"They wanted to play as England in the World Cup and GB in the Champions Trophy and Champions Challenge but we said 'why don't you also perform in the world cups also as GB', " explained the FIH's marketing and communications manager Steven Morris.
While his well-heeled acolytes peruse Borsheim's diamond clusters, outside in the mall, Buffett has invited some of the nation's bridge, backgammon and Scrabble champions to challenge and entertain his guests.
Manager Walter Smith will have several new faces at his disposal next season and Adam thinks Rangers can challenge champions Celtic.
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Amlin Challenge Cup champions Cardiff Blues will be seeking revenge for their home defeat last season when they host Edinburgh in their opening game at the Cardiff City Stadium on 4 September.
Henry said the Test against the current Six Nations champions would provide another major challenge for the All Blacks.
"Hopefully I can be part of a squad to challenge for a Champions League spot, " the centre-back told Aston Villa TV.
For an ad person who strives to challenge conventions and champions innovation, creativity becomes an exercise in finding small gaps and cracks that enable one to push the envelope.
The fly-half hero says Wales will pose a challenge to the world champions.
Ferguson's next challenge awaits in the Champions League final, and I have no doubts they have a psychological advantage over Chelsea by winning the title.
Six days later the Crusaders will take on NRL champions Brisbane Broncos in a World Club Challenge warm-up match.
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The Countryside Alliance, which champions rural sports, last year promised to challenge the legislation as it made its way through the assembly.
But because champions of American interests too often ignore rather than challenge their assertions, otherwise legally insupportable, politically charged policy declarations are coming to define the parameters of legal thought in the minds of America's citizens.
Looking for a game prior to their World Club Challenge clash with St Helens, the NRL champions headed for Bridgend, where they won 32-6.
Whether Real can convert this into a challenge to the recent English domination of the UEFA Champions League on the pitch remains to be seen.
He also possesses a remarkable and unique free-kick technique, managing to bend and swerve the ball to devastating effect, notably with the goal that effectively ended Arsenal's challenge in the semifinals of this year's Champions League.
The one-off challenge match provided an ideal curtain-raiser for the Champions Trophy, with Australia showing their determination to prove they are still the game's top one-day side.
The next match of the NatWest Challenge, a warm-up for this month's Champions Trophy, takes place at The Oval on Friday.
The victory means that Australian sides have won the World Club Challenge, which pits the Super League and National Rugby League champions against each other, for the last three years.
The USA went into the game in confident mood, having won the Six Nations Challenge event earlier this year to earn a place in the Champions Trophy, which will see them take on Australia and New Zealand.
Leeds have won Super League's last three Grand Finals and bid for their third World Club Challenge at Elland Road on 28 February when they face Australian National Rugby league champions Melbourne Storm.
Gibbs, 20, injured his left foot in a challenge with Standard Liege's Eliaquim Mangala during the Gunners' 2-0 Champions League win on Tuesday.
National Rugby League champions the Sydney Roosters have named a powerful squad to take on St Helens in the annual World Club Challenge in February.
But Grant has gradually turned it around, overseeing a bold challenge in the league and the pulsating win over Liverpool that earned the club a place in the Champions League final for the first time.
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