Sporting pictures of the Week :-16 July

China has turned up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and they mean business.

Wimbledon has had a strong political backdrop in the women’s side of the draw.  Here is Ukraine Elina Svitolina after beating a Belarussian opponent.

The Springboks may have been comprehensively beaten, but they did have this try from Cheslin Kolbe.

The Madison Square Garden Sphere is now in Las Vegas.  It is lit up as a basketball to mark the NBA Summer League.

Artistic swimming captured by and underwater camera.

Major League Cricket is underway, and of course he’s there for it.

From the archives.  The 2005 Ashes.

Cricket From Around The World.  Uttarakhand in northern India.