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HTML

<div>
    <p>Magenta</p> <a href="#" class="ctrls magenta">Et Movet <span class="icon"></span></a>
</div>

CSS

.ctrls {
    font-family:Arial;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size:16px;
    color:black;
    text-decoration:none;
}
.ctrls:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
}
.ctrls .icon {
    display: inline-block;
    background-image: url(http://jstiles.com/temp/1360875952/ctrls/css-sprite.png);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    background-position:0px -144px;
}
.ctrls:hover .icon {
    background-position: 0px -252px;
}