The trial gripped many South Africans, who were deeply shocked to hear the allegations directed against this former champion of the anti-apartheid struggle.
"Having a world champion this early in my career really is a dream come true, " said Nelson.
Perhaps the saddest tale of all belongs to this former world champion from Belfast.
This court, champion of antitrust activism, has turned the sceptics' best argument against them.
The UN's Kofi Annan and the International Atomic Energy Agency's Mohamed ElBaradei champion this approach.
The truth is that, no matter how many world leaders, elder statesmen and other advocates champion this goal, it is not going to happen.
Congress needs to champion this push with thoughtful, comprehensive and bipartisan legislation, Freed explained, but the American public, business leaders, universities, entrepreneurs, large companies and the financial sector have to act in tandem.
"I know Matt Mitcham has been on top form as he was the World Cup champion this year, so to come away with the gold and get ahead of him makes me so happy, " Daley told BBC Sport.
Sunday could be the final performance on the track this year for the dazzling triple world and Olympic champion Bolt, who withdrew this week from a meeting in South Korea because of his "not-good physical condition".
Derived from French and old Catalan, this word nearly bounced champion Arvind Mahankali from the finals.
Nobody has been a bigger champion of this than Governor Rendell, rebuilding the critical infrastructure of our economy.
Mstislav, champion of this episode, reasonably pointed out that any droplet of the pollutant we exported from the Den was destined for circulation and, ultimately, our mucous membranes.
The three finalists will then dance as usual and the audience will again vote, with the points from that added to those from the semi-final to determine this year's champion.
When this all began I never dreamed my work would start a national movement in urban revitalization, or that I would be receiving this incredible Transportation Innovators Champion of Change award from the White House and the Department of Transportation.
This includes looking after 2009 world champion Alistair Brownlee and I've seen a lot of him this year as he has had to get back to full fitness following an injury.
This cause found a natural champion in Congress (what politician loves his local paper?).
All helped, and Kirk in particular has been a "great champion" of this independent journalist's rights, according to Benkin.
This year's defending champion, Oracle Team USA, is owned by Larry Ellison, the billionaire chief executive of technology giant Oracle Corp.
And very quickly, John, there's going to be a change yet again in how the national champion is determined this year, right?
The 2011 Masters winner Charl Schwartzel carded a 73 to finish one over, with this year's Augusta champion Bubba Watson one shot further back.
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It is said that Ali believed that Smith was the only man capable of playing the part and on this evidence, the former champion is no mug.
Short for graphics interchange format, Gif has been around since the 80s but was this year's US champion because it gained traction as a verb, not just a noun.
McLaren test driver Gary Paffett was fifth fastest, but his team's official race entries for this year -- world champion Jenson Button and his predecessor Lewis Hamilton -- sat out the session.
Among the entries for the Cheltenham race was Binocular, trained by Nicky Henderson, who is the current favourite for the Champion Hurdle and this year's winner Katchit, from the Alan King yard.
And while 3 of those 4 schools are poised to make deep runs into March after winning their respective conference tournaments this weekend, defending national champion Kentucky may be on the outside looking in.
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The win boosts Dunne's hopes of taking on European super bantamweight champion Michael Hunter later this year.
Perhaps a consistent and honest free-market champion will emerge from this regional muck to offer a better alternative.
The former Wimbledon champion, who won this title in 2004 and 2005, went down 6-4 6-4 to the Chinese fourth seed.
In the women's field, there's Colorado's Katie Compton, a star both stateside and in Europe, and this season's World Cup champion.
This left Mr Sharif, a champion of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous state, as the country's closest approximation to a national leader.
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