Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot has been named on the latest shortlist for the 2018 Golden Boy award. The summer signing is amongst a host of talented players nominated for the accolade, which celebrates the most impressive young players playing in Europe over the past calendar year. Dalot made his first appearance in a United shirt last week as he starred for the U23s in their Premier League 2 victory over Stoke on Friday night. The 19-year-old has been named on the new 60-man shortlist for the prestigious award for his impressive performances at Porto earlier in the year. Dalot performed well during his breakthrough into the Portuguese side's first team and appeared eight times before his season was cut short by injury. The United right-back is likely to be an outsider for the award - which is contested by players under the age of 21 and who play in a European nation's top tier. Kylian Mbappe is the overwhelming favourite after he capped another memorable calendar year with a … [Read more...] about Man Utd youngster Diogo Dalot nominated for prestigious award
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Prestigious award for debt collectors
0 Post a comment Monday, 3 September 2018 - Business by Cambrian News reporter @CambrianNews [email protected] DEBT collectors from Minffordd have scooped an illustrious finance award. Debt recovery agency CCI Credit Management, who employs 60 people locally, won the International Finance Award after being nominated globally by its industry peers.The company was voted the UK’s best international debt collection agency, following expert panel analysis by industry leaders and a poll among up to 180,000 finance magazine readers worldwide.CCICM is a small/medium-size and family-owned agency with its head office in Gwynedd – but it recovers debts of hundreds of millions annually for its UK and global clients. These include multi-nationals, lenders, governments and their departments, major health, social care and higher education bodies, public utilities, and many others.CCICM director Carl Hackman says its clients also benefit from the company being the … [Read more...] about Prestigious award for debt collectors
Greek MIT professor receives prestigious award
Constantinos Daskalakis, a 37-year-old MIT professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and principal investigator at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has won the 2018 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in mathematics. Announced on Wednesday at the International Conference of Mathematicians in Brazil, the prize is awarded every four years to a scientist under 40 deemed to have made a major contribution to the mathematical aspects of computer science. Daskalakis was honored by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) for “transforming our understanding of the computational complexity of fundamental problems in markets, auctions, equilibria, and other economic structures," MIT said. The award comes with a monetary prize of 10,000 euros. … [Read more...] about Greek MIT professor receives prestigious award
World’s most prestigious maths medal is stolen minutes after professor wins it
A medal regarded as the most prestigious in the world of mathematics has been stolen from a Cambridge professor just half an hour after he was awarded the prize in Rio de Janeiro. Caucher Birkar was one of four joint winners of the Fields medal – regarded as the Nobel prize for maths – who were given the award at the International Congress of Mathematics on Wednesday But within minutes, the award was stolen. The G1 news site said Birkar had left the medal in a folder with his cellphone and wallet on top of a table in the pavilion where the event was being held. The event’s security team later found the folder under a bench, but the medal was missing. Rio’s O Globo newspaper said the thief had already been identified from security camera footage. Organisers lamented the theft in a statement. “The organizing committee of the International Congress of Mathematics profoundly regrets the disappearance of the briefcase of mathematician Cauchar Birkar, which … [Read more...] about World’s most prestigious maths medal is stolen minutes after professor wins it
Hero police officer nominated for prestigious award after saving vulnerable woman from drowning in Mansfield
A Nottinghamshire Police officer has been nominated for a prestigious award for saving a vulnerable woman from drowning in Mansfield. PC Kevin Parsons responded to a report of a distressed woman in the Bleak Hills Lane area of Mansfield who was wet through.He went to the grounds of a house where the woman had been seen. He found and approached her but she ran into a nearby wood.He then heard a large splash and believed the woman had ran into one of the large ponds. As PC Parsons approached he saw her swimming across one of the ponds, clearly exhausted and struggling to swim. She was also shouting out in distress.Without hesitation PC Parsons entered the water with no lifesaving equipment and swam to the woman, who was extremely distressed, thrashing her arms around and making it incredibly difficult for PC Parsons to help her.Several times she pushed PC Parsons under the dirty water, causing him to fear for his own life.It was getting dark with no artificial light present, making it … [Read more...] about Hero police officer nominated for prestigious award after saving vulnerable woman from drowning in Mansfield