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Big Shots for August 20, 2010

This week Big Shots takes in an incredible variety of sports. There's wake boarding in Germany, low-tide cricket in England, buzkashi (or goat-grabbing) in Afghanistan, and the Palio horse race in Italy. There will be no Big Shots posts next week, as I'll be on vacation. When I return I hope to have an entry from the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore as well as the regular weekly post. ( 28 photos total)

Tobias Dammith performs on his board during the German Wakeboarding Championships at Fuehlinger Lake in Cologne August 14. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov shoots at goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at Old Trafford in Manchester August 16. (REUTERS/Phil Noble) #

Gymnasts warm up before competing on the beam during the junior women's competition of the US Gymnastics Championships at the XL Arena August 12 in Hartford. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

The visually-impaired five-time Paralympics cross-country skiing medal winner Verena Bentele walks down the side of a 60-meter long wall of a high-rise building during a house running event in Munich August 19. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) #

Kyla Ross competes on the uneven bars during the women's junior division at the US Gymnastics Championships in Hartford August 14. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) #

Vaulting Pole Przemyslaw Czerwinski strains during the pole vault competition at the Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace in London August 13. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) #

Slovakia's cousins Ladislav (left) and Peter Skantar compete in final round of canoe double during the European Canoe Slalom Championships August 15 in Water Sports Centre Cunovo in Slovakia. (SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Marshevet Myers wins the 100m race during a Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace in London August 14. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) #

The Los Angeles Sparks' Tina Thompson reacts after getting called for a foul against the Phoenix Mercury during a WNBA basketball game in Los Angeles August 17. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) #

New Zealand's Valerie Adams reacts during the shot put final at Zurich Main railway station August 18. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Danko Lazovic (left) of Russia's Zenit vies with Jean-Pascal Mignot of France's AJ Auxerre during their UEFA match in St. Petersburg August 17. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) #

Miesha Tate (left) battles with Hitomi Akano in the Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Tournament Championship bout at Dodge Theater August 13 in Phoenix. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) #

Trabzonspor's Teófilo Gutiérrez (right) vies with Liverpool's Sotirios Kyrgiakos during their UEFA match at Anfield in Liverpool August 19. (ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images) #

The New York Mets' Jose Reyes is called out at second base after being tagged by the Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins during their MLB baseball game at Citi Field in New York August 15. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi) #

Rebecca Bross competes on the floor during the senior all-around competition at the US Gymnastics Championships at the XL Arena August 14 in Hartford. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) #

The Toronto Argonauts' Chad Owens makes a touchdown catch past the Montreal Alouettes' De'Audra Dix (right) during their CFL football game in Toronto August 14. (REUTERS/Mark Blinch) #

Jason Kendall of the Kansas City Royals drops a pop-up during the MLB baseball game against the New York Yankees August 13 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) #

Teams play a cricket match in the middle of The Solent on the Brambles sandbank, which appears for 30 minutes at low tide, August 14 in Southampton, England. The annual cricket match takes place between the Royal Southern Yacht Club and Cowes's Island Sailing Club. Boats of players and spectators travel from the Isle of White and Southampton to wait around Bramble Bank at low tide, where play continues until the tide returns. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) #

Francis Gamichon (right) rides a horse on the beach of Saint-Martin de Brehal August 5 at his thalassotherapy center. Designed to cure injuries, or as part of a training program for competition horses, his center hosts competition horses of the French horse show national team. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) #

The Palio, the famous bareback horse race around the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy runs August 16. The Palio pits Siena neighborhoods against one another and is a major tourist draw for this Tuscan city. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni) #

Afghan horsemen compete for the goat carcass during a game of buzkashi near the Band-i-Amir lakes outside the central Afghan province of Bamiyan July 30 during a local annual festival aimed at promoting tourism in the central highlands. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Barcelona players refresh themselves during a training session in Sant Joan Despi, Spain August 17. (AP Photo/David Ramos) #

HIFK's Lennart Petrell (center) shoots towards Adler Mannheim's goalie Felix Bruckmann during their European Trophy hockey match in Jarvenpaa, Finland August 14. The match was played in misty conditions due to technical problems with the air-conditioning. (REUTERS/ LEHTIKUVA/Roni Rekomaa) #

Baseball fans brave the weather during a rain delay in an MLB baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox August 13 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) #

Charlie Houchin swims in the 200m freestyle preliminary heat during the Pan Pacific Championships at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center August 18 in Irvine, Calif. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images) #

Athletes from the "Strength and Purchase" team chase their fellow competitors across the Zugersee lake during a cross country boat running event in Lucerne, Switzerland August 14. (REUTERS/Dean Treml/Red Bull) #

Athletes from the "Marcel Hacker All Star" team carry their boat past farmer Roger Bannwart during a running stage at Meggen during a cross country boat running event August 14. (REUTERS/Dean Treml/Red Bull/Handout) #

Bob Rickords, driver of a 1969 Chevy Camaro, launches off the starting line while competing in the Street Outlaw Division of the Drag-n-Brag at Texas Motor Speedway August 13 in Fort Worth. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images) #



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