Our team will play the defending/reigning/current 'champions' next week.
She was a lawyer and a 'champion of' children's rights.
the newly crowned national/world/Olympic 'champions'
(..) - Wow. Can I have one? - Sure. They're for you. Pick a car. Any car. - You'll have to score a lot of goals. - I'll try. The UEFA Champions League is back, and it's back at the Santiago Bernab'u. What a stage for Europe's top club competition. - Hey. - Look at this. (..)2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
(..) It's just a meeting. So when are they coming to meet us? They're not. I'm meeting them in Japan. The biggest football club on the planet. Nine times European champions. Twenty-nine Spanish League titles. Twelve Spanish Cups. One Super Cup. They come to Tokyo every summer, the whole squad. (..)2007 Goal II: Living the Dream