In winning, Immelman emulated compatriots Gary Player, the last man to defend the title, and Ernie Els, who was the last man to defend a title on the European Tour.
Guardiola showed a specially made film to his players in their dressing room 10 minutes before the final in Rome, which Barcelona won 2-0 to dash United's hopes of becoming the first team to defend a Champions League title.
However defending champion Bubba Watson faces a uphill battle to defend his title after he struggled to a 75 -- leaving him nine strokes off the pace already.
One year after a surprising run to the Stanley Cup finals, they are gone without getting a chance to defend their title in the postseason.
That other team from the Bluegrass State won't even get a chance to defend its national title.
The Devils won't get a chance to defend their conference title.
The Indians went on to win and take the series in five games, denying the Yankees a chance to defend their World Series title.
On the undercard earlier on Saturday, Commonwealth super-middleweight champion George Groves got off the floor and stopped Scot Kenny Anderson to defend his title and move closer to a possible showdown with arch enemy James DeGale.
However, the Spaniard, who did not defend his Wimbledon title this year because of a knee injury, showed few signs of fatigue as he battled past American Blake in a little over two hours.
The true test will come in late spring in Paris, where Nadal will defend his 2012 title at the French Open, a tournament he's won an astonishing seven times.
It was something of a turning point though as she vowed to defend her title at London 2012.
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But England's players were unable to show anything like the form required to defend their world title as South Africa, inspired by a superb performance from scrum-half Fourie du Preez, dominated almost every facet of the match.
Djokovic, in contrast, looked tired from a long season that saw him fail to defend his Wimbledon title and lose his first French Open final.
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He was to successfully defend his title on three occasions over the next two years, including a stoppage of Frank Bruno.
In the Pattaya Open in Thailand, Russia's Vera Zvonareva saw off local favorite Tamarine Tanasugarn, claiming a 6-4 6-4 final win to successfully defend her title.
The Irishman, who will defend his U.S. PGA title later this month, shot a five-birdie, two-bogey 67 in the Ohio rain to lead the tournament on 10-under-par after six-time winner Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to move to seven-under-par -- setting-up a compelling last pairing for Sunday's final round.
Isinbayeva, who failed to defend her world title in Berlin last month, won the pole vault with a first-time clearance of 4.70m to maintain her perfect Golden League record.
Besides Taylor, junior Ed Ruth is looking to defend his title at 174 pounds, while senior Quentin Wright is also looking for a second career crown.
In the end Andrei Iniesta's second-half goal -- inevitably set up by Messi -- gave the home side a comfortable buffer and left Pep Guardiola's team on course to defend their title.
The pair, who are both coached by Glen Mills, will form a formidable half of Jamaica's 4x100 meters relay squad as they look to defend their Beijing title.
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Howell finished runner-up last year after a sudden-death play-off with Stephen Dodd, who will also be back to defend his title.
Federer was using the tournament as a warm-up to the French Open, where the Swiss ace will be looking to defend his title when the tournament starts at Roland Garros on May 23.
Last year Mickelson, who has won two Masters and a USPGA title, finished 11 shots behind tournament winner Graeme McDowell, who will be back to defend his title.
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