The late John W. Trimmer's earnest guide to maritime safety, "How to Avoid Huge Ships, " won a prize for oddest title of 1992 and is now out of print.

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But while Semenya was told she could keep her medal, title and prize, no verdict was announced of the gender testing that occurred--or even whether the track star would be allowed to participate in future competitions--in either the male or female category.

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The Nigerian side are only the second team ever to retain African club football's top prize after TP Mazembe of the DR Congo won the title in 1967 and 1968.

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As part of the prize, a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig will be named after the winning title.

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The team that traverses the obstacle course the fastest wins the title of Santa Claus World Champion, along with 1, 500 Swiss francs in prize money.

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Heaney's triumph comes four years after he scooped the same prize for The Spirit Level, and marks the fourth successive time the Book of the Year title has been awarded to poetry.

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If the German could take the championship in 2012, he would join Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio and compatriot and seven-time title winner Michael Schumacher as the only men to have won the sport's biggest prize three years in a row.

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And while we're at it, Joe Calzaghe's prize-fighting farewell against Roy Jones Jr in New York City's iconic venue is not a world title fight either.

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