Sports Illustrated predicted that their win in the World Series would cap off a 100 win regular season.
Shiffrin became the second youngest American to win a World Cup race, after Judy Nagel.
Expectations are higher than ever and Eriksson insisted he was desperate to win the World Cup.
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Mercedes have made it clear that their target is to win the world championship.
Miss Cavagnoud was the first Frenchwoman to win a world skiing title for 17 years.
I've still got time to win a world champion but probably will not have a lasting legacy.
However, Hurst fears that Capello's squad does not have the strength in-depth to win the World Cup.
The Yankees shortstop has helped his team win the World Series four times in his five seasons in the majors.
"We are in a situation where we have two drivers who can win this world championship, " Horner said.
Chastain went on to win another World Cup and an Olympic gold medal in her brilliant 16-year career.
"When you win the World Cup you've got to go, there's no more you can achieve, " he said.
Rivera holds the career saves record with 608 and has helped the Yankees win five World Series titles.
Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick when England beat West Germany 4-2 to win the World Cup in 1966.
Despite holding the No.1 spot in the Twenty20 rankings, South Africa isn't the favorite to win the World Twenty20.
In the last month Spain has seen its sportsmen win the World Cup, Wimbledon and the Tour de France.
Volquez, making his third consecutive opening day start, helped the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic last month.
He was the first fighter to win world titles in eight weight classes, but none of that mattered Saturday.
"I don't really think I'll win the World Cup this year, " said Maier.
The Royals will win the World Series (ok, no one is predicting that).
If he wants to win a World Championship title he is going to have to improve on this massively.
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If He did, why would He have let them win 27 World Series?
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"If the U.S. were somehow able to win the World Cup, it's be a whole different ball game, " says Powell.
For many years questions have been asked about why England have failed to win a World Cup or Champions Trophy.
Hopkins dethroned George Foreman as the oldest boxer to win a world title when he beat Jean Pascal in 2011.
"I think Kumar Sangakkara's team is focused very much to win the World Cup, " he told the BBC Sinhala Service.
Meanwhile, home favorite Bernard Tomic built on his shock win over world number one Novak Djokovic by defeating Andreas Seppi.
"To win the World Cup would be a dream come true and put every other achievement in the shade, " said Morley.
The lesson of it all is not that India should redouble its efforts to win the world over next time around.
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"If this plan is approved, we will win the World Series, " he vowed in a press conference Monday at the ballpark.
The following year he got the England job and announced that the national team would win the World Cup in 1966.
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