6. Jamaican sprinter Usian Bolt shattered his own 100m and 200m world records at the world athletics championships in Berlin.

FIFA Men's World Player of the Year 2009 nominee Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a press conference before the FIFA World Player Gala in Zurich December 21, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)

7. Rio de Janeiro beat Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago to win the bidfor the 2016 Olympic Games.

8. Jacques Rogge was re-elected as the IOC president at the 121st IOC Session, while golf and Rugby sevens made it to the Olympic program.

World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt feeds a cheetah cub with a bottle at the headquarters of the Kenyan Wildlife Service in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on Nov. 2, 2009. The triple Olympic and world sprint champion in both the 100 and 200 metres events arrived in the land of long-distance running on Oct. 30, ahead of the launch of an environmental charity campaign to preserve local ecosystems. (Xinhua File Photo)

9. European soccer rocked with match-fixing scandals. More than200 matches, including UEFA Champions League matches, were suspected to be rigged.

10. Tiger Woods took an "indefinite" leave from golf after allegations of numerous extramarital affairs surfaced.

U.S. golfer Tiger Woods gets a hug from his wife Elin Nordegren on the 18th green at the Presidents Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, in this September 24, 2005 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)

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