Sentence examples for reigning players from inspiring English sources

Quite apart from the double Open champion, Padraig Harrington, the reigning Players champion, Sergio García, the Open runner-up Ian Poulter and a suddenly rejuvenated Darren Clarke, others will be quietly optimistic of a success that would both boost their chances of making the side for next month's Ryder Cup and leave the opposing American team bereft of a current major champion.

It is hardly a glamorous life for the Southeastern Conference's reigning player of the year.

Maya Moore, the reigning player of the year, had the lowest scoring game of her collegiate career.

Lewis, 28, started the year with the pressure that comes with being the reigning player of the year.

It always seemed likely the Premier league's reigning player of the year would enjoy a significant return.

Bolton's reigning player of the season is on the move, what's not clear, however, is exactly where.

Three of the club's best players – internationals Greg Bird and Dave Taylor and reigning player of the year Beau Falloon – would seem unlikely to play in 2015.

In doing so they relied heavily on their goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, who eclipsed his counterpart in the DC goal, Bill Hamid, the reigning player of the week.

It took English domestic cricket's reigning player of the year until the first day of August to make an impression on this County Championship season.

It is thought Delph, Villa's reigning player of the year who signed from Leeds United for £8m in 2009, becomes the club's highest earner on £55,000 a week in a deal that takes him to June 2019.

The reigning Player of the Year has been terrible for the Blues this season, earning the ire of the supporters for his supposed part in the sacking of popular former manager Jose Mourinho.