Sentences with phrase «volley by»

On August 24, 2012, Judge Posner fired the first volley by publishing a highly critical review of Reading Law in The New Republic.

Clearly the year 2010 has belonged to the Apple iPad so far and the only thing that arch rivals Microsoft could muster is a verbal volley by company CEO Steve Ballmer trying to convince the world at large that the Windows 7 is as good or maybe a tad better to deliver superior tablet PC experience than any other.

Well, the Zuffenhausen bruiser sent the first volley by dropping a Nürburgring lap time of just 6 minutes and 57 seconds.

Sprecher's second opportunity was similar to her first, except this time Dougie was on her feet and made a diving save on a nice left - footed volley by Sprecher.

This fixture last season ended 1 - 1, with Javi Garcia cancelling out a superb volley by Peter Crouch.

On a side note — did anyone see that bullet of a volley by Podolski that hit the crossbar?

One of them being a beautiful volley by Nicolas Torres.

Yes, division begets division, but Matt threw the first volley by taking the comic way too far out of context.

A slew of posts have hit the blogsphere following more of the anti-Amazon campaign coming out of the NY traditional media (which reached orgiastic levels this weekend with a Patterson ad and a NYT hatchet job), and volleyed by Amazon calling on indie authors to email Hachette's CEO in an emailed missive I first suspected might be a practical joke.

Not exact matches

That raised the question of where Western countries go from here, after a volley of strikes denounced by Damascus and Moscow as at once both reckless and pointless.

The launch of a volley of protectionist measures by the Trump administration, which mainly target China but impact entire East Asian regional value chains (not to mention many other US trading partners, most notably Canada), appears to have galvanized negotiations among third parties.

This problem lurks behind the recent talk about the future of Protestantism unleashed by Peter Leithart's initial volley.

Confederates fired by volley and their massed artillery had an uninterrupted field of fire over the entire ground.

errr, if you want to talk about kicking a hornet's nest, the opening volley was made by certain members of the Dover School District.

David Moyes» team was in dire straits after Joe Hart's howler left West Ham down with 11 minutes to play, but Andy Carroll's volley from 15 yards on a cross by Aaron Cresswell had too much pace for Jack Butland and went inside the left post for a vital equaliser that kept the Potters in the drop and ended a frustrating match on an up note for West Ham, who had three goals disallowed during the contest.

Arsenal transfer target Edinson Cavani — who has since been criticised by PSG coach Laurent Blanc — opened the scoring after volleying Angel Di Maria's bold cross past Paul Bernardoni.

Under Richards» supervision Martina has overhauled her game, shot by shot, adding a topspin backhand to her slice, whipping her forehand volley into shape («I was swinging at it like a ground stroke,» she says) and changing her serve to make it more effective.

Meanwhile Wilshere scored a sensational volley from the edge of the area, giving the goalkeeper no chance after being teed up by Gabriel Paulista.

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil celebrated his 28th birthday by scoring a splendid volley in the 3 - 2 win over Swansea City to take his side joint top of the Premier League table alongside Manchester City.

Angel di Maria set up the former Chelsea man unmarked in the box, but he still had plenty to do, and illustrated his natural ability by adjusting his body to acrobatically volley the ball home.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic warmed up for PSG's crunch Champions League tie with Chelsea this week by hitting a stunning, kung - fu like volley to put his side 1 - 0 up over Caen in their Ligue 1 match.

Sanogo got the ball rolling when he flicked home a cross from Aaron Ramsey, before Joel Campbell, a player being seen by Arsenal fans for the first time, crisply volleyed home a cross from the impressed Hector Bellerin.

His run was spotted by Dagoberto who nodded the ball into the former Sevilla striker who took one touch before volleying emphatically into the roof of the net.

A half - volley struck almost too sweetly by Rooney came was England's best chance so far, but his shot was hit straight at Gianluigi Buffon who made no mistakes.

Improvement Camps: (Ages 7 - 15) Grouped by ability, students will learn forehand, backhand, volley, overhead and serve through our unique «court rotation and activity system.»

