1.   A win against the reigning world champions is always good for morale, but on this occasion it would be especially welcome.

2.   Every sportsperson dreams of becoming a world champion.

3.   Gianni Bugno, so powerful in the hills and the current world road champion, must be among the favourites.

4.   My burning ambition is to be world champion.

5.   Not many people know this, but Othello is the only game at which a computer has beaten the world champion.

6.   Starting lineup for the two-time defending world champion Houston Rockets recently has been, drum roll, please....

7.   The maillot arc-en-ciel is the rainbow jersey worn only by the current world champion.

8.   The melee was extraordinary, because it took some time for Hunt to realize that he was world champion.

9.   The show will be opened by the former world boxing champion, Chris Eubank.