Sports pictures of the week

Beat Meschberger of Australia and Lionel Brown of the USA pose during pre judging for the 2012 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix XII at The Plenary.

Photo by Getty Images Mar 20, 2012

Sports pictures of the week

It's been another fantastic week of sport - and we have the pictures to prove it. Here are the best shots as judged by our friends at Getty Images.

Photo Galleries

  1. The best shots from the sporting week

  2. The road to the NBA finals

  3. David Beckham hangs up his boots

  4. The Fortunate 50

  5. London stunners see New Zealand glory

  6. Sports stars taken too soon

  7. Artemis left crippled on the water

  8. Sir Alex Ferguson from then to now

  9. The glitz and the glamour from the Kentucky Derby

  10. The best Sevens costumes from 2013

  11. Best sporting images of the week

  12. Super Rugby mid-season power rankings

  13. Start your engines! Maria Sharapova and Porsche team up

  14. London Marathon crazy costumes

  15. Kiwis fail to break Kangaroos' 14-year dominance

  16. 20 reasons why we love cheerleaders

  17. Sports world reacts to Boston Marathon bombings

  18. Unbridled joy: Cardiff finally secure promotion

  19. Breakers celebrate title with fans

  20. Breakers celebrate historic three-peat

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Rugby

Results

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Cheetahs 27 - 13 Reds
Bulls 35 - 18 Highlanders
Waratahs 28 - 22 Brumbies
Crusaders 23 - 3 Blues
Force 13 - 23 Sharks
Rebels 30 - 21 Stormers

Schedule

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Chiefs vs Crusaders

7:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Rebels vs Waratahs

9:40pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Blues vs Brumbies

7:35pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Force vs Highlanders

9:40pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Kings vs Cheetahs

1:00am NZST Sun, 26th May

Stormers vs Reds

3:05am NZST Sun, 26th May

League

Results

2013 English Super League

Rhinos 22 - 30 Saints

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Storm 10 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Storm 30 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 English Super League

Rovers 44 - 18 Wildcats

Schedule

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Bulldogs vs Broncos

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Bulldogs vs Broncos

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tennis

Live

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Set 3
Live
Tsvetana Pironkova 3 6 2
Sloane Stephens 6 2 2
Full Scorecard

Results

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Anna Tatishvili def. Caroline Garcia

6-7(7) 7-5 6-4

Silvia Soler-Espinosa lost to Eugenie Bouchard

3-6 3-6

Marina Erakovic lost to Monica Niculescu

7(9)-6 3-6 6-7(7)

Virginie Razzano def. Tamira Paszek

6-1 6-4

Marion Bartoli lost to Camila Giorgi

3-6 2-6

Marta Domachowska lost to Shelby Rogers

2-6 5-7

Daniela Hantuchova lost to Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor

3-6 6-4 6-7(7)

Flavia Pennetta def. Elina Svitolina

6-4 6-2

Su-Wei Hsieh def. Annika Beck

6-7(8) 7-5 6-1

Karolina Pliskova lost to Misaki Doi

5-7 2-6

Petra Cetkovska lost to Johanna Larsson

2-6 6-2 3-6

Lucie Hradecka def. Garbine Muguruza

6-4 6-3

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Paolo Lorenzi lost to Guillaume Rufin

3-6 1-6

Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Ryan Harrison

6-4 6-4

2013 Power Horse Cup

Nikolay Davydenko lost to Aljaz Bedene

6-3 4-6 3-6

Evgeny Korolev lost to Igor Sijsling

2-6 4-6

Schedule

2013 Davis Cup World Group I 1st Rnd - TPE v AUS

T. Chen vs. L. Hewitt

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Davis Cup 1st Rnd - KAZ v AUT

E. Korolev vs. A. Haider-Maure

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - ITA v USA

R. Vinci vs. V. Lepchenko

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - CZE v AUS

L. Safarova vs. S. Stosur

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

L. Safarova vs. J. Gajdosova

2:00am NZDT Sun, 10th February

2013 Open 13

T. Berdych(1) vs. J. Janowicz(7)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

G. Simon(6) vs. J. del Potro(2)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

J. Zheng vs. M. Burdette

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

Y. Putintseva vs. A. Van Uytvanck

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Power Horse Cup

I. Sijsling vs. P. Kohlschreibe(4)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

J. Nieminen(6) vs. R. Bautista-Agu

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

G. Rufin vs. G. Simon(2)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

C. Berlocq vs. P. Mathieu

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

F. Fognini(6) vs. G. Monfils

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

M. Doi vs. S. Hsieh(4)

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

A. Cornet(3) vs. M. Linette

2:00am NZST Wed, 22nd May

Cricket

Results

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) - CSK v MUM: Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Indian Premier League Match 72 - SUN v KKR: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

Indian Premier League Match 71 - PWS v DEL: Pune Warriors won by 38 runs

2013 Scotland v Pakistan [ODI]

Scotland v Pakistan 2nd ODI: Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Schedule

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Eliminator (3rd v 4th) - RAJ v SUN

23 May 12:30am

2013 Ireland v Pakistan [ODI]

Ireland v Pakistan 1st ODI

23 May 7:45pm

2013 England v New Zealand

England v New Zealand 2nd Test

24 May 8:00pm

Football

Results

2013 AFC Champions League

Al-Shabab 3 - 0 Al-Gharafa (FT)

Al-Ahli 2 - 0 El Jaish (FT)

Bunyodkor 0 - 0 Buriram (FT)

FC Seoul 3 - 1 Beijing Guoan (FT)

2012/13 Spanish La Liga

Mallorca 1 - 0 Real Betis (FT)

Barcelona 2 - 1 Valladolid (FT)

Schedule

2013 AFC Champions League

Kashiwa v Jeonbuk FC

22 May 8:00pm

Guangzhou v Central Coast

22 May 10:00pm

Lekhwiya v Al-Hilal

23 May 1:30am

Esteghlal v Al-Shabab

23 May 2:30am

2013 International Friendlies

Oman v Iran

22 May 11:00pm

Venezuela v El Salvador

23 May 9:30am