Sport pictures of the week

Weston-Super-Mare, England: A competitor tries to free his bike during the annual Weston beach race, which attracted 1,200 entries Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP

Paris, France: Injured England captain Phil Vickery lies next to his goalline late in the first half of the Rugby World Cup final Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Freelance

Tehran, Iran: A women's rugby practice session in Azadi stadium Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP

Madrid, Spain: David Nalbandian serves to Roger Federer during the final of the ATP Masters tennis tournament. Nalbandian won the match 1-6, 6-3 6-3 Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty

Interlagos, Brazil: Kimi Raikkonen celebrates after winning the Brazilian grand prix and the formula one world championship Photograph: Crispin Thruston/Action Images

New Jersey, USA: Arnaz Battle of the San Francisco 49ers scores a touchdown against the New York Giants Photograph: Nick Laham/Getty

Zurich, Switzerland: Tatjana Golovin throws her racket after losing a point against Justin Henin. Henin won the match 6-4 6-4 Photograph: Michele Limina/AFP

Tokyo, Japan: Kondo Kagaku's robot KHR-2HV performs with a ball at the opening of the Akiba robot athletics meeting Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

Victoria Clube de Golfe, Portugal: England's Sam Walker during his third round at the Portugal Masters Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images

Mumbai, India: Andrew Symonds of Australia spits water during a practice session before a Twenty20 cricket match against India Photograph: Gautam Singh/AP

Newmarket, England: Spectators watching the racing and keeping an eye on the odds Photograph: Lee Mills/Action Images

Reading, England: Iain Balshaw scores a try for Gloucester in their match against London Irish Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images