June 23, 2009 (Use j/k keys to navigate)   Email to a friend    Permalink

Chocolate wrestling, surfing dogs, and Lance Armstrong

A busy week in the international sports world saw Pakistan win the Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament in England, while both South and North Korea qualified for the 2010 World Cup, the first time both squads will play in the same cup. In the US, Lance Armstrong won a bike race, some dogs went surfing, and wrestling icon Tony Atlas made a comeback. Later this week, Big Shots looks at the rainy US Open golf tournament. And if you're wondering where all the images from the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in South Africa are, I'm saving them for a special post once the winner is crowned. ( 29 photos total)

A racegoer poses with a hat made out of her plaited hair during Ladies Day, the third day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, UK June 18. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

A dog surfs during the 4th Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competion in Imperial Beach, Calif. June 20. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) #

A tri-color rooster is let loose on the field before the start of the New Zealand-France rugby test at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand June 20. (AP Photo/NZPA/Wayne Drought) #

Kevin Tilton runs above the clouds as he nears the finish of the 2009 Mt. Washington Road Race June 20 in Mt. Washington, N.H. The 7.6 mile road to the summit averages a 12% grade. (AP Photo/Gil Talbot) #

The peloton climbs the Gotthard mountain road during the 4th stage from Biasca to Staefa at the 73nd Tour de Suisse UCI ProTour cycling race in Airolo, Switzerland June 16. (AP Photo/Keystone/Karl Mathis) #

Windsurfers compete during the final round of the men's RS:X European Championships off the coast of Tel Aviv June 20. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) #

A view of the Veltins Arena is seen during a fight between IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev in Gelsenkirchen, Germany June 20. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil) #

American and Canadian soldiers play each other in a hockey game at a recreational area called "The Boardwalk" June 19 at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) #

NHL player Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals wears retroreflective markers as he is filmed shooting slapshots during 2K Sports' first-ever outdoor hockey motion capture for the upcoming video game "NHL 2K10" at Caesars Palace June 16 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) #

Fans of Argentina's Estudiantes de la Plata cheer during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Uruguay's Defensor Sporting in La Plata, Argentina June 18. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) #

Pakistani cricket fans watch the final of the Twenty20 World Cup played in England between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi, Pakistan June 21. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) #

Diego Sanchez, right, kicks Clay Guida during their lightweight UFC bout at the Palms in Las Vegas June 20. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal/John Locher) #

Two girls fight during a chocolate wrestling competition in the Reaktor nightclub in Minsk June 19. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Connecticut Sun's Erin Phillips (center) fights through traffic while guarded by San Antonio Silver Stars' Erin Perperoglou (left) and Ruth Riley during a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. June 21. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham) #

Venezuela's Carlos Luna (right) and Luis Diaz leap during their Volleyball World League game against Poland in La Guaira, Caracas June 19. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images) #

Boston Red Sox fans vie for a home run off the bat of David Ortiz during a MLB baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park in Boston June 21. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) #

Pakistan's Muhammad Amir reacts after taking the wicket of South Africa's captain Greame Smith during their semifinal Twenty20 World Cup cricket match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England June 18. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) #

North Korean players celebrate after they qualified for the 2010 World Cup in a soccer match against Saudi Arabia at King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 17. (AP Photo) #

Chicago White Sox outfielder Brian Anderson makes a leaping catch for an out on a fly ball hit by the Chicago Cubs' Jake Fox during a MLB baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago June, 17. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) #

The Houston Dynamo's Geoff Cameron (right) and Real Salt Lake's Will Johnson collide during an MLS soccer game at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium June 20 in Houston. (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle/James Nielsen) #

Italy's Sergio Parisse receives a hand in the face during a scrum during their rugby union test against Australia at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia June 20. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill) #

Gonzalo Tiesi of Argentina's Los Pumas is tackled by Geoffroy Messina of France's Barbarians during their rugby test match at Jose Amalfitani stadium in Buenos Aires June 20. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Former professional wrestler Tony Atlas lifts weights at Gold's Gym after promoting a World Wrestling Entertainment SmackDown/ECW event in Roanoke, Va. June 15. After a long absence from the professional wrestling scene, Atlas, 55, returned as the manager of WWE wrestler Mark Henry. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times/John Adkisson) #

Lance Armstrong leads the pack through the downtown streets on his way to winning the 49th annual Nevada City Classic in Nevada City, Calif. June 21. (AP Photo/Robert Durell) #

A boy competes in the dandy horse race for pupils in Karlsruhe, Germany June 19. Karl Drais invented the dandy horse, a predecessor of today's bycicle, in 1817 in Karlsruhe. (SASCHA SCHUERMANN/AFP/Getty Images) #

Cliff diver Orlando Duque leaps 65 feet from a helicopter in preparation for a cliff diving event in Zaanse Schans, The Netherlands June 16. (DEAN TREML/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Florida Marlins Hanley Ramirez takes a late throw as the Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury steals second base during a MLB baseball game in the rain at Fenway Park in Boston June 18. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) #

The West Michigan Whitecaps' Bill Nowlin walks away from an interloper between innings of a minor league baseball game June 17 in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press/Delbridge Langdon Jr.) #

Rafael Nadal reacts after losing an exhibition match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Hurlingham Club in London June 19. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori) #


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I want to run Mt Washington so badly! Great set of images.

Posted by sc June 23, 09 12:32 PM
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Hey theres one from grand rapids MI, I live there!

Posted by benny June 23, 09 05:40 PM
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These are great. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Lou June 23, 09 10:27 PM
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#13: yum ;-)

Posted by eatthefrog June 24, 09 03:03 PM
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