the year that was... we look back at the events that made 2007 a memorable sporting year... and from tuna tossing to cheese rolling and everything in between, there's also time for reflection on the year's most bizarre happenings. news review 1 2007's sporting year began with an australian whitewash. australia reclaimed cricket's ashes with a dominant 5-0 series sweep over andrew flintoff's england, handing shane warne and glenn mcgrath fitting send-offs in their final test cricket appearances. soundbite: (english) "to win five-nil, you can't be any more comprehensive than that. so, there is a good gap between australia and the next best side and that's not being arrogant, that's just facts." supercaption: shane warne, australia's record wicket-taker. january also saw soccer superstar david beckham announce that he was to leave real madrid and sign a five-year contract with major league soccer's los angeles galaxy, a deal...