Also, George Soros, Joseph E. Stiglitz ( another Economic Sciences Nobel prize winner, formerly of the World Bank, author of Globalization and Its Discontents ) and David Korten have made arguments for drastically improving transparency, for debt relief, land reform, and restructuring corporate accountability systems.

File: JohnMcFall-Manchester-20070513. jpg | John McFall, who has an above-knee leg amputation, and uses a prosthetic leg, is a sprinter and winner of a gold medal at the 2007 Paralympic World Cup

In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) is a round in the postseason that determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to Major League Baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.

The winner of the series advances to play the winner of the National League Championship Series in baseball's championship, the World Series.

The Milwaukee Brewers benefited from these events by qualifying in the playoffs as a Wild Card team, to lose to the Philadelphia Phillies, the eventual World Series winner.

* Home field advantage in the World Series granted to the winner of the All Star Game in the same season ( 2003 )

In 2005, the CCC established that the winner of the Chinese event was to be given a seat at the World Championships.

Another pennant winner did not come until their championship season of 2005, when the White Sox won their first World Series championship in 88 years, breaking their epochal drought only a year after the Boston Red Sox had broken their slightly shorter but more celebrated " curse.

The confusion may stem from the fact that Major League Baseball did decide that, should the Cubs make it to the World Series, the American League winner would have home field advantage unless the Cubs hosted home games at an alternate site since the Cubs home field of Wrigley Field did not yet have lights.

; 2006 FIFA World Cup winner

Dino Zoff ( born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.

However, Zoff's greatest feat came in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he captained Italy to victory in the tournament at the age of 40, making him the oldest ever winner of the World Cup.

He spans genres such as science fiction, horror and fantasy, sometimes within the same novel: a typical example of Simmons ' ability to intermingle genres is Song of Kali ( 1985 ), winner of World Fantasy Award.

* Song of Kali ( 1985 ) – World Fantasy Award winner, 1986

* Carrion Comfort ( 1989 ) – Bram Stoker Award winner 1989 ; British Fantasy Award winner, World Fantasy Award nominee, 1990

Now back in Houston with two MVP awards and two World Series rings, Morgan wanted to help make the Astros a pennant winner.

The current holder of the trophy is Spain, winner of the 2010 World Cup.

* The System of the World ( 2004 ), volume III: The Baroque Cycle – Locus SF Award winner, 2005 ; Prometheus Award winner, 2005 ; Clarke Award nominee, 2005

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

He is an eight-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and 2004 World Series champion.

The Rugby World Cup, first held in 1987, takes place every four years, with the winner of the tournament receiving the Webb Ellis Cup.

In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series ( ALCS ), played in October, is a round in the postseason that determines the winner of the American League pennant.

The Division Series consists of two concurrent best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card game.

The Brewers faced the California Angels in the 1982 American League Championship Series and lost the first two games in California, but then rallied to win the next two games back in Milwaukee, setting up the pivotal Game 5, with the winner being the American League Champions.

* The Rogues ( TV series ), 1964 Golden Globe winner for Best Television Series

The first World Series game was a highly anticipated matchup between 2-time National League Cy Young Award winner ( 2008, 2009 ) Tim Lincecum, against the 2008 American League Cy Young award winner and heretofore undefeated in postseason play Cliff Lee.

The winner of each event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet and a monetary prize based on the number of entrants and buy-in amounts.

* Young Jedi Knights Series: New York Times best sellers, winner of 1999 Golden Duck Award ( middle grades ) for excellence in science fiction.

" When the Cardinals won the 2006 World Series, Joe quoted his father again saying, " For the first time since, St. Louis has a World Series winner!

Poker is a family of card games involving betting and individualistic play whereby the winner is determined by the ranks and combinations of their cards, some of which remain hidden until the end of the game.

The winner in 1970, Johnny Moss, was elected by his peers as the first World Champion of Poker and received a silver cup as a prize.

Noted professional players who were sponsored by Betfair include John Tabatabai, Sorel Mizzi, Peter Jepsen and World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Annette Obrestad Betfair Poker also sponsor the WSOPE festival, which is a European version of the World Series of Poker held in the USA.

Annette became the youngest ever winner of a WSOP bracelet when winning the Betfair World Series of Poker Europe title in September 2007 at the age of 18.

* Jerry Yang ( poker player ), winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker

The WPT television show, which is syndicated internationally, features commentary and analysis by World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mike Sexton and actor Vince Van Patten.

* Annie Duke, tournament poker champion, winner of the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions ( 2004 )

* Howard Lederer, tournament poker champion, winner of two World Series of Poker titles, and two World Poker Tour titles

* Eric Froehlich, 2002, winner, World Series of Poker, two-time WSOP bracelet winner.

For example, in 2007, PokerStars disqualified TheV0id, the winner of the main event of the World Championship of Online Poker for breaching their terms of service.

She is an Academy Award nominee, and a World Series of Poker Ladies ' Event bracelet winner.

In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.

Hansen was the first winner on NBC's Poker After Dark earning him $ 120, 000, as he outlasted a field of six pros including Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed.

Annie Duke ( born Anne LaBarr Lederer ; September 13, 1965 ) is a professional poker player and author who won a bracelet in the 2004 World Series of Poker $ 2, 000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where she earned the Winner-Take-All prize of $ 2, 000, 000.

As a poker player, Baldwin is best known as the winner of the 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event, becoming the youngest Main Event champion at that time.

When Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker main event at age 28, he became the youngest winner in its history, to be superseded by Stu Ungar in 1980, Phil Hellmuth in 1989, Peter Eastgate in 2008 and Joe Cada in 2009.