Tag: Professional

Professional Hiring Senior Advisor (1 year Fixed Term)

Job title: Professional Hiring Senior Advisor (1 year Fixed Term) Company: BP Energy Job description: Senior Advisor is a full cycle recruiter within our Talent Acquisition & Matching team who will collaborate with our various…, DE&I Puts the customer and business strategy at the heart of decision making Drives value-adding solutions – deeply integrated… Expected […]

Sin-bin trial plan recommended for professional games

Players surround referee Michael Oliver during the recent Tottenham v Chelsea match Plans for football to introduce 10-minute sin-bins for cynical fouls and dissent have been recommended for trialling in the professional game. The game’s lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), said it will “identify which levels are best to test”. The trial will […]

South Asian professional player numbers rise for second year in a row – PFA

Norwich defender Danny Batth is an ambassador for the PFA’s Asian Inclusion Mentoring Scheme The number of South Asian men’s professional footballers in England and Wales has risen for the second year in a row, according to figures from the Professional Footballers’ Association. There are 22 professional players with South Asian heritage aged 17 or […]

Sarina Wiegman says female manager in English men’s professional football ‘only a matter of time’

Sarina Wiegman was named Uefa women’s coach of the year in August Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman believes it is only “a matter of time” before a female manager takes full-time charge of a English professional men’s team. Hannah Dingley briefly took over at League Two club Forest Green Rovers in the summer, but on an […]

Gibraltar 0-4 Republic of Ireland: Professional display seals routine win in Faro

Evan Ferguson scores his third international goal against Gibraltar The Republic of Ireland got back to winning ways with a routine 4-0 victory against Gibraltar in Faro. First-half goals from Evan Ferguson and Mikey Johnston, plus headers in the second from Matt Doherty and Callum Robinson, sealed only the second win in Group B for […]

Alastair Cook: England and Essex legend retires from professional cricket

Alastair Cook ends his career with 26,643 runs from 352 first-class matches England and Essex legend Alastair Cook has announced his retirement from professional cricket, ending a record-breaking 20-year career. Left-hander Cook, 38, retired from Test cricket in 2018 but has played five more seasons with Essex since then. Cook’s contract at Chelmsford has expired […]

Tammy Beaumont & Harry Brook take top Professional Cricketers’ Association awards

England batters Tammy Beaumont and Harry Brook have been named the Professional Cricketers’ Association women’s and men’s players of the year. In the Ashes Test against Australia in June, opener Beaumont, 32, became the first England women’s player to score a double century. She was then the first female centurion in The Hundred in August. […]

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