Sentence examples for a poor tournament from inspiring English sources

Had a poor tournament - even beaten by fellow minnows United Arab Emirates.

Some have said that this has been a poor tournament, with few truly exceptional players.

"The Italians are having such a poor tournament, even their usually snazzy uniforms have deserted them," he chimes.

Now followed some consolidation from Michael Clarke, who had promoted himself to three despite a poor tournament, and David Hussey, as England, bowling beautifully, kept control.

It has also been a poor tournament for Europe, with six Uefa teams in the last 16 equalling the worst-ever performance set in 2010.

Pauleta, 33, is Portugal's all-time leading scorer with 47 goals in 87 appearances but had a poor tournament in Germany, scoring only once, in their opening game against Angola.

Mexico 70 would have been a poorer tournament without the goals of Müller, the bravery of Franz Beckenbauer, Germany's matches against England and Italy and all that.

A great or poor tournament showing very well could decide the draft day fate of talented young players like Duke's Jabari Parker, Kansas's Andrew Wiggins, Kentucky's Julius Randle, Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart etc.

But following a run of poor tournament performances, he now sits 126th and is focused on changing that.

Soon afterwards Mexico, who endured a poor qualifying tournament and nearly missed out on the tournament, nearly won a penalty but the rash challenge of Dany Nounkeu on Marco Fabián was just outside the area.

"It is a scar which will remain with us for the rest of our lives," said the striker, Fred, whose every touch had been subjected to a barrage of abuse as the contest veered away from Brazil after a poor personal tournament.