He followed his 2001 US Open win by capturing the Wimbledon singles title, dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets ; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the championship.

She lost the title to Susan Polgar of Hungary in 1996 ( 8½ – 4½ ) but regained the title in 1999 by defeating another championship finalist, Alisa Galliamova ( 8½ – 6½ ), after Polgar refused to accept match conditions and forfeited her title.

Black also has two rare alternatives on his eighth move worth mentioning: 8 ... Qe7 intending ... Rd8 is the Smyslov Variation, invented by former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, and 8 ... Bd7 followed by ... Bc6 is the Bronstein Variation, the brainchild of two-time world championship finalist David Bronstein.

Harvard won the National Championship in 1984, were a national championship finalist in 1981 and 2003, and finished 3rd in 1993.

As a finalist of the 2010 world championship cycle, Kamsky was given direct entry to the eight player Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2012.

All the players agreed this championship was more special than their first two because they were expected to win those ones, while the 2009 edition was a surprise finalist, that most experts thought wouldn't advance out of the quarterfinals.

Brolin also played for the Swedish national team, finishing third in the 1994 World Cup and was also a beaten semi finalist at the 1992 European championship as well as having competed in the 1990 World Cup.

The Hammerheads had one championship in 2003, and were a finalist in 2002, losing to the Long Island Rough Riders 2 – 1.

* 2006: San Beda finally broke their 28-year championship drought as they edged out three-time finalist PCU Dolphins in the final game that went down the wire.

European Aviation sponsored Tyrrell in 1997 ; the same year, Stoddart entered his numerous F1 cars in an F1 Historical Championship ; he established his own team, European Formula Racing, whose driver Nigel Greensall won the championship in 1997 and 1998.

Piquet took his third and final championship in 1987 during a heated battle with team-mate Nigel Mansell which left the pair's relationship sour.

* CART Racing-season championship won by Nigel Mansell

::-Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short break from FIDE to play their world championship match, forming the Professional Chess Association.

The track, the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, was finished in time for the 1986 championship, which saw a furious battle between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell, with the two cars finishing side by side.

The PCA was created in 1993 by Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short for the marketing and organization of their chess world championship.

Ever since 1993, when Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short broke away from chess governing body FIDE to play their world championship match under the auspices of the newly-formed Professional Chess Association, there had been two chess world championships: one organised by FIDE ( which used the knock-out format from 1998 to 2004 ) and one by a variety of other bodies ( in the form of a long match between champion and challenger ).

We should call it a World Cup … a world championship needs more classic time controls " and Nigel Short claimed that " If you took the top 100 players and survey their opinion you would probably find around 75 % are against this time control ".

Despite finishing 11th in 1949, in 1950 – under the captaincy of Nigel Howard – Lancashire shared the county championship with Surrey, winning 16 matches ; Roy Tattersall and Malcolm Hilton claimed nearly 300 wickets between them.

Evans has also commentated on some of the most important matches for Time magazine and ABC's Wide World of Sports, including the 1972 Fischer versus Spassky match, the 1993 PCA world title battle between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short and the Braingames world chess championship match between Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov in 2000.

Rounding out the points were Ferrari's Michele Alboreto, whose three points were not enough to keep his championship lead, Senna's Lotus team mate Elio de Angelis was fifth with Nigel Mansell sixth in his Williams FW10.

The leader of the championship prior to the race was British driver Nigel Mansell ; six points behind him in second was Alain Prost, who was looking to defend his title and one point behind Prost was Mansell's teammate at Williams, Nelson Piquet.

The win, Prost's second for 1987, put him firmly in the championship lead, five points ahead of team mate Johansson and eight ahead of Williams driver Nigel Mansell.

The world championship was decided during practice when British driver Nigel Mansell crashed his Williams FW11B heavily at the S curves.

The scene was set for a tense championship deciding race between bitter Williams Honda team mates, Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell.

Alain Prost finished in second place for McLaren, strengthening his championship chances after his team-mate and rival Ayrton Senna had been involved in a collision with Ferrari driver Nigel Mansell which resulted in them both retiring.

At the front of the grid there was a bit of a surprise with Gerhard Berger taking pole from Riccardo Patrese, qualifying ace Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini, Nelson Piquet, Satoru Nakajima, and Stefano Modena, with championship contender Alain Prost a disappointing 13th.

With Ferrari scoring no points after Nigel Mansell's retirement, the McLaren team secured their sixth and third consecutive constructor's championship.

Nigel Mansell also announced a u-turn on his decision to retire by making public his agreement to join Williams-Renault for two years from 1991 after being given assurances from Frank Williams, Patrick Head and Renault that they could deliver him a car in which he could win a world championship.

The sunny Estoril was a popular venue among the drivers and qualifying saw a bit of a role reversal with the top teams ' second drivers beating the championship contenders with Riccardo Patrese on pole alongside Gerhard Berger, with Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell third and fourth respectively.

Both championship contenders Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell knew exactly what they needed to do, Mansell had to win with help and Senna needed to beat Mansell.

The race was won by Ayrton Senna, with Nigel Mansell in second position, and Gerhard Berger's third place finish plus Senna's victory meant that the McLaren team clinched the Constructor's championship.

The first five races of the championship had ended with Williams driver Nigel Mansell leading the Drivers Championship by 26 points having achieved five race wins in a row.

Nigel Mansell was Senna's closest challenger, eventually finishing second in the championship.

* In the following 1990 – 93 championship cycle, he lost 5½ – 4½ in the first round to Short, the eventual challenger for Garry Kasparov's crown.

Short track speed skating gained its own world championship event, hosted by the ISU, in 1976.

Former world championship challenger Nigel Short, who also played in the World Junior Championship in 1983 was his best man.

In 1992, he wrote the introduction melody for the European football championship, which was organised by Sweden that year.

He wrote accounts of two world championship encounters ; those between Alekhine and Capablanca, and Alekhine and Bogoljubow.

" He never made more than $ 35, 000 a year salary ( not including camps and speaking engagements ), including 1975, the year he won his 10th national championship, and never asked for a raise ," wrote Rick Reilly of ESPN.

The closest sounding story to the above appeared right after Kelly ’ s death, when John D. " Johnny " Foster of the Cleveland Leader wrote, " The nearest that he ever approached to downright malice in playing in Cleveland was during a game between Cleveland and Boston for the national championship when he called a Cleveland player's name as two men were running for a foul fly.

Winning the championship gave LeDoux more credibility with music audiences, as he now had proof that the cowboy songs he wrote and sang were authentic.