In some quarters there were raised eyebrows when the Twenty20 World Championship was contested last year.
She also raced to bronze at the IAAF World Championship in Osaka, Japan in 2007.
The world championship would have been nice last season, but to win the Masters is amazing.
Blizzard developers celebrated the new game early at the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai.
The 17-round MotoGP World Championship starts with the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez on March 26.
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"He's perfectly poised to develop into a world championship challenger, " Whitmarsh said in a statement.
The dream that Armstrong pursued all year a slot in next month's Ironman world championship?
Bosh, Paul and Wade, who all missed that tournament, return from the 2006 World Championship team.
"Our goal is to win the 2003 Formula One world championship, " added the spokeswoman.
British drivers claimed class honours in both the junior world championship and the production class.
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The MotoGP World Championship now moves to Barcelona for next week's Catalan Grand Prix.
The Honda rider leads the 2012 world championship after two wins from three races.
Mercedes have made it clear that their target is to win the world championship.
The two-day world championship event concludes Saturday evening with women's singles followed by the team relay.
Massa's teammate and world championship leader by 24 points, Fernando Alonso will start down in 10th.
Cardiac conditions that required surgery have forced into retirement two winners of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship.
Last year, Blizzard held its Battle.net World Championship (BWC) in Shanghai, China to crown a world champion.
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Nakano clocked a time of 1:36.24, with Colin Edwards third and world championship leader Nicky Hayden fourth.
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"Ahmad Bradshaw has been an incredible part of two world championship teams here, " said coach Tom Coughlin.
However, Meadows believes the home crowd will enjoy watching their British world championship medallists just as much.
Sixteen-year-old golf prodigy Michelle Wie is playing in her first professional tournament, the Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert, California.
World Championship runner-up Shaun Murphy had few problems as he cruised past Michael Holt in a 5-1 win.
Meares' gold in a packed velodrome came just four months after she won the world championship in Melbourne.
"We are in a situation where we have two drivers who can win this world championship, " Horner said.
He now has two of those to his name, as well as four world championship golds to boot.
Orozco contributed solid results in all four of his rotations in his first world championship of any kind.
At last year's World Championship sportsmen competed to the strains of live music (two accordions and a fiddle).
The impending trial prompted King to threaten to quit the game after losing in last season's World Championship.
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Birmingham's Gamal, 18, pulled off an upset win over Ireland's 54kg World Championship bronze medallist John Joe Nevin.
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