Sentences with phrase «victories in competition for»

This association appears to mirror the winner effect, also observed in the animal literature, whereby victories in competition for mates or food have been associated with elevated testosterone levels, and increased aggression18, 19.

Last week, the TMT collaboration scored a victory in that competition for partnerships by getting India to come on board.

Not exact matches

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu ended her long wait for Olympic victory and Australia captured two gold medals in an exhilarating first day of swimming competition that saw three world records smashed in Rio on Saturday.

The two clubs are the most successful in FA Cup history, with eleven wins each, and will continue their rivalry on Monday, as they face off against each other for the fifteenth time in the competition, with the Gunners having won five of those previous meetings, while United have claimed seven victories.

We have just submitted entries for the next competition which is to be held in Cambridge, in preparation for our upcoming varsity match at the end of Hilary term, hoping to add to the accomplishments of last term and our victory at last year's varsity match.

Both teams required a victory for their hopes of playing in certain continental competitions in the 2018/19 season.

Booming oratory is not a problem for Herr Klopp, but victory is something that has been largely evasive since his players came back from their first national service of the season in September — the Reds have won just three of their last 11 games in all competitions.

It was an historic victory, not least of which because Douglas became not only the first African - American woman to win the gold, but the first woman of color to ever medal in the individual competition for America.

Arsenal must go all out to bring a comfortable lead into the second leg in France, and victory by two goals or more will give us confidence for the return fixture, but one of you could be even happier by winning this competition.

The 25 - year - old had an impressive season with the Swans in 2012/13, scoring eight goals in all competitions for the club, including a brace in their Capital One Cup final victory over Bradford City.

For Liverpool, this was a crucial win as the Reds had failed to win any of their three previous games in all competitions, with Jurgen Klopp's side now firmly back in the title race following this victory.

Next up for Cazorla and his teammates is a trip to Turf Moor for a game against relegation threatened Burnley on Saturday as they aim to make it eight straight victories in all competitions.

Costa failed to score at last summer's major competition in Brazil as the then reigning champions of the world were knocked out at the group stage and his one and only goal for the Spaniards came in a routine 4 - 0 Euro 2016 qualifier victory against Luxembourg in October last year.

The Austrian's remained strong, consistent and seemed to get mentally tougher as the competition went on, ending in victory for the Schwaiger sisters.

Mourinho's men are still in the FA Cup and victory in England's oldest club competition will keep supporters happy for the time being.

Victory in that competition is the only way for the Londoners to qualify for the Champions League, where a player of his quality — and more importantly a club the size of Arsenal — belongs.

A brace by Welshman Aaron Ramsey (who is the joint highest goal scorer in all competitions for Arsenal this season with 5 goals) sealed what was a well - deserved victory for...

Victory for us this weekend would go a huge way towards playing in Europe's elite club cup competition.

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

Manchester United and Everton have faced each other 197 times in all competitions since their first match which was played on the 24th September 1892, a 6 - 0 victory for Everton over Newton Heath.

Despite scoring 10 goals in all competitions for Chelsea this season, including two in Saturday's 4 - 2 FA Cup semifinal victory over Premier League title rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Willian has struggled to secure a regular position under Antonio Conte, starting just 13 Premier League games under the Italian coach.

Fenerbahce qualified for the group stages of the Europa League with a 5 - 0 aggregate victory over Grasshoppers, and with the group they have been drawn in, it will only inspire them to reach the knockout stages of the competition.

Goalkeeper Jesus Corona was once again an important figure in Mexico's victory on Thursday and the Cruz Azul player said the pressure the team is under to win the competition is not unusual for El Tri.

Van Gaal had hinted at quitting after a wretched slump in form, but although his side have now gone eight games without victory in all competitions, they at least avoided sinking to five straight defeats for the first time since December 1936.

Ryall is one of the longest serving Sydney FC players having played 190 games for the club across all competitions and has scored 10 goals since he joined from Melbourne Victory in 2009.

Victory for Chelsea will provide momentum in an important seven game September across three competitions and keep pace with a top half of the table that already has a familiar feel to it.

European football fans were fortunate that he reserved some of the best for UEFA competition: the stunning strike in the 2001 UEFA Cup final; the 86th - minute «hit» in the 3 - 1 UEFA Champions League victory against Olympiacos FC in 2004; and, of course, Istanbul — exactly ten years ago on Monday.

Although not featuring in our Goal of the Week competition this week, you can't ignore this delightful free - kick from Lewis McGugan for Nottingham Forest in their 2 - 0 victory over Ipswich Town.

