Sporting Pics of the Week : November 22

Yes, the Sachin Tendulkar farewell circus had its fair share of strange moments. And when you go out to bat, do you really need to look over at that?

And here is the historic moment, as he leaves the big stage for that last time.

Meanwhile, in Australia, here is a classy Australian response to the arrival of Stuart Broad. That approach has not worked well so far.

Carisbrook update.

Germany played England in a friendly at Wembley this week. A fixture that does have a bit of history. And how did they get there? By train of course.

This week marked the end of David Tua’s career. At least he had some decent help to the end.

.And so to the All Whites v Mexico during on Wednesday night. And here were the teams leading the field at halftime, to a white backdrop.

Earlier, New Zealand had a penalty saved.

But forget the professional photos; here is one of how to take a penalty.