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The club have appreciated that we have fought right to the end of the championship and got to the Champions League final.

In Canada a few years ago a woman who had been a man won the women's downhill mountain bike championship.

Although he failed to win another world championship, Liu said he regretted seeing his friend and rival disqualified.

Q. What was the overall experience to be close to being the first Asian to win a major championship? You're the first finalist anyway.

The beginning of the European Championship is now, Torres said, adding that there was no room to have a bad day.

If there was an informal European Union championship for street protest then Greece and France would be the two most regular winners.

After three years of hearing Johnson berate him, the 6-3 point guard is ready to help lead Dallas to a championship.

I don't believe this one is as costly as if we were leading the championship, so I'm upset, but I'm looking forward.

I think as I said before that this is a new car for me, a new championship for me.

We were probably the only couple ever to qualify for a world championship and withdraw without one of us dying.

He began this season yelling "championship or bust" as loud as he could, hoping his teammates would listen and follow suit.

We appreciate Sun's contributions to last season's championship team, and wish him the best of luck with the rest of his career.

He said the World Cup football championship probably is watched by more people than the Olympics.

Kobe went from scoffing at him in the offseason to calling him the missing ingredient for a championship run.

Bryant wore his Lakers varsity jacket, purple gold. It had several championship trophies across the back.

"We are in a position now that we are able to take the lead of the championship if we win one race, " he said.

In other words, if you wish to do so, could each of you pull out of the World Championship at short notice, say at the end of this year?

The French Open championship on the clay courts of Roland Garros is still the only Grand Slam title to have stayed beyond his grasp.

I was pathetically slow, but I had a pretty good arm and a pair of teammates who could really run. We won the championship at Pickering.

The championship is going to be very close, and I look forward to winning races again.

Ipswich would sell for the right money but they like the idea of loaning him back for a season to help them get out of the Championship.

Everyone old enough assures me that the hard man of the 1955 Championship side was left-back Stan Willemse.

Perhaps Kasparov would have won the rematch had it continued to a full 24 games (then the standard length of world championship matches).

We are not challenging for a championship but it has been a fantastic weekend for us and I am very proud to be back up here.

For Miami to even come close to winning an NBA championship, they must first make it out of a newly rejuvenated Eastern Conference.

You see that championship trophy right in front of you. And then it seems like someone took it away.

I cannot however forgive him for his recent antics. How dare Sir Alex Ferguson and his team steal our League Championship from us?

It's good that they're on a bit of a roll, but it may be premature to be 'smelling a championship'.

Kobe's going to put even more of these doubts to rest at the end of the year by winning his fifth championship in "two" seasons.

Lakers did not let the Magic back to Los Angeles, eager to hold on the championship trophy!

"I honestly never thought the club would go so long without winning the championship, " said the former player and manager.

Goes back to Michael Jordan, jumper from out on the left! The Tar Heels are going to win the national championship!

this time , however , he wished bynum the best , adding : " we ' re a championship - caliber team with him in the lineup . "

Slowly, surely, Bryant must be coming to terms with the truth that there's no championship salvation to be found in a trade.

An announcer described him as he took the court for his final national championship victory, in 1975, in his final game.

If he wins the world championship without even the grace of an F1 apprenticeship, for sure some feel that this somehow demeans the sport.

Massa was not able to be reached for comment but was spotted at the Argentinean round of the WRC championship talking to several teams.

David Cameron, who made much of his championship of green causes at the last election, has also been made to look foolish.

The last time McLaren fought for the world championship it was with you. Are they in better shape now than they were then?

If one of those teams were to break up its core and bring in Bryant, would those parts add up to a championship?

For me the only one in contention with him was Samuel Eto'o, who won the Champions League and the Spanish Championship.

For Villas-Boas to say otherwise would cast doubt on the championship credentials of his own side, who have themselves fallen behind City.

The first tennis championship in England took place in 1877 sponsored by the All England Croquet Club at a little place called Wimbledon.

It's not easy to put together a championship-caliber roster.

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States.

He was up against it, fighting for the championship and what, at the time, was maybe the only chance he would get of winning a title.

Just seconds after Greece won an improbable European Championship, church bells rang and cars clogged the streets of every city and hamlet.

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter.

Not that Ferrari are going to find it easy to overhaul Renault's strong position in the championship.

As you advance, if you fulfil the requisites , you'll unlock the next track of the championship.

