21.   A burst of wickets has put Jamaica in a strong position to beat joint champions Guyana in the Busta Cup cricket match at Sabina Park.

22.   A year later, she beat defending champion Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinals.

23.   After all, Senegal beat defending champion France in the opener and the United States winning against Portugal.

24.   Ajax went into the game the underdog following its unexpected loss in Amsterdam when Panathinaikos beat the defending champion in their first-leg semifinal.

25.   Atsushi Fujita of Japan won the Fukuoka International Marathon on Sunday, beating Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia.

26.   Australia, the second seeds and in Group B, beat defending champions Switzerland on Sunday while Spain defeated Argentina.

27.   But he made his way through it, beating two-time champions Patrick Rafter and Agassi in consecutive four-setters to reach the semifinal.

28.   But Stubbs strike near the end meant that the champion was beaten for the second time and already is off title pace.

29.   Challenger Viswanathan Anand beat defending champion Anatoly Karpov in the thrilling sixth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship on Thursday to even the match and force a tiebreaker.

30.   EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scotland needs to beat defending champion Wales in the Five Nations rugby union championship Saturday top set up a Grand Slam battle with England.