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The Almost Impossible Feat of Repeating as World Cup Champion
The German national football team, as always, is regarded as one of the favorites to win the upcoming World Cup in Russia. But as the defending champions, history isn’t on their side when it comes to repeating as title winners.
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NBA Players With Back-to-Back Finals MVPs
Since the NBA started handing out the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award (Finals MVP in short), there have been five players to win the award back-to-back: Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Andre Iguodala can be number six if the Golden State Warriors win in 2016.
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Back to Back Super Bowl Champions
The Seattle Seahawks have a chance to become the 8th franchise in NFL history to win back to back Super Bowls. Their rivals, the New England Patriots, have done it once, just like the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team to do it on two separate occasions.
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Longest Grand Slam Championship Streaks
By winning the Australian Open for a third consecutive time, Novak Djokovic put himself on a very prestigious list of men’s tennis players who won at a Grand Slam competition at least three time, previously inhabited by Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl.