Sentences with phrase «world champion player»

Not exact matches

He brought that same fearlessness to his career in business, transforming several software companies into growth champions before tackling his biggest challenge yet — to make Oracle the largest cloud - computing player in the world.

He's a distinguished IBM engineer who was on the team that built Deep Blue, which, in 1997, became the first computer to defeat a world champion chess player, Garry Kasparov, in match play.

Before that, he was an All - Star seven consecutive times, an American League Most Valuable Player twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams.

Many (including several world chess champions) have expressed the view that Capablanca was the most naturally gifted player of all time.

In baseball we are superstitious, so I kept making the same protein ball recipe for the players throughout the playoffs and then the World Series, and we ended up becoming the 2015 MLB World Champions.»

The three players have championed initiatives under these five pillars that work to benefit the world while also enhancing each entity's bottom line.

«Heineken's support of soccer is known wherever you go around the world, and with their championing of the game in the U.S., myself and other players are excited to showcase the game we love to fans all across the country.»

Sirs: The article by Tanya Matthews showing how American champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his way out of the recent world international chess tournament in Sousse, Tunisia, in spite of the sincere efforts of the officials and players to meet his almost incessant demands and to placate his petulant faultfindings, was eminently fair and factual.

Yeah I am ready for the argument which some of you will put forward, but for me the Champions League is equally important as the League, as it is of the utmost important that our world class players, at any point, should never doubt the ambition of our beloved club.

We've got ourselves into a bit of a vicious circle, without champions league football we will not be able to attract world class players or even potential world class players unless we pay them huge wages and there is no way we will do that, we have so many players coming into the final year (s) of their contracts who may or may not re sign.

Arsenal is a big name; we are the 5th richest in the World; the Emirates if a great stadium; 60,000 spectators every home game; London is a well desirable city to locate; Champions League guaranteed every year; players like Ozil, Alexis, Cech; big fat bank balance.

A young coach, who knows how to win and manage success, should be able to attract world class players but his task will be made easy if there a chance of the players competing in the Champions league.

And for the first time since 2011, golf will have four first - time major champions in a season — and each of those players will have spent time in the Top 10 in the world in the last 16 months.

With two of the world's top five players in Jason Day and Henrik Stenson giving chase, Walker was able to hold off the defending PGA champion and the winner of the season's previous major championship in what was a marathon day at Baltusrol.

Mourinho has put together a squad containing many world class players such as Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez that doesn't look far off challenging for the Premier League and Champions League, though signings are still needed in some areas, such as central midfield.

He will have to spend no doubt more than he ever has because of today's market, the lack of champions league to convince a world class player to take his talents to the emirates with the assumption that the year after we get back into it.

Some day, perhaps when Bobby becomes world champion by wresting that crown away from the Russians (as we American chess players fondly hope), it would be pleasant to think of him becoming Sportsman of the Year.

During his time with Barcelona, the player has managed to fill his trophy cabinet to the brim, as since his arrival, the Spanish giants have won one Champions League, two La Liga titles, one Supercopa De Espanya, one Copa Del Rey, one European Super Cup and one Club World Cup.

Since the player's arrival in 2013, Zidane's side have managed to win three Champions League titles, one La Liga title, one Spanish Super Cup and one Copa Del Rey, as well as three UEFA Super Cups and three Club World Cups.

The story, which was also reported in AS, says that the former Ligue 1 champions are willing to offer any one of the three aforementioned players in order to try and sign Neymar for less than his # 196M buy - out clause, which if paid, would be a world - record fee.

Van Gaal spent over # 150m on new players last summer but has seen his side blow hot and cold and there is every chance that Man United could struggle to secure a top four finish and one imagines that any failure to secure a Champions League berth would put an end to any hope of landing these two world - class talents.

What I hate is having to qualify for the Champions League AGAIN through playoff because of finishing 4th, if we truly are to add more World Class players then that's the reason why they haven't signed yet.

SEE MORE Top 100 Players In World Football 2014: Four Arsenal Stars, Three Liverpool Men & Eight Chelsea Heroes Make The Cut According To Leading Magazine Liverpool Legends Viciously Slam Brendan Rodgers Former Liverpool Boss Claims Brendan Rodgers Should Take Blame For Champions League Exit

I think that as a 24 - year - old player who has played in the Champions League, played a quarter - final of the World Cup, took part in championships in Spain, France, England, Greece, Portugal, he has a very important background.

, the 2012 Wimbledon champion came out and wrecked shop against Sharapova, the tournament's No. 3 seed, and the No. 3 ranked women's player in the world.

If Wenger is guaranteed the revenue from the Champions League, it not only gives him more money to spend, but it will also make it much easier to convince world - class players that they are going to club with great prospects of more trophies in the very near future.

