CHINA: for its fair-play during the Olympic Torch Relay; for banning restaurants serving dog meat; and for losing 300 Olympic drug tests, which turned up a day later and were all negative
THE A.F.L.: released an interactive DVD to teach its players how to treat women.
HARBHAJAN SINGH: When about to take his 300th wicket, said "I am God's favourite son. He will get me that wicket. I don't need to worry about it."
NEW ZEALAND: banned a popular half-time event at rugby matches after complaints from animal welfare groups. It's called "sheep tackling"