Sentences with phrase «stage of the tournament in»

It's also going to attract large numbers of rugby supporters from the rest of North America and across the world who will see the staging of this tournament in San Francisco as being too good to miss.

Not exact matches

Tiger Woods, who has staged an unlikely comeback and finished in the top five of the last two golf tournaments, has helped fuel a surge in demand for tickets to the Masters.

-- Grand Casino Mille Lacs is in the final stages of preparation and ready to welcome the 2016 Toyota ® Bassmaster Angler of the Year tournament this week — September 15 — 18, 2016.

Loyola locked in the auto - bid with a 65 - 49 win over Illinois State in the conference tournament title game, setting the stage for one of the great Cinderella runs in March Madness history.

With the group stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup now having drawn to a close, a number of the countries who were fancied for a tilt at the trophy have been knocked out of one of the most unpredictable tournaments in living memory.

In addition, should he place 126th to 150th, Woods would be exempt from all but the final stage of the three - tournament Q school.

However, a 25 - year old soon - to - be San Antonio Spur named Manu Ginobili led his Argentine squad to an 87 - 80 upset in the group stage of the tournament, snapping a 58 - game winning streak for the Americans.

Since being awarded the right to host the event, Qatar's tournament organisers have had to deal with a barrage of questions about the suitability of staging the World Cup in searing June and July temperatures, which can reach up to 50C.

The United States women are through to the quarterfinals of the London 2012 Olympics women's soccer tournament, and will only need a draw in their final match of the group stage to win their group.

When two promoters staged separate tournaments in New York last week — one amateur, the other pro — the result was a lot of empty seats

worried about sanchez in the copa america this summer - chile are decent an will no doubt get into latter stages of the tournament, so he had world cup last year, full season in pl plus copa america then back to new season.

In the history of the CL, there have only been three occasions of a team turning a 3 goal deficit in the second leg of the knockout stages to advance in the tournamenIn the history of the CL, there have only been three occasions of a team turning a 3 goal deficit in the second leg of the knockout stages to advance in the tournamenin the second leg of the knockout stages to advance in the tournamenin the tournament.

The group stage of the 2014 World Cup concluded on Thursday and we now know the 16 teams that will battle it out in the knockout phase of the tournament.

This so - called forward line you speak of is not proven in the big stage at tournaments like Euros or World cup, how many caps combined does this forward line have to show they can do it at international level?As I said before English players are over rated and over hyped!

However, a repeat of the embarrassing exit without a win in the group stages of last year's World Cup is surely not about to be repeated, and there's every chance of a decent run for England in France next year in a tournament that could start the foundations for building something better for Roy Hodgson's side.

The five - time European champions knocked the Gunners out of the Champions League in 2005, 2013 and 2014 — two of those defeats coming at this same stage of the tournament.

The Germans were also the only team in the tournament to win all three of their games in the group stage with wins over Portugal (1 - 0), the Netherlands (2 - 1) and Denmark (2 - 1).

Dzeko played for his national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, leading the line for Bosnia & Herzegovina, but he was unable to help them make it out of the group stage in their first ever major international tournament.

SC Sporting's first game in the national tournament will be against McClean, a talented team from Virginia that has plenty of national stage experience.

Fears over the behaviour of supporters, perceived threats of racism and questions marks over whether they should have even been allowed to host the tournament have taken centre stage away from the actual team playing in the tournament.

Despite the pursuit of early - stage geographical diversity, seeding, which has been around in one form or another for most of the tournament's history, has kept them apart in the group stage, and this strange double - helix - like relationship does the rest.

The Three Lions should be relieved to sidestep Portugal, who have knocked them out in the quarter - finals of two major tournaments since 2004, and also beat them in the group stage of Euro 2000.

Prior to the start of the tournament, I picked out 9 futures in the group stage...

The Arsenal and Costa Rica international star Joel Campbell will have been disappointed in his nation's showing at the Copa America centenary tournament in the United States this summer, as the Costa Ricans failed to make it out of the group stage.

While it can't be ruled out, he makes a fair point as ultimately the quality on show from the likes of Germany and Spain in qualifying suggest that they will be favourites from the European contingent to advance to the latter stages of the tournament, while the usual threat of Brazil and the quality of the South American nations would point towards England being well down the order of favourites to win.

