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Seven-time Tour de France winner and Kazakh cycling team Astana (AST)'s Lance Armstrong of the United States (C) answers a journalist's question as he rides to the signature ceremony in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, French Alps, before the start of the 169 km and seventeenth stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Le Grand Bornand. (Lionel Bonaventure, AFP)
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Los Angeles Galaxy fans, hostiles to David Beckham, protest against the British star before the friendly game Los Angeles Galaxy vs Milan AC, in Carson, California. (Gabriel Bouys, AFP)
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A Montenegro player appears headless as he vies with a Serbian player during a preliminary Water Polo match Serbia vs Montenegro at the XVI Mediterranean Games in Pescara. (Alberto Pizzoli, AFP)
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Serena and Venus Williams whisper instructions to each other during play against Zimbabwe's Cara Black and US Lizel Huber during their doubles match on Day 11 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club. (Carl de Souza, AFP)
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Security members stop a supporter that tries to reach Real Madrid's new player Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (R) during his official presentation at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Real acquired the 24-year-old Portuguese striker from Manchester United on a six-year deal worth 94 million euros (131 million dollars) and Spanish media reports that he will be paid 13 million euros each season. (Salvador Rodriguez, AFP)
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Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the 3rd tee during a practice round ahead of the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry Golf course in south-west Scotland. (Glyn Kirk, AFP)
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The pack rides past people belonging to "Pouilly Fume" (French regional wine) brotherhood in the 192 km and eleventh stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run between Vatan and Saint-Fargeau. (Joel Saget, AFP)
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German fan "El Diablo" jumps as leading men ride in a breakaway during the 200 km and twelfth stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run between Tonnerre and Vittel. (Joel Saget, AFP)
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Chinese diver Li Kang competes during the diving Women's 10m final at the FINA World Championships in Rome. Mexican Paola Espinosa won gold with Chen Ruolin taking silver and Chinese Kang Li claiming bronze. (Filippo Monteforte, AFP)
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Jockeys steer trotters during the "Duhner Wattrennen" (Wadden Sea race) at the Wadden Sea, northern Germany. According to the organiser, this horse race is the only one that takes place on the sea bed. (Nigel Treblin, AFP)
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Yellow jersey of overall leader, 2007 Tour de France winner and Kazakh cycling team Astana (AST)'s leader Alberto Contador of Spain, sprints at the end of the 40,5 km individual time-trial and eighteenth stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run around Annecy. (Pascal Pavani, AFP)
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Competitors dive in at the start of the women's 100m butterfly at the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. (Alberto Pizzoli, AFP)
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China's Qiu Bo competes during the men's diving 10m platform final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome. Britain's 15-year-old Thomas Daley was a shock winner of the men's 10m platform event at the World Championships, while Chinese Qiu Bo took silver and compatriot Zhou Luxin got bronze. (Martin Bureau, AFP)
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Fans congratulate Italian Yamaha driver Valentino Rossi on the racetrack after crossing the finish to win the Moto GP race at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernsttahl, eastern Germany. Rossi won the race ahead of Spanish Yamaha driver Jorge Lorenzo (2nd) and Spanish Honda driver Dani Pedrosa (3rd). (Robert Michael, AFP)
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This handout picture by the Hungarian News Agency provided shows Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Scuderia Ferrari carried from his car after crashing during the qualifying session at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod near Budapest. The 28-year-old Brazilian - winner of 11 Grand Prix and the world championship runner-up in 2008 - came off at Turn Four after being struck by a piece of bodywork which had flown off the rear of compatriot Rubens Barrichello's Brawn car. Massa was a
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An athlete is seen in silhouette as she competes in the womens triple jump during the IAAF Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2009 at the Athens Olympic stadium. (Aris Messinis, AFP)
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The pack rides together during the 193 km and tenth stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race run between Limoges and Issoudun. (Patrick Hertzog, AFP)
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US President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri. (Tim Sloan, AFP)
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Patrick Gudauskas of the US competes in the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in Orange County, California. (Mark Ralston, AFP)
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US golfer Tom Watson drives from the 10th tee, on the final day of the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry Golf Course in south west Scotland. (Adrian Dennis, AFP)
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