But recently it has also taken on a title that it would have much preferred to leave to Sydney: Australia's capital of crime.
Words are a powerful thing, and when we take on a title, subconsciously we also take on the characteristics we equate with the role.
Drogba scored the breakthrough goal when the Blues fought hard to beat Arsenal 2-0 in March at Stamford Bridge as they tightened their grip on a title race they eventually won.
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More often, because they couldn't or wouldn't pay royalties, impresarios would either churn out their own scripts or tinker with the work of other playwrights and slap on a new title.
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Vettel has a 13-point lead over Fernando Alonso with three races left of the F1 season and is bidding for his fifth straight win to strengthen his grip on a third title.
Maccarinelli was fighting on the same bill as compatriot Nathan Cleverly, who closed in on a world title shot after defending his European light-heavyweight title with a 10th-round stoppage of Karo Murat.
That has allowed small, independent developers to compete with the big firms who might spend tens of millions of dollars on developing a single title and as much again on marketing it.
As it was, Chelsea's record of not having conceded a home goal in the league since the opening day of the season rarely looked in trouble late on and the final whistle prompted scenes of jubilation among a home faithful with a firm eye on regaining a Premier League title they have not won since 2006.
The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.
Strachan, who missed out on a fourth straight Scottish title on the final day of the league season last weekend, took a bow and received a warm round of applause from the Celtic fans before the charity match.
Gordon Strachan stepped down as manager last week after missing out on a fourth consecutive Scottish title, leaving coach Lennon a concerned man.
Bolt has now won seven out of eight of the major athletics competitions, only missing out on a World Championship 100m title in South Korea due to a false start.
When it was built it was the longest bridge on earth, a title it held for 27 years.
Fair, the Orange are deep, motivated, and intent on bringing a second title to central New York.
Hobson added that he plans to put on a major world title fight in England on the same night as Hatton's proposed match.
Give it up for the 2010 WNBA Champions, the Seattle Storm. (Applause.) Congratulations, Coach, on winning a second title.
The video game business is dominated by a handful of giant studios, companies that can deploy hundreds of people and budgets in the tens of millions of dollars on a single blockbuster title.
Ironically, the same race also caused what he has described as his one regret in racing - missing out on a trainers' title - when Desert Orchid's victory resulted in David Elsworth leapfrogging Gifford on the final day of the season in 1988.
On starting his course three years ago, his ambition was to work on a big blockbuster title like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto - but now he's more interested in becoming an indie games producer and join the the "bedroom developer" revolution.
In Sunday's other match with a bearing on the title race, Arsenal continued their fine start to the season with a 6-2 home win over Blackburn at the Emirates.
Meanwhile in Serie A, Juventus remain on course for a second consecutive league title after beating Inter Milan 2-1 at the San Siro on Saturday.
By 1996 it had become a new flavour of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and the title on a Newsweek cover.
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On October 11, 1999, not long after Jobs returned to a dying company and took on the title of interim CEO (or iCEO), he fielded an inquiry from a customer named David about iBook laptop shortages.
The sixth-seeded American -- who had not won a Masters title on the ATP Tour for four years -- fired 13 ace and did not face a single set point in a 7-5 6-4 win.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger insists his side can still have a big say on the title race - but his bold claims looked in danger of backfiring as Dirk Kuyt gave Liverpool a deserved interval lead.
Philadelphian Cunningham, 30, won the IBF title on a split decision from Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Poland last month.
Kotyan studied animal husbandry, the milk market and how to gain title on a cow, but let his buddy handle the heifers.
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Now that Kaepernick has the 49ers on the brink of a title, Smith is unlikely to be back with them in 2013.
Despite his impressive form so far, Perez refused to contemplate a winning score as he closes in on a first PGA Tour title.
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