1. China came out with more drive and power than in the first game, defending as one team while attacking fiercely spearheaded by Yao.
2. The " attacking and defending " applies to the first two maps with one team occupying the fortress and the other trying to seize it.
3. Bao clinched a clear win in the decisive game on Tuesday, enabled China to overcome defending champion South Korea in the men's team final.
4. The defending Spanish league champions gave a lifeless display which left Claudio Ranieri's team without a league victory in six games.
5. Defending champions China won a Busan final rematch over South Korea here on Sunday to claim their seventh Asian Games men's table tennis team title.
6. Defending champion Barcelona is now unbeaten in six visits to Real's Santiago Bernabeu home, but coach Pep Guardiola urged his team not to get carried away.
7. Turns out the defending champion Cardinals aren't the only team tough to put away in October.
8. China's men's badminton team reclaimed the Thomas Cup after 12 years in May, with their women counterparts successfully defending their Uber Cup.
9. As the defending champion of EAFC, the Chinese team is now in preparation of 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
10. France has gone from a team which could not beat Switzerland or South Korea, to one which dominated defending champion Brazil.