When a team with anywhere near the Lakers' level of talent is assembled, the only goal can be winning the championship multiple times.

This stadium is designed for crowds up to 66, 000 and with be one of the sites for the 2006 Football World Championship in Germany.

"I'd love to stay there, but I just don't see them being a championship team, " he said.

What we have seen so far in the championship is that a bit of improvement here and there can give you a huge step as it's very tight.

His fame was paradoxical. No man was honored higher, and yet he had never attained championship honors.

Those guys played like they were trying to win a championship from the very first game.

Terrific World Cup game, using a pair of scissors to stone Bush won the match, you can see with your beloved team to get the championship?

Attention has to be paid to the direction of television, the Italian championship is at risk of becoming a provincial tournament.

Uhm, I couldn't be more excited, you know, I'm here to help this team win and bring a championship back to Chicago.

And I went out there and made it to the Big East which was, sort of, the championship race at the end of the season, and really, really hot.

It's one of those NBA narratives that we really want to be true: A young team needs playoff experience to become a championship club.

But there'll have to be a huge transfusion of talent before the Rockets can even begin to think of winning a championship.

I know you're a good tennis player. Hot shot, you don't have to remind me that you won the championship every time I see you.

I know you're a good tennis player, hotshot. You don't have to remind me that you won the championship every time I see you.

as jaunty as if he had won his first national championship .

The 2009 championship opener today lived up to its pre-season hype, with Jenson Button leading an eventful Brawn one-two at Albert Park.

As McLaren have always said, the championship should be decided on the racetrack and not in the courtroom.

Serena Williams will go for her third U. S. Open title Saturday, meeting Jelena Jankovic for the Women's Championship.

She was also ousted in the last stage of the Paris World Championship in August this year after losing to Shixian Wang.

I hate to see him go out without a championship with all the great teams he's had.

Tired from the training, but believing one day he would be a championship, Liu Xiang told himself he must carry on.

It was a race between Angela and me for the backstroke position on our team relay for National Championship.

"It doesn't matter if the road to a championship is great, fantastic, marvelous or if it was rough and ugly, " Gasol said.

Coach: "It's truly a great team effort and I love the fact that these kids won. They certainly deserve the national championship. "

Some people seem to think Renault is a spent force in this championship. That is far from the case.

They were led by two local guys -- Omar Gonzalez -- give it up - and A. J. DeLaGarza who won a national championship at Maryland.

We have fought like mad for a long, long time now to be in a strong position in the championship.

At eighteen, he became the youngest player to ever win the United States Amateur championship, a title he kept for the next three years.

Luck is one of the components of a championship team along with experience, chemistry, sweat, blood, and tears.

Boys wave Polish flag as they cheer during the main round match between Poland and Serbia at the Men's Handball World Championship in Lund.

But now it's only two and I believe this was the most crucial day of the championship race.

Would you rather be a member of a world championship sports team or be the champion of an individual sport? Which sport would you choose?

The main aim is to be winning the world championship in a few years but the other is clearly to build the customer business.

We don't have to give him a test for the final, we just have to think about the championship and win to close the account.

There is going to be a basketball championship at school on Thursday night . How about we go and root for the Old Blues ?

But judges said the World Cup and European Championship were single events that cannot be divvied up at will.

Mulitalo, 32, was one of a handful of players remaining from the Ravens'Super Bowl championship squad of 2000.

Hakeem is the only player of memory that's won a championship without a star on the perimeter, and he needed Drexler to win the second one.

However, when using the model for the 2008 European Championship, the forecast winner did not make it to the second round.

We talked about his toughest game, one that he had helped pull out of the fire to win the league championship.

We talked about his toughest game, one that he had helped pull out of the fire to win the league championship.

A championship finally gives Kobe the OK to leave town, thus temporarily destroying the Laker franchise. Fine by me.

PGA Championship, the total prize money tournament in second place four, championship prize money after the U.

And when he tried to join a championship caliber team in Orlando, Grant Hill - the other key piece to the puzzle - was never healthy.

Of course, most of us are not in Dominic's memory championship line of business (or in Hannibal's line of business for that matter).

Q. We've seen Fernando at McLaren did not work out as there were two drivers challenging for the championship.

The contract could be a championship blessing, but it could also prove to be a debilitating burden, and why take that chance now?

