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Fireworks light up the National Stadium in Beijing during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion dollars and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life with a spectacular opening ceremony
Ethiopia's marathon runner Haile Gebrselassie crosses the finish line to set up new world record at the 34th Berlin marathon in Berlin September 30, 2007.
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo (2nd L) celebrates with Alan Smith (2nd R) after scoring the fifth goal during their Champions League
Tony Dungy of Indineapolis becomes the first Black coach to win the superbowl in the National football league.congratuation Coach.
A rainbow is seen during the African Nations Cup qualifier soccer match between Rwanda (in yellow) and Liberia in Monrovia October 8, 2006.
English soccer player David Beckham and his wife Victoria take a taxi-boat in Venice.
An Israeli Army soldier prepares the next shell as a mobile artillery unit fires from a position near the town of Kiryat Shmona, close to the Israel-Lebanon border July 22, 2006.
Referee Horacio Elizondo (R) of Argentina shows France's Zinedine Zidane a red card during their World Cup 2006 final soccer match against I
Russia's Maria Sharapova serves to Israel's Anna Smashnova during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 28, 2006.
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