In Pictures: Sporting photos of the week

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A selection of striking sports photographs taken around the world during the past seven days.

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Record breaking 16-year-old Gout Gout celebrates winning the boys' U18 100m final at the 2024 Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Brisbane

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Athletes compete during the women's senior cross country race at the 30th European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.

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Ayo Dosunmu of the Chicago Bulls goes up for a lay-up against the Brooklyn Nets' Trendon Watford at the United Center in Chicago

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Gremio's Pedro Geromel is thrown into the air by his team-mates following the match against Corinthians - his final game before retirement

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Redbacks players field in the slips during the Sheffield Shield match between Tasmania and South Australia at Blundstone Arena in Hobart

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Aston Villa fans pose beside a mural of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez before the Premier League match against Southampton

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Bareback rider Rocker Steiner rides Bishop of Hi Lo Pro Rodeo during the Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas

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Referee Kieran McCann delivers a count to Brad Pauls during the British, EBU European, WBA Continental and WBO International middleweight title fight against Denzel Bentley at OVO Arena Wembley

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Michael Chiesa submits Max Griffin in a welterweight bout during UFC 310 in Las Vegas

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Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze looks on during the Premier League match against Ipswich Town at Portman Road

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New Zealand's Glenn Phillips fields during day two of the second Test against England at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

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Team Portugal celebrate victory against Team Argentina at the FIFAe World Cup in Saudi Arabia

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Leicester City's Mads Hermansen is beaten by a Tariq Lamptey shot during the Premier League match against Brighton at the King Power Stadium

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Leeds United fans arrive prior to the Championship match against Derby County at Elland Road

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Slovakia's Zan Kranjec attempts the first run of the men's World Cup giant slalom at Beaver Creek Resort in Colorado

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South Africa take to the field for day five of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Dafabet St George's Park in Gqeberha

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Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit

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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton prepares to drive his final race for the team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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And Hamilton performs donuts on track to celebrate after finishing fourth

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Take a look at last week's gallery and come back next Tuesday for more great sport photos of the week.