Sentences with phrase «return to football as»

That ruling was quashed, clearing Sakho to return to football as a professional player rather than a pariah, but after picking up an Achilles injury he is not expected to be back until September.

Until they are both banned from the league there will not be a full return to football as primarily ON - PITCH entertainment for the fans.

Gifford returned to football as part of the Monday Night Football broadcast team in 1971, joining Howard Cosell and Don Meredith in the booth.

Not exact matches

«As important, Wembley Stadium would return to private ownership and The Football Association would be able to focus on its core mission of developing players with the best player developers and facilities anywhere in the game, thanks in part to the vast financial benefit that would result from the transaction,» Khan said in a statement on Fulham's website.

It also saw the return of stadium evangelism as J.John attempted to fill Arsenal's football ground.

On Tuesday Nick Foles sat down with Ellen DeGeneres to talk about his experience returning to football and ultimately winning the Super Bowl with the Eagles as a backup quarterback.

BEST LINE — By color commentator Pat Haden as CBS returned to covering college football for the first time since 1963 with a boring prime - time game between Pitt and North Carolina: «We waited 19 years for this?»

«Using the Arsenal name and football as a motivating force, the club — together with its supporters, returning legends and visitors from Milan — are helping to fund pitches in places where children are living in challenging circumstances.

Now that footballs back, having had to bare with the dull international break fortnight (I'm sure most football fans will agree) that's just gone by, the silver lining is that we get three fixtures in the space of a week, as midweek Championship football returns.

Many locals and plenty of high school football «experts» see this year's team as the school's best hope of returning to that glory.

Chubb returned to action as a junior and since then, he and Michel have formed one of the most dynamic backfield duos in the history of college football.

Klopp is now doing well with Liverpool, albeit without any trophies to his name as of yet, though his side play an attractive brand of attacking football and have returned to the Champions League on his watch.

The player has since return to selection for Jose Mourinho, however the United boss has questioned the player's attitude and football intelligence, as per Sky Sports, with the Red Devils manager also making comments about Shaw, who is on # 70,000 - a-week at Old Trafford according to the Daily Star, after United's recent 4 - 1 win over Burton, in which the left - back came on a substitute.

As of the time of writing Sanchez has missed exactly one month of football, although he is expected to return in the coming weeks.

A deal supposedly already in the works, Gareth Bale could make a sensational return to English football next summer in an # 80m move to United, eclipsing his old team - mate Di Maria as the club's most expensive signing and also the record transfer brought in by a British club.

And as heavy rain threatens to make for a soggy the Gillette Stadium turf Thursday night, the return of football is set to wash away eight months of Deflategate mess

Ray Lewis will have to wait until Week 16 to return to the football field, as the Baltimore Ravens will not activate their star linebacker this weekend.

His lack of playing time is largely due to injury problems though, as he has only played four games for the under 21s, but now that Danny Welbeck has recovered from his own injury and with Theo Walcott set to return and joing the likes of Giroud, Alexis, Iwobi, Lucas Perez and the Ox in fighting for a place in the forward line, I do not rate Akpom's chances of playing a lot of football for the rest of the season very highly.

Brendan Rodgers helped lead them to their most successful league season in two decades, as well as securing their long - awaited return to Champions League football.

Benteke will be hoping his goal can ignite his career for the Reds as he faces a fight to retain his place in the starting XI as fellow forward Daniel Sturridge is closing on a return to first - team football after five months out with a hip problem.

Why continue to try to match Bayern expansive football when you can drop with a 4 -4-2 stay compact and exploit mistakes finish the game as a draw or in front by a goal to properly prepare the return leg?

As I said, I will spend more of my money and time elsewhere In the hope that one day there will be a football club to return to.

As he looks set to deliver a league title in his first season in charge and a return to European football, it will in all likelihood be a successful first year at the helm.

At least we did nt come third (again) in a 2 horse race like Spurs lol who return to Thursday night football as is normal

Perez has since talked about a return to his former club this summer, as he looks to assure himself of more regular football, with his place in the Spain international squad at risk without playing time.

