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In a last-ditch effort to tackle pollution ahead of the Summer Olympics, Chinese authorities are taking half of Beijing's 3.3 million cars off the road by enforcing strict traffic regulations based on number plates.

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Making the Olympic team for US track and field athletes is a simple process yet a brutal one: every four years, a few weeks before the Games, show up at a single event and finish in the top three, and you¿re in.

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The Tour de France is under way for what organisers hope will be a scandal-free three weeks of racing. The world's biggest cycle race wants to restore its drug-tinted image and the fight against drug-cheats is a number one priority.

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The manager of the French national football team, Raymond Domenech, will keep his job. That's in spite of a poor showing at Euro 2008.

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Iraq's sole weightlifting competitor Sawara Mohammed had no thoughts of Olympic glory when he began shovelling cement at age 13. Now he's on his way to Beijing.

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A majority of French people say natinal coach Raymond Domenech must step down after his team's lame performance at the euro 2008. A new poll from a major French marketing institute, IFOP finds 52% of French give him a thumbs-down.

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Spanish football fans have been celebrating their historic victory over Germany in the Euro 2008 final.

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Germans are disappointed after their surprise defeat in the Euro 2008 final against Spain.

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Spain ended their almost half century wait for a major international title with a 1-0 win over Germany at the Euro 2008 final in Vienna on Saturday. Ecstatic Spanish fans celebrated this unexpected victory against the seemingly unbeatable Germans.

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Spanish coach Luis Aragones looks ahead to Sunday's Euro 2008 final with Germany.

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As they head into Sunday's Euro 2008 final, the German team is anxiously awaiting for news from their captain Michael Ballack, who is nursing an injury. German coach, Joachim Low speaks out.

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UEFA president Michel Platini in Vienna spoke about his expectations of Sunday's big match and looked ahead to the Euro 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine.

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The Spanish team look ahead to their historic clash with Germany on Sunday in the Euro 2008.

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Spain one of the pre-tournament title favourites ensured they made their first final for 24 years when they demolished Russia 3-0 on Thursday in their Euro 2008 semi-final.

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Defender Philipp Lahm's late strike put three-times European champions Germany in Sunday's Euro 2008 final and sealed a 3-2 win to knock out injury-ravaged Turkey on Wednesday night.

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Luis Aragones insisted on the eve of Spain's crucial Euro 2008 quarter-final against Russia on Thursday that he has no need to change his winning side. Spain had won nine straight matches - equalling their all-time record - prior to Sunday's victory over Italy on penalties - which counts in records as a draw - and Aragones said he will change neither personnel nor tactics. Images and soundbites.

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Russia coach Guus Hiddink, recalling the hazardous qualification route his team suffered to get to Vienna, insisted he was keeping his feet firmly on the ground ahead of Thursday's Euro 2008 semi-final with Spain.

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Turkey is playing Germany tonight in the Euro 2008 semi-final. This is the first time a Turkish squad has reached the last four of a European Championships. Portrait of a team that wants to be remembered for its skill and fighting spirit.