Defeat in 2008

John Terry misses the chance to win the European Champions League for Chelsea against Manchester United [GALLO/GETTY]

Felipe Massa is in tears as he wins the race but loses the title to Lewis Hamilton at the Brazil Grand Prix [GALLO/GETTY]

Salah Mohamed and Ebrahim Yusuf of Bahrain lose to South Korea at soccer in the Asian Beach Games in Indonesia [GALLO/GETTY]

Coach Ricky Stuart consoles his players after Australia suffer a shock defeat to New Zealand in the Rugby League World Cup final [GALLO/GETTY]

Karim Benzema feels the pain as France lose to Italy and finish bottom of their group at Euro 2008 with one point [GALLO/GETTY]

Chinese hurdling legend Liu Xiang walks away injured at the start of the 110m heats in Beijing [GALLO/GETTY]

Wang Lei of China loses his epee team semifinal against Poland in Beijing [GALLO/GETTY]

Manager Phil Brown takes the unusual step of giving the half time team talk on the pitch as Hull lose 5-1 to Man City [AFP]

Kelly Kretschman and Tairia Flowers walk off the field after losing the Olympic softball final to Japan [GALLO/GETTY]

Alim Gadanov of Russia feels the agony of the Judoka in Beijing [GALLO/GETTY]

Oscar De La Hoya is soundly beaten by the Phillippines' Manny Pacquiao [GALLO/GETTY]

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stops for a snack on the way to losing to Juan Martin Del Potro at the Shanghai Masters [GALLO/GETTY]

Melbourne Storm's Israel Folau finds solace with Cooper Cronk after being smashed in the NRL Grand Final against Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [GALLO/GETTY]

Fabio Magalhaes and Marcio Araujo of Brazil lose their gold medal match to USA in China [GALLO/GETTY]

Japan players show their emotion after losing the bronze medal wheelchair basketball match to Australia in the Paralympics [GALLO/GETTY]

Sergio Ramos trudges off the pitch with captain Raul as Barca beat fierce rivals Real Madrid 2-0 [GALLO/GETTY]