Sentence examples for in contention for selection from inspiring English sources

Mauricio Pochettino is confident that Toby Alderweireld's knee injury is "not a big issue" and the Tottenham Hotspur manager even suggested the defender may be back in contention for selection next week.

"We have widened the net for this camp and the door remains open for every player in Super League: there are a lot of games remaining between now and the end of the season and a lot of opportunities for players to put themselves in contention for selection".

He hopes to soon be fit enough to be in contention for selection.

England have Toby Flood, Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi back in contention for selection after injury.

"The first part of the job following Delhi was to remain in contention for selection.

Craig Bellamy is back in contention for selection for Cardiff City's trip to Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

Vigouroux attended Tuesday's 2-2 drawithth Doncaster Rovers and could now come into contention for selection for Saturday's game at Blackpool.

"Christian was hugely unlucky to miss out on being capped this autumn and he had hoped to push on and put in some good performances for Wasps to get him in contention for Six Nations selection," Young said.

None are Olympic races but all four riders are in contention for Olympic selection.

He will train in a single-man canoe in the mean time and aims to be back in contention for national selection soon.

"Christian was hugely unlucky to miss out on being capped this autumn with England and he had hoped to push on and put in some good performances for Wasps to get him in contention for Six Nations selection.