England have been in four of the previous five finals, winning the tournament in 1994, but lost out to New Zealand in the past two finals.
His five previous finals appearances since 2000 have averaged a 20 share, a bit above the decade's average of 17 (thank the large Los Angeles market) but below the 23.5 average of the four 1990s finals that did not include Michael Jordan's Bulls.
The end of every finals match was marked by four plumes of smoke emanating from each corner of the stage.
The Wildcats have made the NCAA tournament in each of the past four seasons and reached the regional finals in three of those years falling short each time.
The two teams had featured in seven of the past nine finals and were owners of four Heineken Cups between them heading into the game.
Sampras holds a 20-14 career record over Agassi, winning four of the five Grand Slam finals the two have contested.
The Russian, who beat the world number one in their last meeting in the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals in London in November, triumphed 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 20 minutes.
Thursday at the Crucible is something of a quiet day in comparison to the mayhem of the Wednesday when all four quarter-finals finish.
She had reached the quarter-finals at three of the past four Grand Slam tournaments.
Laimbeer's hiring has energized the fan base of a franchise that reached the WNBA Finals four times in the league's first six years, but has not been back since losing to Los Angeles in its last appearance in 2002.
Li now faces top seed Serena Williams, who has won the title on each of the previous four occasions she has reached the semi-finals.
Scotland, who have never reached the semi-finals, have improved over the past four legs of the series, picking up points in San Diego, Hong Kong, Adelaide and London to climb to ninth in the standings.
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England reached the last four courtesy of a 24-0 win over Samoa in the quarter-finals, while Wales lost 33-7 to Fiji at the same stage.
Earlier this week, a leading South African FA (Safa) official cited 'the big embarrassment' of having to change training venues with less than four months to go until the finals.
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The 12 teams have been put into three groups of four, with the top two sides in each pool qualifying for the quarter-finals, along with the two best third-place finishers.
The Monte Carlo resident made it to final of the Madrid Masters Series event and the last four of the Rome and Toronto Masters, as well as reaching at least the semi-finals stages in five other tournaments.
Barrett's victory set the tone for a night of upsets at Prizefighter, a contest that saw eight heavyweights compete in a succession of three-round bouts, beginning with four back-to-back quarter-finals, followed by semis and a final.
The World Tour Finals sees the top eight players in the world split into two groups of four, with the top two in each section going through to the semifinals.
The teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.
Of the 16 World Cup finals played so far, nine have gone to European nations, four to Latin America and three to North America.
"Playing five tournaments in a row after injury, being in five finals in a row is great, " said Nadal, who has won three of four of those so far.
With both teams' chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals already extinguished, only a second-placed finish in Pool Four was at stake.
Federer had lost each of the last three finals to Nadal and the Spaniard's shock defeat by Soderling in round four suggested another huge upset was possible.
Despite being the only team to make regional finals each of the last three seasons, the Gators haven't been to the Final Four since winning consecutive national titles in 2006 and 2007.
The Intercontinental Cup involves 12 teams, divided into four groups of three, playing a series of three-day matches with the winners progressing to the semi-finals in the United Arab Emirates in November.
At this year's finals in Japan and South Korea there will be five African teams, four Asian sides (two of which have qualified as hosts) and three from North and Central America, out of a total of 32 teams.
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