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A man who is only 22 inches tall left his home country of Nepal on Sunday in a quest to be recognized as the world's shortest living man.

A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti was sold Wednesday at a London auction for $104.3 million - a world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction, Sotheby's auction house said.

Beaten the night before in the 200 freestyle, he sets a mark in the 200 butterfly. For Michael Phelps, the 200-meter butterfly was almost like coming home, and if you want to keep that domestic theme intact, he called it his "bread and butter."

Manchester United have accepted a world-record $130 million offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.