Sentences with phrase «round at rivals»

He's had a fantastic opportunity of the last few years to win the league, what with the finances, and the manager merry - go - round at our rivals, and still he hasn't!

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That then leads to the annual hiring merry - go - round, with numerous bankers and traders quitting to join a rival shortly after their bonus (or at least some of it) lands in their bank accounts.

With the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers» first - round series tied, 2 - 2, James and Stephenson, old rivals dating back to 2012, have been going at it.

Local rivals like Didi Kuaidi — itself valued at $ 16.5 billion with backing from Chinese behemoths like Tencent and Alibaba (baba)-- have kept pace with Uber's investment in the country (Uber's China business is valued at around $ 8 billion based on its latest funding round in January).

Not surprisingly perhaps, it would invest in May 2013 in the ride - sharing app's main rival, Lyft, leading a $ 60 million round that valued it at $ 275 million.

April 26th: at home to Chelsea Arsenal face a home clash against their London rivals, Chelsea, to round off the month of April.

However, they were forced to settle for a draw and a replay at Villa Park later this month, where they may well fancy their chances with the pressure on their rivals to secure a result that takes them through to the next round.

Garcia re-ignited his long - running feud with Woods during The Players Championship when he accused his would - be rival of distracting him as he played a shot during the third round at TPC Sawgrass.

If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the home game against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier League rivals.

And we're guaranteed at least four first - round series between divisional rivals!

Just like in the last round of Premier League games, Arsenal fans know that at least one of our main rivals for the title will be dropping points.

The Belgian was part of the Atleti side that beat the Blues in the semi finals of the competition last time round, but then went on to suffer defeat at the hands of their fierce rivals Real Madrid in the final.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

GAME WE WANT TO SEE: Oakdale at Sierra - Manteca — The Valley Oak League was a slugfest with its new alignment during the regular season, so another round of VOL rivals going toe - to - toe in the semifinals would be testament to the league's strength and to the power football produced by Central Valley schools.

«The people on the reservation have always been crazy for basketball, and they'll be even crazier for it now that he's there,» says Mike Smith, the coach at Round Valley High in Springerville, a league rival of Alchesay's.

In previous seasons, the Selection Committee attempted to go to great strides to avoid regular season rematches of both the conference and non-conference variety, with a particular emphasis placed on keeping league rivals apart until at least the Elite Eight, though the 2011 Tournament saw a pair of potential Big East Round of 32 matchups, thanks to that conference placing a record 11 teams in the field.

McLaren teammates and title rivals Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost had become bitter rivals as the 1989 season progressed and it all came to a head at the penultimate round in Suzuka.

Roma will host rival Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico in Round 27 of the Serie A on Saturday afternoon.

The first match of the round of 16 kicks off at Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte on Saturday when tournament hosts Brazil will take on their South American rivals Chile.

The top ten is rounded out by two Argentinian strikers, Sergio Aguero who has scored 14 goals this season and his compatriot, the reliably prolific Lionel Messi, who has notched 13, including a hat - trick at the weekend in Barcelona's 5 - 1 win over local rivals Espanyol.

United will fear nobody in this competition, not after going to the Etihad Stadium in the third round and dumping their City rivals out at the very first hurdle with a 3 - 2 victory.

-- A 5 - 1 victory over Oldham at Anfield ensured Liverpool's passage into the fourth round, while United eliminated City rivals Man City with a 3 - 2 win at Etihad Stadium.

Three months on from their highly - charged and ultimately controversial Premier League encounter at Anfield, age - old rivals Liverpool and Manchester United prepare to do battle all over again only this time a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup is at stake.

To further belittle their credentials of securing a berth into the Fifth Round at the expense of their Premiership rivals, Blackburn's record on the road this season isn't anything worth shouting about, particularly their away form of late.

Southampton, the 1976 FA Cup winners, are at home to Premier League rivals Watford in the fourth round of this season's edition on Saturday.

Chris Hughton's Blues are flying at the minute, winning their last four matches on the spin which inludes a 1 - 0 win away to Midlands rivals Wolves in their third round FA Cup replay.

Tomas Kalas and Fulham were beaten 3 - 1 at West London rivals Brentford, leaving Jeremie Boga and Birmingham to hopefully brighten a dismal round of Championship loanee action, as they host Wolves on Monday.

Of course their favorite of the three one won is the one from tha last round, when in a derby at home they beat great rivals Benfica, which certainly would raise even more their confidence before the clash with the Athletic Bilbao.

Dirk Kuyt scored a late winner as Liverpool beat bitter rivals Manchester United 2 - 1 in the FA Cup fourth round at Anfield.

