To recap: The Europa League is a rebranded version of the UEFA Cup, which itself started as the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and absorbed the former European Cup Winners' Cup down the road.
The win was Inter's third world title after they won the former Intercontinental Cup in 1964 and 1965.
Wales rugby icon Gareth Edwards and former Ryder Cup skippers Ian Woosnam and Sam Torrance also met the team.
"It's so difficult to quantify, " said Alejandro Moreno, a former MLS Cup winner with Columbus and now a soccer analyst.
Former Ryder Cup stalwarts Padraig Harrington, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood are all currently struggling to make the automatic places.
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Gloucester just missed out on a Heineken Cup place and the former Scotland international knows where his side needs to improve.
The Daily Express carries a message of support from an unlikely source - England's former World Cup nemesis, All Black Jonah Lomu.
On the eve of every Wembley cup final you hear former finalists advising the present day teams to just 'enjoy the day.
Monty's former Ryder Cup team-mate Darren Clarke incurred a one-shot penalty after he dropped his ball on his marker, which flipped over.
First reported by Bild, Germany's mass-circulation tabloid, it momentarily displaced the negative headlines surrounding the club's president, former World Cup-winning forward Uli Hoeness.
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Parks' second penalty of the game made it 13-11 but two further successful penalties from O'Gara nudged the former Heineken Cup champions in front.
One former Silver Cup winner who looks poised to make a run at a more coveted piece of hardware this weekend is Matt Kuchar.
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The progressive Lie Forrit holds an entry for Willie Amos, while former Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition is one of 12 Irish-trained possibles.
That was 10 shots worse than his first round and left the former Walker Cup star on two over par, six off the lead.
Rookie Parry, a former Walker Cup team-mate of McIlroy, won his maiden title at the Vivendi Cup in Paris the week before the Ryder Cup.
Lemerre's World Cup results with his former teams seems to reflect this mantra -qualification is vital, the results in the final tournament are sometimes less impressive.
Four former China national team players and a former World Cup referee were banned for life, having been jailed a year ago for the same offenses.
Meanwhile, former Davis Cup player Barry Cowan is in no doubt that if Rusedski is found to have taken illegal drugs, then he should be banned.
His former Ryder Cup partner Jose Maria Olazabal, who has recently battled rheumatism and fatigue, has paid tribute to the way Ballesteros has dealt with the condition.
Videoton, Uefa Cup runners-up in 1985, qualified for Europe by finishing second in the Hungarian league, while Maribor are Slovenian Cup winners and boast former Rangers winger Bojan Djordjic in their squad.
When his twin 16-year-old boys first started playing seriously, Clay Rohrbach, a former partner at Morgan Stanley, built a squash court at his house in Greenwich and hired Australian former World Cup winner Rodney Martin to coach them.
Former World Cup winning captain Johnson, widely criticized after the defeat by Australia and a disappointing win over Argentina, picked a physical side to combat the All Blacks but his team ultimately paid for a lack of attacking potency.
What followed in Paris is history, but for the fans who watched Ireland dominate the former World Cup winners on their own turf, Trapattoni would remind many that night that he can turn any side into an organised and at times thrilling attacking outfit.
Former Dubai Gold Cup winner Opinion Poll was another horse to test positive.
Alexandra Meissnitzer, a former Austrian World Cup champion said Austrians now envy the less-rigid U.S. approach.
Former European Ryder Cup Bernard Gallacher has backed Westwood to hold his nerve and win his first major.
Wilson will have to be at his best on Sunday after a stunning performance by former European Ryder Cup captain Langer.
It is honours even between Croatia and Serbia in Split - the first Davis Cup meeting between the two former Yugoslav republics.
Former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star will be in action in Saturday's JNwine.com Champion Chase - the big race in the two-day festival.
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