The highlights include a performance by Three Tenors’ Placido Domingo, a “human memory tower”, and an 8 minute presentation by London 2012, including the appearance of David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Led Zeppelin’s lead guitarist, Jimmy Page. Also, you can catch the performance of Wei Wei, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Karen Mok and Joey Yung as well.

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Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday with some help from his friends and thus, broke Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds in one Olympic Games.

The US team of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak and Phelps won at the National Aquatics Center in a time of 3:29.34 and in doing so broke the world record by 1.34 seconds.

Congratulations to Phelps! Now, everyone, start swimming by getting the swim suits.

His compatriot, Asafa Powell finished in a disappointing fifth in 9.95 seconds. While Tyson Gay didn’t even qualify for the final.

The 6-foot-5-inch Bolt has a long way to go, especially with the way he finished the 100 final. And he’s only 21.

After creating history by winning his 10th and 11th Olympic Golds on Wednesday, Michael Phelps just needs one more gold to take over Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals and create a record that’s almost impassable, especially when Phelps is just 23 years of age — he has at least one more Olympic to come.

Not many of us have the luxury to watch the Olympics "Live" on TV. Therefore, the following handful of web sites will come in handy:

• The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• Bestpaypay.com – The website provides news, videos and picture galleries about the Olympic Games 2008.
• Beijing 2008 on ESPN
• NBC Olympics
• Beijing 2008 on CNN
• Olympic News on MSNBC
• Olympics On Yahoo! Sports
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Yahoo! 7

There are 48 more days to go (47 days in the time of writing), before Beijing 2008 Olympic is kicked off on 08.08.08, that’s August 8, 2008. Omega, the Official Time Keeper of Beijing 2008 has set up a huge monument in the concourse of Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I wonder if this countdown monument will stay until 08.08.08?

Are you looking forward to the Olympic Games in Beijing?

The five-time Grand Slam champion, who is already retired, was banned from tennis for two years Friday when it was announced she was found guilty of testing positive for cocaine at the All England Club.

A three-person, independent tribunal rejected Hingis’ defense, calling it “a simple and straightforward case.” Her manager said she won’t appeal the ruling.

“Since Martina has retired from competitive sports, it makes no sense for her to challenge the judgment,” manager Mario Widmer said in Switzerland. “She just isn’t going to play anymore.”

Martina Hingis (Photo: Heather Faulkner/AFP/Getty Images)

Martina Hingis: I believe that I am absolutely, 100 percent innocent.

The failed drug test after Hingis’ loss to Laura Granville on June 29 at Wimbledon came to light Nov. 1. That’s when the 27-year-old player choked back tears at a news conference while revealing she tested positive for cocaine and said she would leave the sport she once ruled.

That day, she called the accusations “so horrendous, so monstrous,” and added, “I believe that I am absolutely, 100 percent innocent.”

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An evening with Maria Sharapova? How does that sound? And no, it’s not a dream. If you have MYR 4,230 or SGD 1,800 (approx. USD $1,231), your dream will come true.

But first, you’ll have to watch her play tennis against Anna Chakvetadze, current World number 6 in Singapore Indoor Stadium.

For SGD 1,800, you’ll get the following: -

• VIP Champions Club seat at the ‘Maria Sharapova vs Anna Chakvetadze Challenge Match’ – December 30, 1007 at 8:00pm – Singapore Indoor Stadium
• VIP Invitation to ‘An Afternoon with Sharapova’ – December 29, 2007 at 3:00pm – location TBC
• VIP Invitation to ‘Maria Sharapova Celebrity Night’ – December 29, 2007 at 6:00pm – location TBC
• One copy of the ‘Maria Sharapova Live Official Souvenir Program’
• One copy of the ‘Maria Sharapova Live Official Coffee Table Book’ (available 45 days after the event)
• One item of ‘Official Maria Sharapova Live Merchandize’

Guess it’s not just an evening, it’s an exhibition match, ‘an afternoon’, ‘an evening’ and a few limited edition souvenir! For SGD 1,800, it’s quite worth it. Unless if you’re flying from the other part of the world.

