Sporting pictures of the week :- 13 August

China’s Chen Ruolin, left, and Liu Huixia during the synchro diving final.

Meet Eric, the guy whose job it is to walk around the Olympics with a big sack of condoms.

Ragan Smith of U.S. women’s gymnastics team poses with DeAndre Jordan.

Awwww.  Boomer Phelps.

And here’s Phelps snr in the pool.

Hope Solo has done so much for the profile of women’s football.  But it’s hard to warm to her.

Are there better ways to dry a tennis court?

Ah, the Caribbean Premier League thing.  And Chris Gayle and a thing with lots of arms.

Downtown Suva as the Sevens final was going on.

We know Bubba Watson is odd.  But at least he’s a male golfer who’s prepared to brave the risks of Rio.  Here he is supporting Team USA!!! in field hockey.

To win a Super Rugby Trophy you need planning, and lots of it.  And that includes recruiting an army of people to hold up the hoardings should a really howling South Easterly come in during the Big Show.

We always knew Steve Smith was a little demonic.

This is not the first time Tim Southee has taken this instruction way too literally.