Can this sql query be simplified?

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Published on 2010-05-11T07:32:57Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 7:44 UTC
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I have the following tables:
Person, {"Id", "Name", "LastName"}
Sports, {"Id" "Name", "Type"}
SportsPerPerson, {"Id", "PersonId", "SportsId"}

For my query I want to get all the Persons that excersise a specific Sport whereas I only have the Sports "Name" attribute at my disposal. To retrieve the correct rows I've figured out the following queries:

SELECT *
FROM Person
WHERE Person.Id in 
(
    SELECT SportsPerPerson.PersonId FROM SportsPerPerson
    INNER JOIN Sports on SportsPerPerson.SportsId = Sports.Id
    WHERE Sports.Name = 'Tennis'
)
AND Person.Id in 
(
    SELECT SportsPerPerson.PersonId FROM SportsPerPerson
    INNER JOIN Sports on SportsPerPerson.SportsId = Sports.Id
    WHERE Sports.Name = 'Soccer'
)

OR

SELECT *
FROM Person
WHERE Id IN
    (SELECT PersonId FROM SportsPerPerson WHERE SportsId IN 
        (SELECT Id FROM Sports WHERE Name = 'Tennis'))
AND Id IN
    (SELECT PersonId FROM SportsPerPerson WHERE SportsId IN 
        (SELECT Id FROM Sports WHERE Name = 'Soccer'))

Now my question is, isn't there an easier way to write this query? Using just OR won't work because I need the person who play 'Tennis' AND 'Soccer'. But using AND also doesn't work because the values aren't on the same row.

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