A young man juggles the demands of a career, a romance with a feisty rock singer and the competitive world of championship windsurfing.

Today I saw Miss Ying Li, one of my old classmates, won the championship of an English lecture match.

It was also satisfying to win two World Golf Championship events, and of course, the inaugural FedExCup.

Many championship football games are scheduled for New Year's Day, and there is usually an elaborate parade before each football game.

But he was a key player as the club returned to the top flight last season, scoring 18 goals and securing a Championship winners' medal.

"You always see teams that go to the White House and you know those are special teams, championship teams, " said Wade.

We had a nice pre-championship period, training well and building up a new team and a new group that promises well.

Forget for a moment what you saw, and imagine instead what you'll see come Thursday, championship on the line.

Even if you can't play in the championship tournament, don't miss out on the horde of other miniatures play running all weekend.

Still, Johnson took no chances, jumping bail and living out the rest of his championship reign in foreign exile.

He won a state championship in baseball and tried out for his college team.

Millions of TV viewers were gripped by an epic battle yesterday. The arena: the snooker World Championship in Sheffield, England.

The team that wins the championship gets permanent possession of the trophy, and a replacement is commissioned by the league.

He could even get within one point of the world championship lead if he has another of what he calls his 'perfect weekends'.

The diving championship was a cakewalk for her.

After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team.

Having won the President Cup, the team got their tails up for the final of the league championship.

It would be nice to be leading the championship with the other drivers playing catch up.

But Ferrari and its fellow mutineers should not underestimate the difficulty of launching a second racing championship .

Let's try to take our opportunities this weekend and I'm sure that the championship will be very close and we will fight until the end.

In the company of a department basketball team captain, was in 2008's elite Cup basketball championship.

Me, I have more experience, I am more strong and I am ready to do a good championship in England.

My team is in first place in the national championship and I have always said that I wanted to play for Zenit.

The event also features the opening round of the Production Car World Rally Championship and a separate national rally for Swedish crews.

They lost 10 to 0 in the championship game, so the coach figured the right thing to do was to resign after such a debacle.

After he won the boxing championship , he really became a man of the hour for a period .

So it's getting tough for the championship, and that's why I decided to make this attempt, " he added. "

Lorenzo had a somewhat disappointing race at the last round of the World Championship, struggling with grip at Brno.

"I think we have to be happy with our championship so far, " he told Ferrari's official website.

Just as he is expected to Ferrari won the championship when the tragedy happened.

A high school girls basketball team in Kansas promised their coach NCAA championship tickets if he could make a half-court shot blindfolded.

The image of their son holding up the championship trophy would be etched on their memories forever.

Please be ready to wear helmets and the 2006 MotoGP World Championship together fast.

FM: Well, for sure, we are both working for the team and to put the team in the best position and best condition for the championship.

GM Joe Dumars looks to have made good on this deal in his goal to get the Pistons their second NBA Championship under his direction.

The Brit, though, still managed to hold onto his Championship lead by two points over his team-mate Fernando Alonso who claimed the victory.

Batista was forced to relinquish his World Heavyweight Championship due to a serious triceps injury suffered at the hands of Mark Henry.

Could such tactics be a worry for the championship as you are fighting with Felipe Massa?

But with me sign up to somebody, I want to be with somebody that dedicates to try to win the championship.

She won the championship of the artistic gymnastics competition with her fluent ball gymnastics.

After winning the NBA Championship last June I decided to take three of my childhood friends to China.

They were playing for the national championship in the last regular-season game of the one hundredth year of college football.

He is a championship athlete, and he works out furiously twice a day at least.

Maribel Owen, age 20, was not quite as strong a skater as Laurie. Still, she had just won the U. S. senior pairs championship.

Q. In terms of this year's world championship, which two Ferrari drivers do you see as the main threat?

It has championship cycling and NASA engineering in its DNA, so it's likely to fill any 2-wheeled need where gasoline is not an option.

That part of his career lasted until 1993 when he moved to ADAC Formula Junior and finished second in the championship race.

That year, the team won its first league championship pennant after more than twenty years of failure.

The fans laid the blame at the door of the coach after the Elephants lost the championship game.

The players were down in the dumps after their team lost the championship game.

As he wrestled for the world championship against Boris Spassky at Reykjavik in 1972 they poked whirring TV cameras over his shoulder.

