Sentence examples for cup has opened from inspiring English sources

"This World Cup has opened up new spaces, and into those spaces you see economic spaces," Jordaan said.

I do not know if they are afraid at upsetting the old order, but the World Cup has opened up the game.

The Cup has opened up after Manchester City and Chelsea were knocked out on Saturday, and Wenger admitted that those results were a warning and a surprise, so much so that he had to double-check them.

Elimination from the FA Cup has opened a hole in the calendar next weekend and he has been making tentative plans, via a contact in Spain, for a busman's holiday to Barcelona, with the ultimate aim of a chat with their coach, Pep Guardiola.

The well-documented problems with leading figures, notably club captain and talisman Iker Casillas , in the dressing room have chipped away at his reputation within the corridors of power, but the realisation that he would not be the man to end Real's 11-year wait for the European Cup has opened the floodgates.

The 1982 World Cup had opened with a surprise, the holders Argentina losing 1-0 to Belgium, but a far bigger shock was to follow.

Although Findley has played only one match for the United States national team, his strong showing this season and the serious injuries sustained by Charlie Davies in an automobile accident last month that will keep him out of the World Cup have opened up a possibility for Findley.

The Africa Women Cup of Nations has opened, with the host nation Cameroon hoping to use the football tournament as a springboard to build its tourism industry.

Michel Willaume, a pastry chef who was on the American team that won the pastry World Cup in Lyon, France, in 2001, has opened Mondrian, a shop and cafe at 1026 Third Avenue (61st Street).

Meanwhile energy giant Gazprom - which opted to sponsor the 2018 World Cup rather than Sochi games - has opened a combined heat and power station for Sochi, to provide "secure uninterrupted electricity and heat supplies to sports and tourist infrastructure".

The sport's governing body, Fifa, has opened disciplinary proceedings following the incident at Tuesday's World Cup match.