In the aftermath of the goal the Impact's «keeper Evan Bush — one of their best performers throughout the tournament — naively kicked the ball at an America player from point blank range and picked up his second yellow card of the knockout stages.

Middlesbrough are also coming off a loss in the FA Cup, having been well beaten 2 - 0 at home to Manchester City.The FA Cup was the last real tournament for both teams and both will be extremely disappointed at this stage of the season.

The ICC tournament will begin just five days after the World Cup which would limit the number of stars in the competitions, if clubs see their players advance to the latter stages of the World Cup.

I've always been a bit of a hopeless romantic when it comes to England and major tournaments, constantly looking for any reason to be optimistic when a little voice in the back of my head is telling me not to bet on us qualifying from the group stages.

In fact, it's not since the 2009/10 season that Arsenal have progressed beyond the round of 16, when they were eliminated from the tournament by Barcelona at the quarter final stage.

The strengths are again very equal, as in the half of the occasions Bayern have proceeded to the next stage, while in the other 5 battles of the eliminations Real Madrid have knocked The Bavarians out of the tournament.

Pearce was born in Shepherds Bush and I don't suppose he realised that when the Olympics were staged in London in 1908, an all English United Kingdom team consisting of amateurs playing for lower Division clubs, won the tournament at White City; located in Shepherds Bush itself!

On the other hand, England's back - to - back defeats in the group stage coupled with Italy's shock loss to Costa Rica on Friday saw them get knocked out of the world's biggest tournament.

McGinley will replace McIlroy as tournament host of the Irish Open next year, with Lahinch & Portmarnock Links in the running to stage the tournament.

The 25 - year - old Barcelona forward was a key player for his country in the group stage of the tournament, as he helped them secure a runners - up spot in Group B — ahead of 2010 World Cup winners Spain.

The surprise qualification of the tournament Panama head to Russia to face Belgium in the group stages of the 2018 Russia World Cup.

In every World Cup year, the media build - up is dominated by preview articles picking out the players set to star during the tournament, aiming to point fans in the direction of the players most likely to shine on football's grandest stagIn every World Cup year, the media build - up is dominated by preview articles picking out the players set to star during the tournament, aiming to point fans in the direction of the players most likely to shine on football's grandest stagin the direction of the players most likely to shine on football's grandest stage.

The former Manchester United striker has score eight goals in the last three games, despite it being the knockout stage of the tournament.

There is no easy ties in this stage of the tournament, but Atletico Madrid presents a hell of a challenge for us.

England are out of Euro 2016 after an utterly spineless performance against tournament minnows Iceland in the Round of 16 stage.

The Falconets were defeated by Germany in the finals of both the 2010 and the 2014 event, but will have the opportunity to gain a measure of revenge after being pitted alongside the European giants in the group stage of the next edition of the tournament, scheduled for August this year.

England have been eliminated in the round of 16 teams stage on two occasions since the final tournament was expanded to more than 16 teams in 1982 — at the 1998 final tournament in France and the 2010 final tournament in South Africa.

After limping out of the Champions League group stage in November, Spurs now have work to do next week at Wembley if they are to avoid an early exit from Europe's second tier tournament, too.

Previously, Pellegrini had played for Italy's U21 side in the UEFA European Championships, reaching the semi-final stage of the tournament last summer.

Consolation - seekers like to point out that it has been England's misfortune to meet the eventual World Cup winners in the knockout stages of four tournaments.

France, who take on Romania, Albania and Switzerland in the group stage of Euro 2016, will undoubtedly miss the talents of Benzema, with the player himself said to be devastated at missing out on the tournament.

The new black and orange kit, made by Joma, will be first worn when Valencia take on Malaga this weekend and will also be used in select Champions League (Valencia have progress to the knockout stages of the tournament from their group), Cup and domestic league games.

The Berretti squad cruised to first place in their table and await the final stage of their season later in May while the crown jewel of the Inter youth academy, the Primavera, are at the top of their league table, won a massive Derby match - up against AC Milan to send them into the Final Eight of their tournament structure, and won the Primavera Coppa Italia over Juventus back in April.

This was the first encounter between two British teams in the knockout stages of a major tournament.

The 16 - year - old was named the Premier Cup's Most Valuable Player in 2015, with Manchester United failing to make the latter stages of the tournament, which is some achievement based on the talent that can be found playing in the tournament.