Exalted by a Shinto shrine replica hung above the dohyo, Tokyo's Kokugikan, or Hall of National Skill, draws zealous fans to a championship.

The Gunners remain only one of four clubs to have won the championship three years running.

I will be in Maranello Monday and Tuesday, so try to say thanks to the whole team and championship-wise it is time to think later on.

Maybe I wasn't ready for that. Maybe I loved my team. Maybe I was hoping for a national championship. But do I regret it?

S. Open. His 14th major championship now stands as the last match of his career, the perfect finish.

This should interest you, if you are keen on boxing. The world heavy weight championship is going to be held here next June.

And last but not least, we will keep trying to win championship in every international competitions.

Gasol: Yes, the only goal on my mind right now is to do what it takes to help our team win a championship.

Carter: "If LeBron into the dunk contest. I prefer to give him out of the championship, I do not have the courage to challenge him. "

Just look around, compared to two years ago, look what's happened, actually since the Super Bowl [the championship football match in 2006].

Their team came out of nowhere and won the state championship.

Q. Now there are three drivers tied at the top of the championship, does this mark a fresh beginning for your title ambitions?

They feared that Ron Artest would destroy the chemistry of a team that had just won a championship with his volatile personality.

2011 marked the first season since 2002 that the Swiss did not win a major championship, being eclipsed by Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

If San Antonio didn't have Tony Parker and they had just a pass-first guard, at the end of the day, would they win a championship?

What are your thoughts about the championship, still having a seven point lead after such a problematic weekend?

Obviously, overcoming adversity AND winning a championship trumps all, but it's not the only way to enjoy a season.

The next day, 190 professional cyclists started the Philadelphia International Championship, a 156-mile race.

Even Spurs fans had to be impressed with the classy gesture of asking West to present the conference championship trophy.

Encouraged by her school championship success, she decided that she should have proper coaching.

Pauleta said Scolari's side, who reached the finals of the European Championship two years ago, had improved since then.

So beautiful was the girl that she won the championship in the beauty contest.

"Every player would love to play in such a competitive championship like the English league, " Ronaldinho told Globo TV.

Deschamps and the entire team are enjoying an outstanding championship and there is no reason to talk about a change at this time.

I have tried to work on a project that will reap its rewards in the long term and the championship isn't over by a long way yet.

The Virginia Beach Neptune Festival, which includes the Sand Sculpting Championship, was named after Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.

After leading Cuba to another world championship in 1998, she was again chosen the best player of the tournament.

On Wednesday, they left no doubt who was worthy of moving on and contending for the 2010-11 Eastern Conference championship.

I remember the warrior spirit, the never-say-die attitude that carried him to the heavyweight championship and beyond.

You know, I once scored 41 points at a league championship game.

He won a Super Bowl championship ring with the Steelers the following year and went on to spend a total of 11 years in the league.

"Bayern are the clear favorites to win the championship, but we have do not fear them, " the defender told Spox. com.

Q: The championship is still wide open with five races to go and 50 points up for grabs.

They may not win the championship, they may not even win this series, but no team faces and responds to adversity better than this group.

I cannot imagine the pressure of sinking a winning free throw in a championship basketball game while the crowd roars in the background.

Anything can happen in these seven races, so we need to be the best one in this last part of the championship.

The points I could have gained would have made a difference in the championship's outcome.

It's Super Bowl Sunday and in hours the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears will suit up for the National Football League Championship.

Yet nine years later when he won the world championship, anyone would swear he must have been born funny.

To win a championship, you need a player who can anchor your sets on both sides of the ball.

Claude's first League Championship came at his second club, Nantes, and then it was on to Spain via Marseille.

Well, you just protected yourself out of a championship fight.

We just worked so hard to win this championship and I'm just super proud of my teammates.

Wushu spirit When he his pre teens he represents countries participating in the martial arts competition, the results won the championship.

A victory would send L. A. to a second straight final and grant Beckham another shot at his first MLS championship.

If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the house championship.

Everyone universally recognizes Samuel Peter's right to fight for the WBC Heavyweight Championship.

Andrew Bynum has gotten off to a fast start in the preseason after being plagued by knee problems during the Laker championship run.

"A championship ring has become not so important in my plans, " he said in the interview.

Ding fulfilled his potential in a nail-biting confrontation with Steve Davis in the final of the prestigious UK Championship last December.

