Sporting pictures of the Week :- 29 September

Underrated heroes of world cricket are the ground staff at Galle.  And their tyres.

Morocco is a co-host of the 2030 men’s FIFA World Cup, and they want to host the final.  The proposed 115,000-capacity Grand Stade Hassan II near Casablanca, taking its inspiration from the design of a Maghrebi communal tent, known as a moussem.

Another night in the Europa League.

A Matildas celebratory mural has been unveiled at suncorp with a random suited bloke getting in the way.

Primary school students practice martial arts on a football pitch during a break from class in Tongren, China.

In case you missed it.  The Subbuteo World Cup finals happened during the week.

SPOTW favourite Gritty had a birthday.

Cricket from around the world. Murree in the Himalayan foothills in the 1980s.

From the Archives.  A thing of beauty. Percy Fender’s off stump is sent flying by Harold Larwood.

Perfectly normal . Hedley Verity, his wife Kathleen, and his son Wilfred (named after Wilfred Rhodes) on the beach at Scarborough.