Rugby (or rugby union football as it is more accurately called) just recently returned to the Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

It may be that, for some of them, a loan move away from Old Trafford would afford an opportunity to play regular first - team football and establish themselves as top - level performers before returning to Manchester to stake a claim for a consistent starting berth under van Gaal.

Better at attacking than Gibbs and as good as Monreal tracking back... should be a no brainer... Gibbs sold ageing Monreal a good back up and can ease this guy in to EPL... Net cost maybe 10m... but as far as I can tell wenger believes most of his business is done with Shaka jap as holding option for welbecks return wilshere and santi back and «revitalized» giroud and Ramsey like new signings... But anyone basing next years EPL on this euros is beyond football redemption... All the poor performers last year have upped their management and squads... So far the only non mover..

Fernando Torres has truly announced his return to Spanish football tonight — scoring a glorious goal inside 60 seconds as Atletico Madrid extended their Copa del Rey aggregate lead against fierce rivals Real.

I usually hate Internationals break but with our horrible season I only want domestic football to return so that the season can be over as soon as possible.

According to The Times, that involves # 200m investment in the squad in order to strengthen in key positions as well as possibly having to replace both Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois who are «angling for returns to Spanish football».

When we get to the new year and see how the table looks after our return trip to face Southampton, we should know a lot more about any lingering title hopes but for now, I am willing to accept the opinion of the Man City boss as he probably knows a bit more about football than me.

Personally, I think even if offered a new contract he'll reject it as he wants to play football, and can see him returning to Germany to get some game time.

Usmanov is keen for Arsenal to obviously yield profitable financial results in return of his investment, but more importantly he wants to see Arsenal run as a football club that wins trophies, rather than a business minded organisation solely based around profits.

Even the franchise admitted as much, first changing their name to the MK Dons, then acquiescing to a request from the Football Supporters Federation, in October 2006, to return the honours and patrimony won by Wimbledon to Merton.

Jose Mourinho is in the transfer market for a new left - back as Filipe Luis is set for a swift return to former club Atletico Madrid in the coming days after struggling to adjust to the demands of English football during his debut season.

He returned to Italian football during the January transfer window on loan with Roma [as per the Giallorossi's official website], and made his return to action against Frosinone on Saturday evening.

Fabregas» return to English football has been a positive one for club and player alike, whilst Lovren was impressing at his own new side as the Saints impressed again.

Now that he has established himself as one of the best prospects in world football he has said he would be open to a return to the Mancunian club.

Essentially by preventing Evans a return to football it could be seen as a complete trashing of the British penal system's ability to rehabilitate and better.

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John W Henry is set to spend 10 days in the UK as Fenway Sports Group step up their bid to return Liverpool to the top echelon of English football.

A return for Pulis is unlikely — though not impossible, because football — and as such, there is no obvious candidate to take over.

His recent form has led to a long awaited return to the national team set - up and having won back to back Serie A titles, whilst also playing a key role in his side's run to the Champions League semi-finals, and as such it's hard to fathom why he'd move to a Liverpool side who can not even offer him Champions League football let alone a genuine push for major honours.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

As a coach, he wants to fix it by returning to a version of football that no longer exists.

As their focus eventually returns to football, some fans may be wondering if the games wiped off the schedule will come back to haunt them in November as their teams make a final push for bowl bids — would that scrapped paycheck game have provided an all - important sixth wiAs their focus eventually returns to football, some fans may be wondering if the games wiped off the schedule will come back to haunt them in November as their teams make a final push for bowl bids — would that scrapped paycheck game have provided an all - important sixth wias their teams make a final push for bowl bids — would that scrapped paycheck game have provided an all - important sixth win?

After five years as Maryland's head coach and one as the Detroit Lions» director of football research, Edsall returned to East Hartford / Storrs to revive a flagging program.

However, a return to Serie A could now be on the cards for the French international, as Italian champions Juventus could prove a more attractive proposition with their strong title credentials and Champions League football on offer.

Buffon has stuck with Juventus during tough times such as their relegation to Serie B for match - fixing, and is being rewarded with his patience now as the Old Lady have returned to the top of Italian football.