They promised me to have a competitive car to fight for the championship this year and unfortunately it is not like that.

Since it has been set foot on the road to the championship, the championship will not be too far away.

Fourteen Production Car World Rally Championship drivers will be competing in Sweden and a preview will appear on WRC. com on Monday.

certification standard is actually a face of the industry benchmark for most manufacturers, is a non-Championship qualifying for and.

But it was Jim Clark, at the wheel of a Lotus, who won the first (non-championship) Formula One race at the circuit in April 1963.

On August 25, 2008, competitors from all over the world participated in the World Bog Snorkelling Championship in a small town of Britain.

Our football team is contending with one from the next town for the championship.

Although he at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games did not win the championship, all the people support him.

This was the fastest grand prix in history. Michael needed to win in order to keep his lead in the Championship and he did.

Sofitel Jinjiang Oriental Pudong won the championship as well as the "Best Dress Team" award.

And the next year, he was a starting player on the national championship team.

World Pie Championship jury member John Young poses with two scotch pies during the judging of the competition in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Kubica is just two points behind the championship leaders with nine races to go, but the Pole reckons it will be hard to stay in the fight.

Yi was impressive at last month's Asian championship and many expect him to land a new offer once the NBA labor dispute settle down.

In his two championship trials, Mr. Kulkirni ate glass on an empty stomach, accompanied only by water and tea.

Stunned by Henry's flying start and maybe their week in the spotlight, too, Reading were a shadow of their Championship-winning selves.

It was his first time leading after any round on the PGA Tour since the Tour Championship last September.

This sounds simple, but there has been a big battle raging between two countries for the championship Mustard Yellow Belt.

She won the gold medal in the European Women's Individual Chess Championship 2011 in Tbilisi. She was also twice national champion.

Paula Creamer celebrates after winning her first major championship: the U. S. Women's Open at Oakmont Country Club.

With all the respect to those currently managing Juve, I hope that for Inter, the next championship runs the same course.

Forget for a second that Gasol played a lot of basketball this offseason, helping his national team capture the European Championship.

the truth is , i ' ve only had one significant injury , the one that stopped me going to the european championship with z off.

the championship organizers will not accept any liability , claims for injuries , damage or loss suffered by the competitors.

I want him to make it to the finals, I want him to be the championship, my heart was broken.

As Yao's teammates, we know how badly that he wants to have playoff success and ultimately bring back the championship trophy to China.

Kimi Raikkonen has stated that neither he nor teammate Felipe Massa will be able to challenge for the 2009 world championship.

As it ended Thursday night, Jerry West presented Kupchak with the Western Conference championship trophy.

Bahrain was round three of the championship in 2008, and Massa's outings in Malaysia and Australian had been littered with driving errors.

Each July hundreds of people from across the country and around the world gather for the Championship.

The European Championship has long presented Uefa with an opportunity to showcase the finest footballers in the continent.

The Organizer will not accept any claims for financial or material benefits in connection with publicity of the Championship .

Coach Byron Scott can only hope his championship pedigree rubs off on his team.

He was also absent from the advisory session last March, when he was in Spain to compete in the world indoor championship .

when you have enough championship rings to cover all but one pinkie , it ' s not easy to find peers to relate to.

A team came out of nowhere and won the championship.

Shortly before the end of the only total championship contest, very intense.

The competition is fierce when formal, through the layers of a test, and finally by the three wise man team won the championship.

This championship game is baseball at it's finest.

No team had to work harder for a championship than these Celtics, who were playing in their record 26th postseason game.

Back in England there are a number of young Blues plying their trade at Championship level.

He is one of only 14 sand artists who have been invited to the event which will feature former international championship winners.

Our goal is to win a championship. That's why everyone is still . . . edgy, because that's our goal.

The outspoken Canadian again criticized the course setup, saying the greens were too soft for a national championship.

Spurs led, but Beckham had his own plans and duly scored the equaliser. Andy Cole got the winner and the championship was won on home soil.

"What, did we win the championship? " he said.

That's when one of the country's biggest sports stars, Liu Xiang, is set to make his World Championship return.

Before the start of the championship, each country will nominate three of its competitors for the team competition.

Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college.

But an official dog fight championship held in Almaty is quite a different thing.

C. United won the M. L. S. Cup, the league championship, on the strength of a Most Valuable Player performance by Olsen.

It can be more than two or three drivers at the end of the championship.