The Red Devils trail their arch local rivals by five points before this weekend's round of matches, with a string of 1 - 0 wins helping to ease some of the pain sustained in last month's humiliating 6 - 1 loss at home to the aforementioned.

Manchester United meet local rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the EFL Cup on Wednesday night, with both managers desperate for a win.

Liverpool made their way through to the Fourth Round at the first attempt with a home victory over rivals Everton in a thrilling Merseyside derby, while Tottenham were on cruise control against Wimbledon.

Trump today struck out at Jeff Sessions in a fresh round of tweets, criticizing the U.S. attorney general for keeping the acting FBI director and renewing accusations about past investigations of his former presidential rival, Hillary Clinton.

At the latest round of talks in Bonn, Germany, this week, tensions between old rivals were still apparent.

Led by Brian Bowman, the former VP of product at Match.com, it's also announcing $ 1.22 M seed round from Intel Capital, psuedo - rival dating site PlentyofFish, the CrunchFund, and a list of prominent angels.

Brenner was defeated at the ’82 Video Game Championships by his rival — Eddie, losing in a final round Donkey Kong battle.

The Audi isn't as good to drive as the BMW, or as fuel efficient as the impressively frugal Merc — but its standard - fit four - wheel drive system is something neither of its rivals can match (at present)-- and one that will appeal to those looking for an all - weather all - rounder.

If you don't need the Insignia's pace then tougher rivals at a closer price point are the # 30,640, 296bhp Audi S3 and the # 30,570, 316bhp BMW M135i, the latter being one of the best all - round performance cars on sale.

He grabbed the drivers» crown at 2009's final WRC round piloting his Ctroen C4 in Wales, but for once it was by the narrowest of margins, his 93 point total being just one ahead of title rival Mikko Hirvonen's.

Granted, they are only available by specifying the $ 1,900 Premium Package, but they are worthy additions considering the Kia Sportage's chunky pillar issues, and round off all the equipment you'll ever really need in your crossover, at a price that undercuts a lot of like - for - like rivals like the Honda CR - V.

And if all you want is the full muscle car experience, you might want to look at a rear - wheel drive V8 Challenger, or its more well - rounded Mustang and Camaro rivals.

«We may have had an under - par performance in the previous round of the TUDOR Championship at Laguna Seca but I think we should be able to take the fight to our rivals at The Glen.

This rate rivals American Airlines» off - peak Saver Awards, and unlike AA's limited seasonal discount, you can redeem at this rate year - round.

- due out next month - Rival Domains is a new type of special map, where you get to battle a large army (called a brigade)- your goal consists of capturing enemy camps, defeating enemies within 10 turns, and trying to earn high scores - deploy up to 20 Heroes, and if you need some help, you can recruit allies from your friends - you can only have one ally with Sing or Dance, and no duplicate Heroes allowed - first round of Rival Domains maps will open alongside the update - after that, a new map will become available every week on Saturday - Blessed Gardens is a new type of map where you can earn Orbs, Hero Feathers, and more - these maps can only be tackled by Heroes who grant the corresponding Legendary Effect, or Heroes who have received it - duplicate Heroes are strictly forbidden - the first time you enter the Blessed Garden, you will get four Water Blessings, allowing you to start playing right away - Blessings of other elements are some of the rewards you can earn in the Garden of Water - Blessed Gardens will go live alongside the update, with a new map to be added every Sunday after that - earn Blessings by completing quests and participating in other activities - Shrewd Strategist will be able to learn Wind's Brand at 5 * - strengthen even more weapon skills using Arena Medals and Divine Dew at the Weapon Refinery:

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Facebook held onto four of the top five most installed apps, with Messenger and Instagram — which outranked rival Snapchat at No. 5 — rounding out the list.

Teased at Google I / O several months ago, but only now reaching the market, the round - faced Android Wear watch has been blamed for stalling sales of squared - off rivals as would - be buyers hold out for the eye catching form factor.

Samsung might finally be getting ready to unveil a round smartwatch.Samsung was rumoured to introduce a smartwatch with a round face earlier this year at MWC 2015, in order to rival the likes of the Motorola Moto 360 and others.

Although it's not much of a set up from the Wildfire S and Explorer, the HTC Desire C is a well rounded budget handset with offers more than enough at its price point, even if it is a little under powered compared to some of its rivals.

Although Android Wear has been slow to take off, the first - gen Moto 360 has earned acclaim for its stylish design and it really influenced rival manufacturers such as LG and Huawei to try their hands at making smartwatches with round faces.