Sporting pictures of the week :- 4 September

Last weekend West Ham won at Anfield for the first time since She Loves You was at the top of the charts.  And their manager enjoyed every minute of it.

It could have been worse for Liverpool; here’s James Milner just avoiding a cranial realignment.

It was a worse weekend for tactical genius Lous Van Gaal though.  And look at the state of his bodyguard.

New Zealand’s Chris Wood has npw officially arrived in English football.  For the uninitiated, ALAW = All Leeds Aren’t We.

Everyone’s favourite Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is angry.  Very angry.

In contrast Angelique Kerber, and her shadow, paints a far more artistic picture.

Mountain biking in Andorra.

So farewell then Bart Cummings.  You will never be forgotten.

Welsh fans made the trip to Cyprus for a Euro 2016 qualification game.  If only they had remembered to pack their sunscreen.

Meanwhile, German football fans are making emphatic statements all over the country as what to do with the current refugee crisis sweeping Europe and the rest of the world.

Still on politics, there was some justified criticism during the week at the overly political nature of the All Black Rugby World cup squad announcement at the Beehive.

But Vladimir Putin is still the master of that.