As previously stated, Barcelona join exclusive company by winning their 5th European Cup, becoming just the sixth team to be eligible to wear the UEFA Champions League multiple winners badge.
In the past, clubs that won their 5th European Cup overall or third in a row would be allowed to keep the trophy. Instituted in 2009, they now wear this badge.
Including Barca, here are the six clubs that wear this badge:
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The next clubs in line to join this prestigious group: Inter Milan and Manchester United (3 European Cups each). Of the two, the Great Satans of English Football did qualify for the 2015-16 Champions League; Inter failed to qualify for UEFA play.
On the same day, something happened for the first time since 1978: a horse won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
The Triple Crown simply refers to the horse winning the following races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.
American Pharoah (bad spelling, by the way) became the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 (just months before Mike was born) to achieve this feat, and the 12th horse overall to do so.
The full list of Triple Crown winning horses is as follows:
- Sir Barton - 1919
- Gallant Fox - 1930
- Omaha - 1935
- War Admiral - 1937
- Whirlaway - 1941
- Count Fleet - 1943
- Assault - 1946
- Citation - 1948
- Secretariat - 1973
- Seattle Slew - 1977
- Affirmed - 1978
- American Pharoah - 2015