Francis Coquelin has summarised the size of Arsenal's Champions League task by saying that Barcelona have the best player in the world in every position.

The notion being that (worse case scenario) two world class players would at least get us back into the Champions League, making it easier to attract long term replacements for them.

This was Klopp's Dortmund, with world class players like Lewandowski, Reus, Aubameyang, Gotze and Hummels, and we stood toe to toe against them each year we faced them in the Champions League.

we have a beautiful stadium with two world - class players who are have realised that the club has no ambition but to qualify to the champions league and gets humiliated by the top teams at the round of sixteen for the fans to say» in Wenger we trust».

Comparing Arsenal to other top clubs winning champion's league and their domestic leagues they have a great balance of World class and Top class players.

Spieth would have been the youngest Masters winner ever, just edging Tiger Woods, and now he has a chance to take over as Players champion from the current world No. 1.

easily cope.we always turn it around, plus players are coming back we will retain the 4th place elite champions of the world trophy trophy parade will be lap around holloway rd station

Chelsea is champion but the will buy De Griezman from Atletico de Madrid they have the best defence in the league, the best Midfield in the league with De Griezman, hazard and Costa they will be came invecibles that what Mourinho want to take from Wenger and do not forget that Wenger will never beat Mourinho, we just need 3 world class players just like Henry said, But Wenger have no ambitions to win the league, next year will be the same excuses why we fail again, Mourinho sold Mata even so he was voted the best Chelsea player the previous two years, and Wenger want to keep ineffective players like Walcott, Wiltshere, Diaby, Flamini, Ryo.Sanogo.Welbeck, sad but that is our fate with Wenger only problem for us the risk of loosing player like Alexis will be great if we do not win next year, we must to buy like Henry said, like Carzola is saying, we lost so many good players because they want to win and they are winning with others clubs.why we do not give ouself a chance of winning the EPL?

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

The 59 year old UEFA boss is quoted by the BBC as saying the annual prize for the world's best player should be given to a world champion, meaning a member of the German 2014 Brazil World Cup winning sworld's best player should be given to a world champion, meaning a member of the German 2014 Brazil World Cup winning sworld champion, meaning a member of the German 2014 Brazil World Cup winning sWorld Cup winning squad.

Theo Walcott has been at Arsenal for 10 years but he's still inconsistent as ever, these overhyped injury prone english players who never become world class are a problem and it's no wonder english clubs can't compete in the uefa champions league!

I can't see Allegri or Simione leaving their clubs who have champions league spots and are regular finalists and semi finalists in the competion to move to Arsenal, leaving their world class players like Griezmann or Higuain when we might not even have Sanchez next season.

I tink santi is one of the most under rated midfilders in d world... anyway he stays we make good signings win champions n premier league n our players wud get d recognition d deserve... cos personally i tink ozil sanchez, carzola, kosielny r all world class

Before then we played really well against Barcelona in the Champions league only to be undone by the brilliance of Lionel Messi and Neymar Dos Santos, the two best players in the world.

This is a very very optimistic assumption and while Ben wrigglesworth found Mahrez and Kante and they have indeed become champions, we have found in the past equally potentially talented youngsters (re previous article Wellington Silva) and Guess what??? we have offloaded almost all of them and there have been NO real world class players who have gone on to win anything.

I like how professional German players seem to be even in times they aren't reining world champions, I know those players wouldn't necessarily walk straight into their National team but it is only one position which they are all vying over so I would assume good quality will miss out.

Ozil would represent a huge boost to Barcelona this season, with him being one of the best players in the world who is not cup - tied from the Champions League, and the Spanish giants may well push for his arrival this winter.

It should not shock you that the No. 1 player in the world began his year by shooting right back up to the top of the leaderboard in a limited field 32 - man Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

wenger is the nearly man, he nearly signed several world class players, he nearly won the champions league, he nearly won the premier league.

Ya porto had portugal players, so what, even Wenger had top french players who won Euro and World cup, did he even win any champions league.

He said: «I always want to play for the biggest teams in the world, and in the competitions like the Champions League and it is my goal to win many titles, and I know that I can win titles with this team but to achieve that we need a big squad, if players get injured, it's just like that.

SEE MORE: World XI With One Player Per League — Arsenal & Man United January Targets Feature (Video) Steven Gerrard's Top Liverpool Goals — Including Stunning Man United Strike & Champions League Wonder Goal Alexis Sanchez Claims Arsenal Already Have The Next Thierry Henry

Quite frankly a season with out champions league wouldn't all that bad, its not as if we're buying world class players to make advancements in the CL campaign.

SEE ALSO: Champions League team of the week: Aguero joined by Man City team - mate, Man Utd target 10/10 in midfield Six players who could replicate Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo dominance: Chelsea star alongside European goal machine Find out the world's richest footballers in 2015!