Sentence examples for spectacular performance in from inspiring English sources

In 2011, Fabian was also the only player able to score two goals against the Spanish powerhouse Barcelona, a spectacular performance in a friendly match.

Tyson Gay, whose spectacular performance in the 100 highlighted the trials last weekend, looked as if he had barely broken a sweat in winning his heat in 20.43.

Studio execs are now relying on a spectacular performance in China, where the film opens on 22 October, to get close to a break-even.

The outlook got a little brighter in Washington with John Wall's spectacular performance in an overtime victory over Philadelphia serving as his coming-out party, writes Chris Mannix on SI.com.

"I wasn't even aware I was on television," says Tracey Emin 18 years after a spectacular performance in a TV debate following the 1997 Turner prize made her a celebrity.

They are rewarded with a spectacular performance in which the vivacious Santigold, a vision in kaleidoscopic Day-Glo, almost does enough to distract you from the fact that her tunes aren't all that.

Since then, many spectacular performances in sports like track and field and swimming have been met with public skepticism.

This is when sports gets hard, on days when people like Sarah Burke die, when the awe over spectacular performances in increasingly dangerous sports is replaced by horror that someone could die doing them.

The cream quickly rose to the top on the opening day of the heptathlon with Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill producing spectacular performances in the first two events with the Canadian Brianne Thiesen-Eaton, who leads the standings this year, also deep in the mix for gold.

Parisse has had many more spectacular performances in his wonderful career but as a focal point when the game was in the balance, he could not have stood out more had he a flashing beacon attached to his head.

The sloppiness of the victory overshadowed a spectacular performance by McCoy in the highest-scoring contest in the 116-game history of this rivalry.