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Zheng Qinwen won a set from 5-0 down for the second match in succession as she extended her fantastic US Open run by beating former champion Iga Swiatek to reach the quarter-finals.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Minutes before the Chargers played defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City in a Week 2 game, Herbert got the nod over slated starter Tyrod Taylor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

French Open winner Mirra Andreeva and Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova ensured the top six seeds remained unscathed.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Zheng, the reigning Olympic champion and former world number four, dropped outside the world's top 100 earlier this year while struggling to regain her best form following elbow surgery in July 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They did not even remember that he was middleweight boxing champion.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

And you can vote for who you think will be crowned champions below.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Bayern, the reigning German Cup and Bundesliga champions, had to rely on two goals from England captain Harry Kane, as well as goals from Tom Bischof and Michael Olise to reach the second round.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But Arsenal had been champions 12 months before he arrived, and it took until Henry's third season for the Gunners to reclaim that crown.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A couple of charming shots show them walking the site with rancher Ed Pozzi, who became one of their local champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

All told, my new teammates were part of an elite group of athletes who had been raised to become fencing champions.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

On Thursday, Uganda's parliament held a special tribute to King Oyo, with MPs remembering him as a modernising monarch who championed education, health and opportunities for young people.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Turkey has championed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Sunni jihadist whose rebels in late 2024 ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, ending a brutal civil war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Lauded by civic groups, the good-government reforms were championed by then-Gov.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Over the last 10 years, Paxton has championed religious freedom in court, often defending groups or individuals with conservative Christian views, particularly on marriage and gender.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

In a sixty-year career on the concert stage she tirelessly championed the music of her husband, of Brahms and of Chopin.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Jourdane spent his life championing the causes he believed in, such as safe conditions for workers, voting rights and standing up for the oppressed, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The French president has been instrumental over recent years in championing the daring gambit to loan the 950-year-old tapestry to the British Museum, which is putting it on display until next July.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

But several of the acts championing $20 tickets are juggernauts on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Having been in the running to become chancellor, the former Labour leader made headlines as energy secretary in Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet, grabbing headlines for his championing of net zero policies.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

London's fervent condemnation of capitalist society, his glorification of the primordial world, his championing of the great unwashed—all of it mirrored McCandless s passions.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer