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

Sumo battles, caped crusaders, and the Wall of Death

This week Big Shots rolls through a marathon on inline skates, joins the Tour of Britain cyclists as they roll through Westminster, and ducks elbows at a women's roller derby tournament. And we take in the Table Tennis European Championships in Stuttgart and the BMX Supercross in Chula Vista, Calif. among many other events. ( 29 photos total)

Serbian motorcyclists ride inside the "Wall of Death" during a fair in Sabac, Serbia September 20. (ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)

BMX racers catch air in a sunset race during the UCI BMX Supercross 2009 September 18 in Chula Vista, Calif. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images for UCI) #

Michael Waltrip races during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway September 20 in Loudon, N.H. (Al Bello/Getty Images) #

Members of the Spanish Air Force acrobatic group 'Patrulla Aguila' perform a manoeuvre during an air show in Evora, Portugal September 20. (REUTERS/Nacho Doce) #

Jiyai Shin lines up her putt on the 4th hole during the final round of the LPGA Samsung World Championship September 20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif. (Donald Miralle/Getty Images) #

Lyons' Bafetimbi Gomis controls the ball during the French L1 football match against Paris September 20 at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images) #

Gary Hunt, Steve Black, and Kent De Mond dive from a 5-meter rock during a cliff diving event September 20 in Cape Sounion, Greece. (Dean Treml/Red Bull Photofiles via Getty Images) #

Tochinoshin (top) throws down his opponent, the Mongolian champion Harumafuji, to win their bout on the fifth day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena September 17. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) #

Spectators watch as India's Prince (right) fights with Pakistan's Abdul Rehman during the fifth India-Pakistan friendship wrestling championship in Katra, India September 22. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) #

Trent Paulson of the US (right) challenges Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan in the men's 66 kg free-style qualification round during the World Wrestling Championships 2009 in Herning, Denmark September 21. (REUTERS/Bob Strong) #

The Calgary Flames' Mark Giordano (right) tussles with the New York Islanders' Matt Martin during the second period of their NHL pre-season hockey game in Calgary September 17. (REUTERS/Todd Korol) #

The Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Ochocinco (left) runs after a catch as the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rouse (middle) and Jarrett Bush defend during the first half of an NFL football game September 20 in Green Bay. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) #

Choi Na-yeon is sprayed with beer from golfer Yani Tseng after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. September 20. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) #

Burnley's Andre Bikey heads the ball during the English Premier League football match against Sunderland at Turf Moor, Burnley September 19. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) #

(Clockwise from top left) Poland's Li Qian, Elisabeta Samara from Romania, and Panagiotis Gionis from Greece stay focused during matches at the Table Tennis European Championships in Stuttgart. (AP Photos/Daniel Maurer) #

Michael Przysiezny of Poland vies against Dan Evans of Great Britain during a Davis Cup tennis Euro/Africa Group Zone One men's singles match at the Liverpool Echo Arena September 20. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Russian heavyweight and World Boxing Association champion Nikolai Valuev attends a news conference in Nuremberg September 22. Valuev will confront British challenger David Haye November 7 in Nuremberg. (REUTERS/Michaela Rehle) #

Chelsea's Didier Drogba reacts during their English Premier League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London September 20. (REUTERS/Kieran Doherty) #

A fan gestures during the first half of an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals September 20 in Green Bay. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) #

A Tennessee Titans fan pauses during the NFL football game against the Houston Texans at LP Field September 20 in Nashville. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images) #

SC Braga's Eduardo Carvalho wears his shirt over his head at the end of their Portuguese First League football match against FC Porto at the AXA Stadium in Braga September 19. (MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Dressed as comic book characters as part of annual rookie hazing, the New York Yankees' Mark Melancon (left) and video coordinator Anthony Flynn walk through a hallway at Safeco Field in Seattle following a MLB baseball game between the Yankees and the Seattle Mariners September 20. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) #

The Carolina Rollergirls battle with the Boston Massacre during the Women's Flat-Track Roller Derby Tournament in Raleigh, N.C. September 11. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) #

Participants in the inline skater marathon pass the Victory Column in Berlin September 19. (PHILIPP GUELLAND/AFP/Getty Images) #

D' Funnybone, ridden by Edgar Prado, captures The Futurity stakes at Belmont Park September 19 in New York. (AP Photo/New York Racing Association) #

The peloton rounds the streets of Westminster during stage eight of the 2009 Tour of Britain September 19. (Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) #

Some 60,000 runners from 122 countries start the 36th Berlin marathon September 20. (PHILIPP GUELLAND/AFP/Getty Images) #

Ravi Bropara of England dives to make his ground during the sixth international one day cricket match against Australia at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England September 17Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images) #

Chile's Nicolas Massu falls during a Davis Cup tennis match against Austria's Stefan Koubek in Rancagua, Chile September 20. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia) #


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