Just two minutes later, however, it was France who struck, Benzema letting a direct ball from Matuidi drop over his shoulder, and after appearing to be merely holding the ball up, suddenly whacked a half - volley across goal which caught Cillessen by surprise and put France into the lead.

Arsenal had already had some good chances go by with clearances off the line and last ditch tackles when Giroud scored an absolute cracker of a volley in the 16th minute, with an assist for Ozil with his pinpoint left wing cross.

The penalty was awarded for a clumsy foul by Robert Lewandowski, who kicked Laurent Koscielny when attempting to volley the ball clear.

We took the lead for the first time in the second half, but were pegged back in the 89th minute by a Joe Allen volley.

That absolute peach of a volley against West Brom was probably better than his England brace yesterday but not by much.

By now you should know what he did - Zlatan hit a 30 yard volley to tie the game and then got the game winner on a header not without controversy - as some said he looked offside - to make LAFC the best MLS expansion team to ever lose a three goal lead.

The German found himself free in the box from a Giroud pass only for his rifled volley to be blocked by the outstretched arm of the falling Stoke defender.

Soon afterwards Ben Chilwell, on for Yohan Benalouane at the break, volleyed over before Leicester kept their hopes alive by levelling on the night after 61 minutes.

But it still required a well - controlled finish by Ronaldo, who guided a 12 - yard volley beyond Atletico's impressive shot - stopper to find the net for a 10th consecutive game.

Marauding left wing - back Marcos Alonso had a shot punched away unconvincingly by goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic and then a volley blocked by Rashad Sadygov before Chelsea took a fifth - minute lead.

Cavani missed the target but only by inches with a left - footed volley before a header across goal from Neymar in the 28th minute, following a Julian Draxler cross, allowed him to knock in the third from close range.

Ten minutes into the second half Gerrard volleyed home a headed knockdown by Peter Crouch to level the game at 2 - 2.

Sané went close with a volley following a chipped pass from Fernandinho, before Salah was forced to come off with what looked like a groin injury, replaced by Wijnaldum.

Steven Gerrard and Co. were eliminated by an excellent volley from Manchester United's Chicharito Hernandez at Old Trafford on Wednesday

And Real took advantage after 89 minutes when Theo Hernandez's cross was met by Asensio's fine volley from six yards out.

It was met by Redknapp with a stunning, unstoppable volley which almost burst the net.

Tottenham Hotspur won their most recent meeting 1 - 3 in the Premier League which also featured a memorable goal from Spurs youngster Delle Alli, a flick and turn followed by a sweet half - volley to find the bottom corner.

The United left - back, who has found game time hard to come by at Old Trafford this season, almost became a national hero when he struck a fierce right - footed half volley onto the post after the Azzurri went behind during their World Cup qualifier against Sweden last night.

The equaliser came in the 64th minute after Lichtsteiner drove up the right flank and fed Paulo Dybala, whose cross was flicked by Sami Khedira into the path of Gonzalo Higuain, who made up for his penalty miss in the first leg by volleying an improvised finish past Hugo Lloris.

Walcott had just been denied his hat - trick by a fine Fabianski save but the keeper had no chance when Ozil met Alexis» deep cross with a perfectly - executed volley.

Substitute Oumar Niasse's conclusive close - range volley hauled Everton level with 20 minutes to play, after Jay Rodriguez had stunned Goodison Park on seven minutes by racing onto a through ball from Grzegorz Krychowiak and finishing beyond goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

The hosts dominated right from the off, and it wasn't long before Campbell gave them the lead, lashing the ball home on the half - volley from Alexis Sanchez's dinked pass, and they should have been out of sight by half - time.

The second goal followed quickly as a lovely flick over the defence from Giroud was dispatched brilliantly on the volley into the far corner by Lucas Perez.

A chance out of nothing for Southampton as Maguire's clearance from Bertrand's cross is half - volleyed wide by Dusan Tadic from 25 yards out.

4) Luis Suarez Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao Adjusts his position superbly to volley in a cross by Neymar.