Sentence examples for despite the player from inspiring English sources

However, despite the player being made available for transfer during the summer window, Valdes remained at the club after a move to Turkish side Besiktas fell through.

The Essendon coach, James Hird, has given his strong backing to the club's skipper, Jobe Watson, despite the player publicly admitting he took a banned substance.

The London club struck a £32m agreement with the ailing Anzhi Makhachkala last week for the 25-year-old, trumping Tottenham Hotspur in the process despite the player having undergone a medical with Spurs last Thursday.

But on Friday, despite the player being listed as day-to-day by Dallas, a local press outlet reported that Diaz had an injury that would keep him out for the season.

The decision was received frostily in Uruguay, despite the player now being available for friendly games against Japan and South Korea in September and Saudi Arabia the following month.

At the back the situation is less clear as Schalke are seemingly not prepared to sell the Reds' primary centre-back target Kyriakos Papadopoulos for the Merseysiders' valuation of about £12million, despite the player having been sidelined by a knee injury since November.

Despite the players' injuries, they have not been physically absent.

Despite the players' opposition to the idea, Commissioner Bud Selig said today that he planned to discuss the issue with the owners at their quarterly meeting Thursday.

Runnicles marshalled his forces and ensured a careful sense of balance despite the players' unfamiliarity with the Albert Hall and the devilish demands of the score.

"Despite the players they're missing, they're still picking up wins," Ratchford told BBC Radio Merseyside.

A group stage win against Bosnia-Hercegovina helped Nigeria reach the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1998, despite the players being involved in a row over bonuses.