Sentence examples for claimed the champion from inspiring English sources

Groves, whose defeat was the first in his 20-fight career, claimed the champion had received favourable treatment when put down early in the fight as a result of his "warrior image".

Heynckes, 68, will be replaced by the former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola next year, but even the Spanish master will have trouble topping Heynckes's final season: Bayern won the Bundesliga in record fashion, claimed the Champions League over its rival and could add the German Cup with a win in the final next week.

Ominously, the Chelsea manager also signalled that his team would be ready to claim the Champions League, the one major title to have eluded them, without any moves in the summer transfer market.

The motion claimed the undefeated champion might never fight again because he was getting out of shape in solitary confinement.

He claimed the European champions' first major loss of the season may have come at the right time as they bid to open up a seven-point gap over United.

On Tuesday, Rangers manager Ally McCoist claimed the Scottish champions had matched Blackburn's offer.

Miller posted the fastest time at the top split in the first of two runs, but he hit a gate and went down on the lower portion of the course, which also claimed the defending slalom champion Benjamin Raich of Austria.

Akron claimed the first league champion, with the only undefeated record among the remaining teams.

Unfortunately, one misstep and one of these content giants could overtake YouTube and be claimed the new heavyweight champion.

Casey's fellow Englishman Justin Rose was the key beneficiary of a staggering Dustin Johnson collapse as Rose claimed the WGC-HSBC Champions title in China on Sunday.

This year, the winner of the official national championship game, the University of Florida, is one of four teams that might reasonably claim the title "champion".