Sentence examples for joined the tournament from inspiring English sources

"The league was supposed to send a scorekeeper, but no one showed up," said Mr. Mosarraf, 29, who has been captain of the team for four years, before it formally joined the tournament.

The Azzurri have been on the painful end of all six of the highest scores since they joined the tournament at the turn of the century, and all five of the heaviest try counts.

But now the excellent novelist Hilary Mantel has joined the tournament, with "Wolf Hall Henry Holtlt; $27), a five-hundred-and-thirty-two-page novel portraying Cromwell as a wise minister and a decent man.

Scotland have not won a Grand Slam since 1990 and have lost 52 of their 72 matches since Italy joined the tournament in 2000.

Trinidad and Tobago and South Africa have both joined the tournament as guests and their results do not count in the final table.

Like their opponents in the final, Somerset joined the tournament in the second round, facing Derbyshire.

Lane Helms, from Holden Beach, N.C., who drove 40 miles to join the tournament, agreed.

The first lot of teams from the pro ranks, those from the third-tier USL, join the tournament in round two, with the second-tier NASL clubs following in the third.

But while this was perhaps the best year Italy has had since joining the tournament in 2000, it did not keep it from finishing last, and coach Nick Mallett will be realistic about his side's chances at the World Cup, especially with Australia and Ireland in its pool.

Institutional Shareholder Services, a firm which advises institutions on how to vote, has added its support to Messrs Disney and Gold by advising investors not to vote for Mr Eisner's re-election.Whether any plausible white knight would be a more attractive partner than Comcast is debatable; indeed, it is easy to imagine blacker knights now joining the tournament to win Disney.

Institutional Shareholder Services, a firm which advises institutions on how to vote, added its support to Messrs Disney and Gold this week by advising investors not to vote for Mr Eisner's re-election.Whether any plausible white knight would be a more attractive partner than Comcast is debatable; indeed, it is easy to imagine blacker knights now joining the tournament to win Disney.