04 seconds while Germany's Anja Huber Selbach took bronze in her last World Cup race.

Earlier, disappointment laid in wait for Olympic Champion Kat Copeland, racing this season with Charlotte Taylor who were women's lightweight double world cup winners last month.

Croatia's Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic is the new World Cup champion in the Finn, clinching gold with a 4th place in the Medal Race.

Argentina international striker Sergio Aguero faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup in Russia.

Laura Deas sits second in the IBSF world rankings after finishing fourth in the second World Cup race of the season in Winterworld rankings after finishing fourth in the second World Cup race of the season in WinterWorld Cup race of the season in Winterberg.

Rio - bound golden girls Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark were victorious on the final day of World Cup racing in Hyeres as Britain's sailors also bagged a silver and two bronze medals in one of the final events before the Olympic Games.

A three - time European Champion in the team pursuit, Barker has increased her focus on the individual events since Rio, winning gold in the Track World Cup points race in the Netherlands in November.

Ajax are reportedly ahead of other clubs in the race for his services, as they tried signing him immediately after his exploit at the U-17 World Cup where he was crowned the Most Valuable Player in Chile.

Indeed an unprecedented and record - breaking 14 consecutive world cup wins came her way prior to last year's trip to Fort William, looking to return to winning ways in Croatia for Trek Factory Racing DH.

At the final round of this season's world cup, Richards finished third in the elite women's round and will start in Valkenburg as the race favourite.

Forlán, David Villa, Thomas Müller and Ballon d'Or favourite Wesley Sneijder finished neck - and - neck -LRB-- and - neck - and - neck) in the race for the World Cup Golden Boot, but Forlán occasionally played behind Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani in Uruguay's 4 -3-1-2, Villa scored all his goals while playing from the left for Spain, Müller was deployed on the right side of a 4 -2-3-1 for Germany and Sneijder played as an advanced attacking midfielder.