| champion be | 30.68 | No champion was safe. | ||
| champion have | 11.26 | Other world champions had varying success. | ||
| champion play | 6.71 | The champion was playing well below par. | ||
| champion say | 5.53 | Champions was saying goodbye. | ||
| champion win | 3.95 | World champion Sri Lanka won the trophy. | ||
| champion face | 3.88 | The defending champions face a daunting task. | ||
| champion take | 3.82 | Through a slow process, a champion took shape. | ||
| champion make | 3.09 | A series of routs do not a champion make. | ||
| champion lose | 2.50 | Another Olympic champion also lost. | ||
| champion go | 2.24 | Great Mexican champions do not go out on their stools. | ||
| champion get | 1.84 | The champion gets one extra share. | ||
| champion look | 1.84 | The defending champion looks unflappable and unbeatable. | ||
| champion do | 1.78 | Champions do that. | ||
| champion come | 1.58 | Olympic slalom champion Vidal came third overall. | ||
| champion begin | 1.38 | The former series champion then began to chase down de Ferran. | ||
| champion need | 1.38 | It is just the type of challenge the current two-time Super Bowl champions need. | ||
| champion meet | 1.32 | Defending champion Brazil met outsider Denmark later Friday at Nantes. | ||
| champion miss | 1.32 | All the defending champions are missing. | ||
| champion struggle | 1.25 | The former IBF junior welterweight champion struggled up at five. | ||
| champion suffer | 1.25 | The former champion suffered a bad defeat. |