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BEST Sports Photos of the Week!

August 27, 2013 12:05 IST

Here’s a collection of some of the best sports photos of the week.

Speed Up Moto2 rider Alex De Angelis of San Marino crashes in the class race during the Czech Grand Prix in Brno.

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Newcastle United's Tim Krul saves a header from ManchesterCity's Edin Dzeko (centre) during their English Premier League soccer match at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northern England.

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A contestant from the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA) Israel warms up backstage during preparations for an annual national competition in Netanya.

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Race winner Sebastian Vettel (C) of Germany and Infiniti Red Bull Racing celebrates alongside second placed Fernando Alonso (left) of Spain and Ferrari and third placed Lewis Hamilton (right) of Great Britain and Mercedes GP on the podium following the Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

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What is the feeling that can engulf a captain of an Ashes series who has just won the contest? Pride, you may say! And this is exactly how Alastair Cook felt after England reclaimed the famous urn at the Oval on Sunday.

The England captain described winning the Ashes series as the "proudest moment of my life".

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Tampa Bay Rays' Wil Myers loses his helmet as he strikes out swinging during the ninth inning of their MLB American League baseball game against the New York Yankees in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Reyes (left) is caught stealing as Houston Astros shortstop Jonathan Villar does the splits to make the play in the eighth inning of their American League Major League baseball game in Houston.

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Venus Williams fixes her hair after her victory over Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium at the US Open tennis championships in New York.

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Waura Indians wrestle during this year's 'quarup,' a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them, in Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State.

This year the Waura tribe honoured their late cacique (chief) Atamai, who died in 2012, for his work creating the Xingu Park and his important contribution in facilitating communication between white Brazilians and Indians.

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Bourton Rovers First XI play against Bourton Rovers Second XI during the annual Bourton-on-the-Water Football Match played on the River Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, England.