The four premier championships played in three different disciplines this year, have witnessed a rather unique link. The four sporting events in reference are World Cup Hockey, French Open, the just-concluded Wimbledon and World Cup Football in the men's category. The unique link is the appearance of Spain or its representatives in the top five slots in each of these four major tournaments. In fact, Spain's Rafael Nadal registered back to back wins at both clay and grass courts tournaments. And now Spain have completed the coveted hat-trick with maiden victory in the all important World Cup football on Sunday. The full details of Spain's domination is as follows:
| No | Tournaments | Finalists | Winner |
| 1 | World Cup Hockey | Australia & Germany* | Australia |
| 2 | French Open tennis | Rafael Nadal (Spain) & Robin Soderling (Sweden) | Rafael Nadal |
| 3 | Wimbledon tennis | Tomas Berdych (Czechoslovakia) & Rafael Nadal(Spain) | Rafael Nadal |
| 4 | World Cup Football | Spain & Holland | Spain |
Text: Anant Gaundalkar
Image: Spain's Carles Puyol (second from right) and teammate Xavi Hernandez (right) celebrate with other Spain players around the World Cup trophy. Copyright: Associated Press. Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited
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