Sentence examples for was eligible to represent from inspiring English sources

The 34-year-old was eligible to represent Gibraltar through his maternal grandmother and had been recruited by Bula through Twitter.

Despite arriving in Brazil on a British passport, the 25-year-old midfielder was eligible to represent the US on the pretext he was seeking citizenship there.

Before representing France, Ben Arfa was eligible to represent Tunisia and was offered a place in the 2006 World Cup, held in Germany.

In May 2010, it was identified that Morison was eligible to represent Wales due to Welsh ancestry – as his grandmother was born in Tredegar, near Ebbw Vale.

As American Samoans, Joseph and Junior Paulo are eligible to represent the United States.

Any move, however, would have to happen within days if Armitage is to be eligible to represent a new club in European competition.

There have been rumours that the Australia rugby league international Andrew Fifita could convert to union, where he would be eligible to represent Tonga, for the tournament.

championship or in the Olympic competition or in the qualification of these competitions, he will not be eligible to represent another country".

The Academy says it consults the UN list of member nations when it determines if a film is eligible to represent a country.

Fien had claimed to be eligible to represent New Zealand through a Kiwi grandmother, but New Zealand Rugby League chairman Sel Bennett now admits he was selected on the basis of a Wanganui-born great-grandmother.

The British Olympic Association this week said players from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be eligible to represent Team GB at the Games, only for the Irish Football Association to join its Scottish and Welsh counterparts in condemning such plans.