But Michigan's hold on the top spot likely won't last long, since the Wolverines all but whiffed in the areas where they're traditionally strongest: football and men's hockey.

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The result means Arsenal have now not won in four league games, but more importantly they have allowed bitter rivals Manchester United to keep hold of the top spot.

BBC: Arsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough

Analysts predict that Nokia will hold on to the top spot for 1998, with a 25% share of a 140 million cell phone market worldwide, and that Motorola will trail with about 20%.

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Kaymer's runaway victory and elevation to world number two means that with Lee Westwood - who finished a lowly 64th - in top spot, Europeans hold the top two positions in the rankings for the first time since Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer in 1993.

BBC: Abu Dhabi win lifts Martin Kaymer to second in world