Earlier this month, the West Indies under-15 team won a World Challenge.

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If Leeds manage to beat Manly in the World Club Challenge it would make them the first team in the 33-year history of the match to be crowned world champions in consecutive years after they defeated Melbourne Storm 11-4 at Elland Road last year.

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Young problem solvers make fuel wood-alternative from bio-waste: Jon Kubricki and Bridget Zarych , both 16-year-old students at Pinelands Eco Regional High School in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey , are winning team-members of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge.

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Prior to the 1996 World Cup, Whatmore made sure his team's fitness levels were ready for the challenge ahead and the coach is planning exactly the same for 2003.

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Nigeria's players, past and present, have admitted the team need to up their game significantly if they want to challenge at Africa's first World Cup finals, and they may see another European coach as the answer to their current crisis of confidence.

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Each Challenge, led by a B Team business leader, will empower and enable businesspeople around the world to transform how business is done.

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