Sporting pictures of the Week :- 2 February

Introducing the Karachi Kings’s new recruits.  If you look closely you’ll see that they have identical bodies, which seems vaguely creepy.

Moeen Ali gets a lot of flak for his fielding but you try taking a catch like that.

This weekly feature loves mascots, and is getting excited by the upcoming Winter Olympics.  So this picture is perfect.

Speaking of mascots, it’s not immediately apparent what’s going on with Edmonton in the NHL All Star round.

Before last week’s Sydney round of the World 7s circuit the players did a photo shoot at the Sydney Opera House with the Harbour Bridge in the background.  Here they are prior to the Hamilton leg.

Roger Federer reveals his new line of cringe motivational messages.

He then gave Cameron Smith a gift which may or may not need to be disclosed for salary cap reasons.

The Dubai marathon looks like a lot of fun.

Don’t worry Crusaders fans; Read isn’t going anywhere, he’s just doing the sort of cross code promotional stuff players do when they’re injured.

Meanwhile team mates Joe Moody and Luke Romano help pull a stranded truck up a hill.  In 2018 you wonder how they’d have coped if a couple of Crusaders weren’t around at the time.

In the theme of cross code promotional photos, who win a foot race between Jeremy Brockie and Usain Bolt?

Finally, a couple of photos you have probably seen during the week but it’s important to record them for posterity.  Sydney 7s Avocado Man.

And this photo, which seems so right and so wrong at the same time.