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final: giants parade super bowl trophy; italy unveil new soccer strip; 50th anniversary of munich air crash; rossi hits the front in motogp testing never mind 'super tuesday', the new york giants celebrate their super bowl sunday... upsound: (english) michael strahan "we are the world champions." there's a new look for soccer's world champions... and manchester united marks the 50th anniversary of the munich air disaster. nfl giants on the biggest day so far in america's presidential primary contest, the super bowl winning new york giants were backed by thousands of their supporters on their victory parade through new york city. on 'super tuesday', all the attention here in manhattan was on the giants, known as big blue, and their 'super sunday'. two days earlier new york had claimed the vince lombardi trophy, the third in their franchise history, with a shock 17-14 win over the new england patriots at super bowl xlii in arizona. these celebrations, the first parade of its kind for the giants, were made possible by an awesome defensive effort at the university of phoenix stadium, led by defensive end michael strahan. soundbite (english) "thank you to new york city, everybody, thank you to all my team-mates and coaches. from the players we appreciate it, we love you, and, trust me, when we're playing we're not playing for ourselves we're playing for you as well so from the new york giants players and families thank you. new york city, we are the world champions!" supercaption: michael strahan, new york giants defensive end future hall of famer strahan is pondering retirement, but before that there's plenty of time to celebrate the nfl record 11th straight win on the road that earned the giants this heroes' welcome. soccer italy world cup holders italy unveiled the strip they will be wearing during this summer's european championships on tuesday in zurich. in keeping with swiss city's commercial reputation, the new shirt emerged from a safe which was opened with the code two-zero-zero-eight. captain fabio cannavaro got the first look close up. roberto donadoni's side are in zurich, where they will play two of their group c matches at euro 2008, to face portugal in a friendly. italy's players will wear the redesigned kit for wednesday's game. with the strip launch out of the way, it was onto training at the letzigrund stadium. both portugal and italy are among the favourites to win euro 2008. the italians only encounter outside zurich will be against the netherlands. romania and france make up what appears to be the toughest of the competition's four groups to come through. soccer munich wednesday the 6th february 1958 was one of the darkest days in the history of football. exactly fifty years on, manchester united are marking the munich air disaster with a series of special tributes. a clock outside old trafford recalls the exact time an aeroplane carrying united's famous 'busby babes' squad careered off a slush covered runway in germany. twenty-three passengers, including eight players, were killed. the stadium's new 'munich tunnel' will now provide a permanent memorial to the tragedy which occurred after united had drawn 3-3 with red star belgrade in the european cup in the former yugoslavia. current red devils' director and former england star sir bobby charlton was among the survivors. soundbite (english) "it was so good, which made the rest of it just so bad. when the accident happened, it was demoralising for everyone. everybody suffered - the families, the fans, the players. it was so unbelievable, you know." supercaption: sir bobby charlton, munich air crash survivor for the 50th anniversary, united are holding a remembrance service at old trafford. motogp malaysia having opted out of pre-season preparations in australia, valentino rossi returned to the track at sepang in malaysia this week for official motogp testing. the italian was keen on trying out his fiat yamaha m1's pneumatic-valve engine and bridgestone tyres - it's a combination the team hope can take rossi, a five-time motogp world champion, back to the top of the sport after two lean years. the 28-year-old's lap time on tuesday over a second faster than any of his rivals.