Sports chatter: Photos of the day, May 9, 2012
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Sports chatter 0905 afghan bodybuilder
An Afghan bodybuilder preforms during the Mr. Afghanistan nationwide bodybuilding competition in Kabul on May 9, 2012. Bodybuilding is one of the country's most popular sports, even permitted during the 1996-2001 Taliban regime.
- [BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 chester horses
Horses kick up loose grass during the Chester Cup on May 09, 2012, in Chester, England. Chester is the oldest racecourse in England.
- [Alan Crowhurst/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 divers
Canada's Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion dive during training for the USA Diving Grand Prix on May 9, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- [Al Bello/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 europa cup
Atletico Madrid players throw coach Diego Simeone in the air after winning the UEFA Europa League soccer final against Bilbao on May 9, 2012, at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Hungary. Madrid won 3-0.
- [DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 giro ditalia
Members of Astana ride during the 32.2-km time trial, the fourth stage of the the Giro d'Italia, on May 9, 2012, in Verona. American team Garmin won the stage and Garmin's Lithuanian rider Ramunas Navardauskas took possession of the race leader's pink jersey.
- [LUK BEINES/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 gymnastics
French gymnast Youna Dufournet, a 2009 world bronze medalist on the vault, stretches with a coach during training in Paris. Brussels is hosting the European gymnastics championships.
- [FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 madrid open
Spaniard Fernando Verdasco serves to Colombian Alejandro Falla during their Madrid Masters tennis match on May 9, 2012, in Madrid. Verdasco won 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and faces Rafael Nadal today.
- [DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 olympic flame
Ino Menegaki, right, passes the Olympic flame on May 9, 2012, during the torch lighting ceremony in Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C.
- [AFP/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 philly fanatic
The Phillie Phanatic reacts to right-fielder Hunter Pence striking out against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on May 9, 2012, in Philadelphia. The Mets won 10-6.
- [Hunter Martin/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 volleyball
Canada's Gavin Schmitt scores through Cuba's David Fiel Rodriguez and Fernando Hernandez Ramos during their qualification match at the NORCECA tournament on May 9, 2012 in Long Beach, Calif. Canada upset Cuba to reach the semifinal on Friday.
- [JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 sa rugby
Players practice in the scrum during the DHL Stormers training session at High Performance Centre on May 9, 2012, in Cape Town, South Africa.
- [Gallo Images/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 volvo ocean
PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by American Ken Read, wins Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The leg went from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami.
- [Volvo Ocean Race/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter 0905 world ice hockey
Sweden's Johan Franzen scores against Germany's Dennis Endras during the World Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm on May 9, 2012. Sweden won 5-2.
- [JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images]
Sports chatter: Photos of the day, May 9, 2012
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