The torch of the Olympic games, which will held in London in 2010, is presented.

Gold plated aluminum relay has a triangular shape, because of three Olympics in London, and has 8.000 holes, which symbolize the number of its holders.

The torch, which is made of aluminum and covered with gilding, has triangular shape and symbolizing the fact that the London hosted Olympics in 1908, 1948 and 2012.

The entire surface of the torch is covered with 8.000 circles which represent the total number of holders of a relay team and the trip distance of 8.000 miles, which will go to London on 27th July, when the Olympic Games will be officially opened.

Olympic flame in the capital of England comes from the Greek on 18th May 2012.

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Oscar de la Hoya has decided to seek professional help. The former world champion, after suggestions that will change, I decided to go to rehab.

Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya registered to rehabilitation for the use of illegal drugs, reported the American tabloids. A former boxer registered himself for treatment at a hospital in California, and hinted at the past few weeks, through the social network Twitter, they will try to change her life.

During his career, De La Hoya has had 39 wins and six losses matches and retired in 2009. Boxer has won ten world championship titles in six different categories.

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McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton said he was disappointed with the British team’s new car and he did not believe in winning the title in this year’s Formula One championship.

“Do I believe that at this moment I have a car to win the title? No, no. It is to be able to pick up where we left off 2008. and still win a title in the last two years, but we did not. Looking at the development of the car during the winter and how is made I was very excited to finally test my thinking that we have a great chance for the title. But I think we’re in something wrong, but we have a chance to correct it”, said Hamilton, who was world champion in F1 in 2008.

McLaren announced that Pedro de la Rosa will be the official test and reserve driver of Britain’s team. Last year, he drove for Sauber, and at one time was a test driver for the main principle. Pedro spent seven years in McLaren and has raced for Arrows, Jaguar and Sauber.

New season in F1 championship starts on 27th March, race for the Grand Prix of Australia.

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The longest professional tennis match took an incredible 183 games to determine a winner. Nicolas Mahut and John Isner squared off in an opening round match in the 2010 Wimbledon Tournament. The first four sets were split. Isner won the first set at 6-4. Mahut took set 2 by a score of 6-3 and set 3 by a score of 7-6. Isner came back to take the 4th set at 7-6.

Because Wimbledon rules call for the final set to be won by two games to be declared the winner, play can extend indefinitely. Isner and Mahut battled back and forth for 8 hours and 11 minutes in the final set and after 138 games, Isner finally emerged victorious 70-68.

Records set for the match that spanned 3 days to complete:

Longest match by time and games – 11 hours, 5 minutes and 183 games
Longest set (5th) by time and games – 8 hours, 11 minutes
Most games in a single day (June 23) – 118

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Unlike American sports, it is common for European football teams to charge a massive transfer fee to give up their rights to a particular player to another team. Here are the 5 most expensive transfer fees ever paid. All numbers are in euros.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (2009) Manchester U. to Real Madrid, 80 m. Easily the most ballyhooed transfer ever.

2. Zlatan Imbrahimovic (2009) Inter Milan to Barcelona, 60.7 m. The fee was considered a bit steep for someone who was not quite a household name.

3. Kaka (2009) AC Milan to Real Madrid, 56 m. Along with Ronaldo, represented the bulk of the Spanish power’s huge offseason spending spree.

4. Fernando Torres (2011) Liverpool to Chelsea, 50 m. Would have been higher but for Torres’ rough season.

5. Zinedine Zidane (2001) Juventus to Real Madrid, 45.62 m. A huge number at the time.

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