That honor belongs to the Englishman Tony Jacklin and the Spanish swashbuckler Seve Ballesteros, who played the leading roles in rescuing the Cup from American domination.
LIGETY WINS 3RD STRAIGHT Ted Ligety extended his domination in World Cup giant slaloms, winning his third straight race to take the lead in the overall standings.
Last year he made history by becoming the first European to win sumo's top prize, the Emperor's Cup, adding to its foreign domination: Mongolians Asashoryu and Hakuho fill out the top ranks.
The people of Tibet are admired around the world for their heroic resistance to Chinese domination, and "The Cup" has a quiet political urgency, as well as a luminous air of religious conviction.
What they want To win the Premier League without conceding a goal, complete domination of all cup competitions, scouts from Barcelona to descend on the Hawthorns to learn the art of passing, Chris Brunt to model for Calvin Klein.
But of more international significance was the penalty try awarded by British video referee Steve Ganson to New Zealand at a crucial stage of their win against Australia in the 2008 World Cup final, ending the Kangaroos' domination of the tournament going back to 1975.
No team looks to be very far ahead of the rest, and, refreshingly given Spain's recent domination of the World Cup and European Championship, this year's African Cup of Nations is as open a tournament as you'll find in international football.
His early years as a pop composer coincided with Brazil's domination of the World Cup, which they won in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
His own obsession with the event dates to 1983, when he was 4 years old and Australia II ended more than a century of New York Yacht Club domination by winning the Cup in Newport, Rhode Island.
DID YOU KNOW… Following Real Madrid's early domination of the European Cup, the national team won the European Championships at their first attempt in 1964 by beating the Soviet Union in the final in Madrid.