For more information, visit Ticket Pro.

It was Wong Mew Choo’s first Open title in her badminton career. She pocketed USD $17,250 (MYR 58,650) for her historic feat on Sunday.

“I’m sort of surprised. This guy can play tennis, you know,” the Swiss player said after his loss Saturday.

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Pete Sampras, the world’s former number one was no match for the current champion, Roger Federer when they met on court in Seoul, Korea, yesterday for only the second time.

In an exhibition match here, Roger Federer beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-3 in a match lasting just 61 minutes. This is the first of three matches this week.

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McLaren Brazil appeal deemed inadmissible. Its challenge to the decision of stewards at last month’s Brazilian Grand Prix not to penalize rival teams over alleged fuel irregularities has been thrown out by the FIA International Court of Appeal on Friday.

That means Kimi Raikkonen stays as the F1 World Champion for 2007 and Lewis Hamilton has to try again next year.

1. Kimi Raikkonen – 110 points (100 +10 points)
2. Fernando Alonso – 109 points (103 + 6 points)
3. Lewis Hamilton – 109 points (107 + 2 points)

Kimi Raikkonen looks ecstatic after winning the world championship!

Who will win the race? Will Kimi Raikkonen beat the odds and win the race just like the first race in Melbourne? Will Alonso prove the people at McLaren wrong by winning the race? Or will the rookie, Hamilton win to become the greatest rookie of all-time? Only time will tell.

Read Formula1.com head-to-head analysis on the three drivers chances of winning the Formula One championship.

Roger Federer (right) vs Pete Sampras (left)

If you are not a fan of Federer, then, you must be a fan of Rafael Nadal! Nadal will be playing in Malaysia too, but not against Federer or Sampras but Richard Gasquet, the winner of three French Open.

To be held in Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam, this will be a great treat for the fans. Tickets are priced from MYR 83 to MYR 443 for Federer vs Sampras match (November 22, 2007) and MYR 83 to MYR 403 for Nadal vs Gasquet match (November 20, 2007).

Tickets can be bought online from: www.ticketpro.com.my

Raikkonen started the grid third but jumped to second place cutting in front of Hamilton just right after the start to show how aggresive the new Ferrari car is. Hamilton finished the race more than half a minute behind the Ferraris while Alonso only managed to finish seventh.

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Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn’t be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab.

The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and 7-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, then himself on Monday. A neighbor called police, and the bodies were found in three rooms.

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4 safety cars.

2 cars received black flag – Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa.

2 cars received 10-second penalty – Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg.

1 broken leg – Robert Kubica had a bad crash and broke his leg, but he’s in a stable condition.

13 out of 22 cars finished the race.

3rd place – Alexander Wurz started 16th, finished 3rd.

4th place – Heikki Kovalainen started 22nd, finished 4th.

1 great take over – Takuma Sato outpaced and took over Fernando Alonso with just 2 laps remaining.

And of course, 1 Formula Grand Prix win after just 6 starts in Formula One – Lewis Hamilton.

Awesome race.

Liverpool’s coach, Rafael Benetiz surprised everyone by starting with one striker, Dirk Kuyt with Steven Gerrard just right behind him instead of the usual 4-4-2. In the midfield, he put both Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano. That gamble proved useful only at stopping Kaka’s freedom to roam freely but it proved fatal in the offence department as Dirk Kuyt only managed to get a goal back at the dying minutes, which just wasn’t enough.

Intead of getting their sixth trophy like AC Milan already had before the game, Liverpool gave it away after Xabi Alonso conceded a sure-death freekick just right outside the penalty box. Pirlo made a furious shot which was believed to touch Inzaghi’s hand but the goal was allowed. In the second half, once again it was Pippo. Inzaghi managed to escape Liverpool’s offside trap and tapped the ball just before Reina could stop him. Dirk Kuyt managed to pull one back from heading the ball in from a corner in the dying minutes but some Italian acting, which delayed some of the precious minutes and bad refereeing where the referee blew the whistle even before the real injury time was over made sure the Milanese won their seventh Champions League trophy, just two short of Real Madrid unprecedented nine trophies!