Victory for the hosts on Tuesday, Man City, would be their seventh consecutive home win in all competitions.

Celtic's 17th victory in the competition helps Brendan Rodgers becomes the first Hoops manager since Jock Stein to win four trophies in a row for the Scottish champions after leading the Hoops to a domestic treble last season.

World record - holder Renaud Lavillenie had won every pole vault Diamond Trophy in the history of the Diamond League but the competition ended in disappointment for the Frenchman as he had an early exit after failing to clear his opening height of 5.63 m. USA's world champion Sam Kendricks was again on top as he cleared 5.87 m for victory.

-- Norwich haven't recorded a win over Chelsea, in any competition, for eighteen - years, since a 3 - 0 victory at Carrow Road in December 1994.

Newcastle have shown a resilience to their game under Alan Pardew and are currently enjoying a decent spell in the league having lost just one of their last eight, but they're up against a resurgent Bolton who are gunning for their fourth consecutive victory in all competitions and did recently end a six - match losing sequence on the road, albeit having still to arrest their current six - match losing streak in the league away from home.

There was little between them when all 22 players were on the pitch − if anything, Norwich looked the likelier winner − so this may not be a straightforward encounter for the visitors, who are odds - on favourites to record their sixth consecutive victory over Norwich in all competitions even though they've been winning of late without playing at all well.

Arsenal have won four on the spin in the league and are unbeaten in their previous seven matches in all competitions, while the small matter of Arsenal kicking off before their rivals for a top four finish will serve as motivation as they seek to pile on the pressure with victory over in - form Norwich in Norfolk.

Leeds United didn't look as good as they did against Burton Albion, as Birmingham City played well for large stretches of the match, but they did just enough to claim another victory and are undefeated in all competitions, have kept six straight clean sheets in the Championship and have yet to concede a goal at Elland Road.

But deep into stoppage time Sterling bent home a stunning effort to secure a 2 - 1 victory - a club record 19th straight win in all competitions - and send the Etihad Stadium wild as Guardiola jumped for joy.

But victory capped a week when Liverpool secured its return to the Champions League after a three - year absence, a competition Arsenal will be missing from for the first time in 20 years.

Murray's double and goals from Anthony Knockaert and Jurgen Locadia helped secure a 4 - 1 victory and a valuable three points for the hosts, as the Swans» 10 - game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end.

And the omens aren't positive for the hosts, who did the league double over the Villains last season but those pair of victories remains their only wins over the Birmingham outfit in twelve meetings in all competitions.

The 34 - year - old Argentine, who deputises for Joe Hart in cup competitions, saved penalties from Lucas Leiva, Coutinho and substitute Adam Lallana and although Fernandinho hit the post with his spot - kick, Yaya Toure stroked home the decisive penalty to give City victory.

So not only do United hold all the aces following their hard - fought yet thoroughly deserved victory in the West of London six day previous, they'll also take to the field for Tuesday's decisive second - leg in fine form, having won their last six matches in all competitions, but also with fresher legs than a visiting Chelsea, who were put through their paces and made to squirm at home to Wigan on Saturday.

Atletico ended Bayern's dreams of a sixth European Cup title at the semi-final stage of last season's competition and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco's first - half strike set the Spanish side on course for a repeat of their victory on home soil in April.

Victory for Juventus over Guardiola's side would mean progression in more than the knockout competition sense of the word.

The big negative for us is Tottenham's current away predicament in that their only away victory in all competitions since Christmas was their win at Elland Road against Leeds United in the previous round, although even that was by virtue of a replay.

Paris Saint - Germain took their tally to 141 goals in all competitions for the 2016 - 17 season with their 1 - 0 victory over Angers in Saturday's Coupe de France final.

With its victory in Erie County, the Buffalo Homeschoolers qualified for the New York State competition where they had an impressive finish, placing seventh out of 48 teams.

[Hyisung C. Hwang and David Matsumoto, Dominance threat display for victory and achievement in competition context] The researchers say the victorious body language, known as «dominance threat display,» may stem from an evolutionary need to display order.

This year, her overall victory in the competition will secure for her school a Fabrication / Physics / Design / Innovation Lab.

When Robin Knox - Johnston won the overall competition, Crowhurst and Nigel Tetley went head - to - head to win 5,000 pounds for the fastest voyage; Crowhurst recognized that a victory would yield scrutiny of his logbooks and unveil his deceptions to the world; he thus intended to preserve his reputation by coming in second.