Sentence examples for while this tournament from inspiring English sources

And while this tournament opener in Dublin no longer has a Lions coaching dimension attached to it – Joe Schmidt, the Ireland boss, revealed yesterday that he was contractually precluded from leading the British Isles collective to New Zealand in 2017, leaving Warren Gatland of Wales as a molten favourite – there will be no shortage of interest.

While this tournament does not count towards 2012 Olympic qualification, it provides English and Welsh players the opportunity to improve their rankings and chances of selection for Great Britain at next year's Games.

Yet while he entered this tournament unheralded, he also entered it seeded 23rd, boosted by fitness-related gains.

It took rather a while to get going but this tournament is destined for an utterly compelling finish.

He has selected an entirely domestic-based squad for this tournament while airing the occasional complaint about the talent pool available.

The lack of any close-calls in this tournament while so many other favorites went down demonstrates just how strong this Carolina team is.

And it became immediately obvious that this tournament, while competitive and crisply organized, was not going to follow all the rules of a regular collegiate match.

Djokovic kissed the court surface at the end in recognition of his remarkable love affair with this tournament, while Murray was heading for the airport within minutes of leaving the court.

No one can question Spain's sturdiness and poise now, not after it won the 2008 European championship and kept its nerve in this tournament while winning three consecutive games by 1-0 in the knockout round.

Renewed questions would be raised about the way General Manager Peter Stastny built his team and the way the N.H.L. allowed some nations to use their best players in this tournament while others, like Slovakia, had to mix and match.

The Southland flanker John Hardie has never played for a Scottish team, apart from Scotland, and while his presence in this tournament meets the letter of the law, does it really meet the spirit?