21.   It was the best team on the planet against a nation yearning for its first World Cup triumph.

22.   It was the first international triumph for Schalke, which had entered the two-leg final of the European competition as the underdog.

23.   Koznick won the fifth World Cup slalom of her career and first this season, while it was the first triumph for Oester, a slalom specialist.

24.   Meanwhile, Safin struggled this year with injuries, unable to translate his first Slam triumph into any kind of consistency.

25.   Neither rollerblading through the corridors nor jumping horses over fences like last year, Martina Hingis returned all business to the scene of her first Grand Slam triumph.

26.   Sean Dundee and Thomas Haessler, on a free kick, lifted Karlsruhe to its first triumph in seven matches.

27.   With three teams in the last eight, French soccer can follow up its first World Cup triumph with a long-overdue success in the UEFA Cup.

28.   Davies made eagle of the par-five third hole and made par over the final four holes to seal her first triumph of the year.

29.   European Tour rookie Raymond Russell enjoyed his first tour triumph here on Sunday winning the Cannes Open by two strokes.

30.   It was her first triumph since winning here last year.