And we'll check in with some fans watching the soccer match of the year.
The German pitch announcer told us - to the point of tedium - that we were all at a giant party and were witnessing the match of the year.
But it was in the Russian capital Moscow on the occasion of his 104th Champions League match that the 34-year-old secured perhaps the defining image of his glorious career.
No matter who wins, all eyes will be on David Beckham, who will play the last match of his five year Major League Soccer career, and in the process cement his legacy as one of the most important figures in the growth of American soccer.
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"It was disappointing of course to lose, especially after going in front and I felt that we were the better team for the first hour of the match, " added the 2007 German Footballer of the Year.
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He lost in the first round of the Match Play last year, his first appearance since 2005 when it was still held in Carlsbad, California.
Elsewhere, the draw for the first World Golf Championships tournament of the year, the Accenture Match Play, has been made, pairing world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, who lost to Hunter Mahan in the final last year, against Irishman Shane Lowry.
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It's one of the most eagerly awaited match-ups in the 46-year-old history of the iconic sporting event and most experts have it to close to call.
The match had a typical end-of-season feel although Paul Merson, who was named Villa's player-of-the-year before the match, brought the crowd to life with a great piece of skill.
If Leeds manage to beat Manly in the World Club Challenge it would make them the first team in the 33-year history of the match to be crowned world champions in consecutive years after they defeated Melbourne Storm 11-4 at Elland Road last year.
The former one-day skipper has served three-years of a five-year match-fixing ban handed down by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
If by the end of the year their claims do not match up to the Audit Bureau of Circulation's figures, they have to reimburse advertisers.
"My name is Umar but you can call me Farouk, " the poster continues, detailing biographical information that appears to match the life of Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to detonate an explosive on an international flight into Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day.
The American, who lost in her first match last year, won 10 of the first 11 games before a series of errors let world No. 37 Kirilenko back into the match.
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Meanwhile Madagascar themselves beat Mauritius 2-1 in the opening match of this year's Cosafa Cup.
Balaji took 5-76, his best figures in Test cricket, in his first game since the third match of last year's series in Pakistan.
Del Potro beat Federer in last month's Basel final but has a losing 13-3 record against him despite notable victories in the 2009 U.S. Open title match and in the round-robin stage of that year's ATP finals.
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Barakat will not take part in the match because of fatigue, with the BBC African Footballer of the Year having played in all Egypt's matches en route to their Nations Cup triumph.
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Mahan has now been ahead in every match he has played at the tournament since the sixth hole of last year's opening match -- a run of 133 holes.
Suarez himself was at the center of a racism row earlier this year, receiving an eight-match ban after being found guilty by the FA of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
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From its first corner of the match, the 34-year-old striker powered a header beyond Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
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Small, who has not won a match since the final qualifying round of last year's World Championship, was fuming after he lost 5-3.
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The match featured the two players who had headed the rankings for most of the year, before a late slump saw Safin slip to third behind Andre Agassi.
But for the remainder of this year, growth is not likely to match the spectacular pace seen in the first three months.
One of those home changes saw Tom Huddlestone return to the side at the heart of defence after a three-match ban and the 20-year-old was inspired in the first 45 minutes.
He needs two wins on the meeting's final day on Saturday to match last year's total of 12 victories during the five-day fixture.
It meant there was a completely new top four in place from their last Test outing against England in August and a total of seven changes from that infamous match at Lord's, including a fourth captain of the year in Misbah-ul-Haq.
The last match was Davenport's straight sets triumph in the final of this year's Australian Open, and Hingis is keen for revenge.
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