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HTML

<div class="game_move_block" id="sprite" ></div>

CSS

.game_move_block
{ 
    background: url('http://soliaonline.com/community/images/game/male_01_stop.gif'); 
    background-repeat: no-repeat; 
    background-position: center; 
    height: 44px; 
    width: 50px;
}

JavaScript

$('.game_move_block').css("backgroundPosition", "50px 0px");