Sentences with phrase «named as a contender»

Payet had an outstanding season with the Hammers last year and was named as a contender for POTY, just to show the impact he had made in the Premier League.

And, to top it all off, yesterday Tully was named as a contender for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

He's already been named as a contender in the Best Actor race.

Right now, John Wick's David Leitch is reportedly the top candidate for the job, although The Martian's Drew Goddard and Banshee's Magnus Martens have also been named as contenders.

Of these, three finalists are named as contenders for the award, with one being recognized as the NASSP National Assistant Principal of the Year.

Not exact matches

The new contender for Silicon Valley North has displaced Waterloo, Ont., as the country's innovation hub, playing host to some of the biggest names in Canada's booming technology sector.

Looking to join an international brand, the group approached the challenge like any search assignment, and the Boyden name quickly emerged as the lead contender.

The number of these contenders is steadily increasing, and a few, such as Acer of Taiwan and Samsung of Korea, have become household names.

Since Benedict XVI resigned at the end of last month, some American names have circulated in media reports as possible contenders for the papacy, including U.S. cardinals Sean O'Malley of Boston and Timothy Dolan of New York.

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Khatib now claims that Juventus are the leading contenders to sign Falcao, with Financial Fair Play regulations delaying City's bid to bring him in, as they need to offload Alvaro Negredo before they can make a big - name signing upfront.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, a third contender for Ancelotti could be the Italian national team as they look at a number of big - name options following their disastrous failure to qualify for next summer's World Cup.

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Just one goal behind James Rodriguez in the race for the top scorer award and having done more than anyone to drag Germany to the quarter finals, Muller deserves as much respect as other contenders with more exotic names and trendy haircuts.

The Daily Mirror have previously strongly linked Ozil with Manchester United, but recent reports from SportBild, translated by Sport Witness, named Chelsea as surprise new contenders.

The Metro claim that a host of huge names have already been touted as possible replacements, but a report in the Belfast Telegraph states that Rodgers has since emerged as a serious contender.

Pardew has emerged as the shock leading contender to replace the sacked Neil Warnock as manager of Crystal Palace, with the two clubs believed to have held talks over the compensation deal that would be needed to take Pardew back to the club where he most made his name as a player.

Granit Xhaka's long - range strike against Hull City has been named as one of eight contenders for the Carling Goal of the Month award - vote for Granit here.

And for Joe Hart to come through as a talisman, having beaten the big names like David Silva, Mario Balotelli, Gareth Barry and having ousted Shay Given from his throne, there is no doubt that he is a strong contender for the PFA award.

Biblical name Isaac has been a popular baby name choice over the last decade and is a likely contender for 2016's top 10 as it climbs a further 5 places in 2015.

Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton has floated Sen. Marty Golden's name as a potential GOP contender — not the first time that has come up.

Michael Gove, the only other serious contender, is launching his bid today, but even as he does so big name MPs are signing up to the home secretary's camp.

Among those expressing support for Morelle was Assemblyman Harry Bronson, D - Rochester, who himself had been mentioned as a possible contender for that congressional seat, and comments also from Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, whose name also has come up when talk of the 25th District seat has arisen.

Cuomo's name is frequently mentioned as a possible Presidential contender in 2016, that is if former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn't run.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan has been floated as another potential GOP contender, while Democrats have mentioned the names of Assemblyman Michael Cusick and former Congressman Michael McMahon — whom Mr. Grimm defeated in 2010.

Councilwoman Annabel Palma, another possible contender, may not make a bid for the seat, as she was recently named a deputy commissioner in the de Blasio administration.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was among Democratic elected officials at the D.C. march, her name is mentioned as a possible 2020 contender, along with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Cuomo, and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.

And her name has been mentioned in the past as a contender, however when approached by Indy Politics earlier this year she said she focusing on her re-election bid.

Several names of possible candidates have come to the fore as likely contenders in that February 2016 special election.

And three years on, his name is being mentioned as a possible contender for the leadership.

People in Nuneaton shown photos of the Labour leadership hopefuls struggle to name them, as the contenders hold a hustings in the town

It's the first time Donovan's name has surfaced publicly as a potential contender.

I'd like to see several other names touted as top contenders, starting with Rep. Paul Ryan.

This post begins with a confession: When I first heard Carly Fiorina's name floated as a potential presidential contender, it was met with an eye -LSB-...]

But another name has been tossed out as a contender: Lisa Grey, former local GOP official, now Board of Elections commissioner for the borough.

State Assemblywoman Addie Russell's name surfaced as a possible Democratic contender for the 21st Congressional District seat, after Rep. Bill Owens announced he won't run again.

Several names have been mentioned as possible contenders for Brewer's seat, including State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, former District 3 Community Education Council President Noah Gotbaum, Democratic district leader Marc Landis, and Christine Annechino, current president of District 3's CEC.

A couple names that have come up in the past as contenders for Grimm's seat include Assemblyman Joe Borelli (R - South Shore) and former Assemblyman Matthew Mirones.

«I think everyone feels that having a quality representative in Washington is worth fighting for,» Mr. McMahon, often named as one potential contender, said.

The cool variation comes in the form of his drug - addled brother who believes the film crew that's following him around is documenting his big comeback — when they're really making a documentary on the effects of drug addiction and using his name as former contender to add impact.

[Update: The Hollywood Reporter says «names like Niki Caro (Whale Rider, McFarland, USA) and Jennifer Kent (The Babadook) surfacing as contenders» to direct.]

Hammer already has a major awards contender in his hands, as Luca Guadagnino's Sundance hit «Call Me By Your Name» will hit theaters in late November.

First Leonardo DiCaprio was vaguely attached, and then Christian Bale looked more serious until he dropped out, and now another big name is being tossed around as a contender to play Steve Jobs.

Slowly transforming from ruthlessly cool to agitated to hopeless, the burning desperation Abdi conveys in his eyes is something truly frightening (and don't be surprised if this total unknown's name pops up as a serious contender in the Supporting field).

Speaking of likely unreliable casting rumors, the live - action Akira remake has reportedly narrowed down its choice of actors for the two lead roles of Tetsuo and Kaneda, and yeah... I'd go ahead and set your teeth to gnash, as the rumored names include Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix the supposed contenders for Kaneda.

Call Me by Your Name, which has already been pegged as an Oscar contender, tells the story of the verbally and physically charged relationship that develops between a 17 - year - old boy, Elio (Timothée Chalamet), and the older Oliver (Armie Hammer), the new assistant to Elio's archaeologist father (Michael Stuhlbarg).

Five names have already emerged as contenders for the role of the Daily Planet's star reporter and the Man of Steel's love interest.

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the novel of the same name stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili and Alicia Vikander as Gerda, and is a major contender in the Oscar race.

As the Oscar race slowly begins to take shape, there's much talk of prime contenders building a topical «narrative» to fuel their campaigns: Three Billboards is being pitched as a spiky response to the culture of toxic masculinity exemplified by Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ MoonlighAs the Oscar race slowly begins to take shape, there's much talk of prime contenders building a topical «narrative» to fuel their campaigns: Three Billboards is being pitched as a spiky response to the culture of toxic masculinity exemplified by Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ Moonlighas a spiky response to the culture of toxic masculinity exemplified by Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ Moonlight.