Articles, tagged with "defending champion", page 4
22nd January 2009
It feels like ages to me since I have heard the name of a player other than Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to be the likely champion of a tennis tournament. Seeing Andy Murray's name up with the stars is, to use a cliche, breath of fresh air. He is the cu...
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17th January 2009
The 6 Nations Championship is a Rugby Union event that is played once every year. It is an international competition that involves teams from six European countries, that is, England, France, Ireland, Italy,Scotland and Wales. The last championship, held ...
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Peri Witny
06th January 2009
Qatar ExxonMobil Open is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) which is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.
Every year, this tennis event is held in the city of Doha, Qatar at the...
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Peri Witny
30th November 2008
Talking about ancient sports of south East Asia, Thai boxing (Muay Thai) has a very prominent space. This way of boxing started in 15th century when Thailand had conflict with Burma. Muay Thai is fusion of classical boxing techniques with low kicks and el...
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Kit
02nd September 2008
Robert Kubica, who went on to record the first race victory for BMW Sauber, was very lucky that Hamilton missed the rear end of his car by just a few inches. Even the French Grand Prix was uncharacteristically incident packed with Massa benefiting from th...
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Priya Singh
24th July 2008
With the end of July fast approaching many of the top international snow boarders will be making New Zealand there home. They will be all descending to Wanaka for the New Zealand snowboarding championship where big money is up for grabs for both the men a...
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Henry Funk
22nd July 2008
The Euro 2008 or UEFA European Football Championship was organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), one of the six continental federations of the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). It's the 13th in the series o...
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Namsao Mage
28th March 2008
Did you see Jamario Moon's 360 one-hander off-the-bounce in the 2008 NBA Slam Dunk Contest? His head was almost at the rim on that one!
Ok, Moon definitely lost the contest as he placed a tape eight inches in front of the free throw line and did a "ba...
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Steve Wells
28th August 2007
Do you remember Spud Webb winning the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1986? Standing at only 5'6"(!), Spud beat the defending champion Dominique Wilkins with a variety of nasty dunks - a one-handed 360, a two-handed double pump and a 180 reverse double-pump just...
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Steve Wells
22nd May 2007
The 2007 Nextel All-Star Challenge is all over and Kevin Harvick recorded his first win at the prestigious event. After 80 laps around the Lowe's Motor Speedway on the 19th of this month, the Number 29 Chevrolet Pennzoil Platinum driven by Harvick beste...
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Anthony Fontanelle
03rd April 2007
Audi luxury unit of Volkswagen and recipient of quality VW shocks have again displayed its unmatched performance at St. Petersburg. Two of Audi's R10 TDI sports cars will start Saturday's second round of the American Le Mans Series in St. Petersburg (US...
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benjamin
03rd April 2007
Audi Motorsport team has successfully qualified in the recent American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race held at the St. Petersburg circuit in Florida. At the beginning of the race, defending champion Allan McNish set the pace aboard the Audi R10 TDI with 650 ...
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benjamin
12th February 2006
2005 Overview:
After waiting 88 years for a World Series title, the Chicago White Sox and 2nd year Manager Ozzie Guillen entered the 2005 season on a mission. After an impressive rookie managerial season the Venezuela born Guillen led his troops to a d...
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Jack Scrafford
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