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Since the end of 2023, Joshua has beaten Otto Wallin, former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul and the unknown Prenga.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The champion hit 12 in the final to reach 66 for the week, breaking his own competition record for 180s.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Darts champion Luke Littler is to front a new Netflix series that will see him play against everyday darts players.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

After losing his leg as a teenager, surfer Llywelyn Williams became a four-times para surfing world champion.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Donald Byrne, the United States Open champion, said he was so on edge that he spent the entire day before the match trying not to think of chess, reading the romantic prose of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Perhaps the most notable example was the Boston Celtics, champions just two years ago, sending Finals MVP Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

"We kept the faith. We're All-Ireland champions," said an overjoyed Mayo captain Jack Coyne.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The 49-year-old succeeds Rudi Garcia, whose departure was confirmed after Belgium's quarter-final exit to eventual world champions Spain at the 2026 World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“We did something that hasn’t been done in over 30 years, going back-to-back World Series champions, and we are going for a three-peat,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

On Monday, hopefully, we’ll return to school as national champions.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Once in office, she championed issues that had mattered to him, including ceding control of the Panama Canal.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Since creating a bureau to focus on human rights in 1977, the State Department has championed human rights and democracy in more than 100 countries.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

They’ve championed the resurgence of norteño-sax, a subgenre that fuses the accordion sounds of norteño music with an invigorating alto saxophone, made popular by legendary groups like Conjunto Primavera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Mr. Brown in 2012 championed modest reforms that pared benefits for future workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Farmer, who championed human rights and clearly was on the side of the poor, was arguing against it.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Annie Lennox was appointed an OBE for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes"

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Ms. Saxbe is sarcastic about the “visible” work men do, dismissing the physical effort and planning required by, say, roof and plumbing repairs, while championing the more challenging “invisible labor” that women perform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The new amphitheater represents a years-long dream of Mayor Rex Richardson, who began championing an outdoor performance venue on the waterfront in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Max Mathiasin, a lawmaker from the former colony turned overseas territory of Guadeloupe who is championing the bill, last week said repealing the decrees would be a "powerful symbolic and political gesture".

From Barron's ● May 28, 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