Recognition of sporting achievement presented by English head (4)
I believe the answer is:
cape
'head' is the definition.
(both can mean a piece of land jutting over the sea)
'recognition of sporting achievement presented by english' is the wordplay.
'recognition of sporting achievement' becomes 'cap' (football players are awarded caps for games).
'presented by' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'cap'+'e'='CAPE'
(Other definitions for cape that I've seen before include "Horn or Good Hope - cloak" , "Outer garment" , "Head; garment" , "Headland - garment" , "Wrath perhaps" .)