The gifs that keep on giving
Our new weekly round-up of the best sporting gifs
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Featuring genius on the football field, basketball brains, bizarre scenes during rugby training and a frustrated Ken and Ryu trying to play street soccer
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Featuring a perfect open goal from Jannik Vestergaard, some dozy defenders, snowboarding in the sun, bumper-to-bumper racing and a lovely fake cross
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Featuring extreme winds in Romford, a cheeky chip at Old Trafford, acrobatics on the football field, a mascot taking on a referee and climbing on four wheels
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Featuring precision on the tennis court, an inch-perfect pass to the corner flag, cars in formation, a new winter sport and a blame game among champions
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Featuring a slick nutmeg, a fan who wants a piece of the action, an unusual dive for the finishing line and a player realising that the referee was right after all
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Featuring the All Blacks in full flow, an expressive referee, skiing on ice and water, japes in the TV studio, an exquisite Cruyff turn and creative skidooing
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Featuring athletic, speedy and highly skilled professional athletes excelling in their sports... plus a couple of howlers to keep things light and everyone humble
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Featuring a flip off the canvas, anger in the dugout, smooth cornering, quick reflexes on ice, a goalkeeper who should have put his foot through the ball
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Featuring a dodgy keeper, a cracking finish, slick rugby, stunted kicking, a mascot who was made for TV, a fearless Kobe Bryant and a premature celebration
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Featuring Japan’s valiant efforts against Scotland, ingenuity on the football field, a gravity-defying cyclist defeating some stairs and a referee scoring with his head
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Featuring a couple of nutmegs, Thomas Müller mimicking Cristiano Ronaldo, a flooded football field and one of the greatest skateboarding tricks you’ll ever see
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Featuring mini tiki-taka, precision puck play, hesitant finishing, a beautiful moment from Liechtenstein, set-piece specialists and a creative skater
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Featuring failure on the football pitch, balance at the skatepark, a sneaky nutmeg, a flying fencer and a young man experiencing the awe of a home run
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Featuring a smart save, a gentle challenge, a mountain pass, a blaster scored, a sitter missed, high fives, rolled punches and a bike with a mind of its own
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Featuring fast bowling, painful pitching, dramatic diving, dextrous dancing, a sensational goal and two men playing a game of catch on an ice hockey rink
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Featuring a trio of nutmegs, a treasury of passers, a one-fingered salute, a backheel, fancy feet, an intervention, inconvenient advertising and a three-putt
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Featuring an enthusiastic boxer, a skilled skater, a beautiful team goal, a fumbling golfer, cup winner a man becoming too familiar with his motorbike
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Featuring a striker who did the hardest part, a high jumper who can’t jump, a winger with no end product, an unstoppable force and a pitch invader
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Featuring two perfect touches on the football field, a deleted scene from the Crystal Maze, two skateboards in one trick and a goalscoring goalkeeper
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Featuring quick hands and a quick brain on the rugby field, a kung-fu fighter in the dugout, a bouncing bicycle and a preposterous finish in the wrestling ring
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Featuring spontaneity on the pitch, court and field, smooth skating, and a boisterous bald eagle enjoying the USA’s victory in the Women’s World Cup final
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Featuring a big man on the wing, a perfect assist, keepie-uppies on the driving range, some scenes of an intimate nature and impressive balance on the slopes
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Featuring two of the greatest footballers of their generation, Thibaut Courtois jumping over Eden Hazard, Dani Alves on an escalator and a dodgy keeper
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Featuring passing and moving, batting and fielding, back-flipping and catching, driving and spinning, smiling and frowning, and missing and hitting
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Featuring a few tricky wingers, a backheel, a defensive shield, red mist, an acrobatic slam dunk and a rugby player who must think he’s playing in the NFL
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Featuring a lesson in how not to track your runner, a balancing act, a lonely team-mate, snowboarding in the dark and a boxer with his hands behind his back
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Featuring diligent defending, brazen boxing, ridiculous wrestling, touchline treachery and a couple of flicks from two of the best footballers in the world
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Featuring an embarrassing miss, a catcher turned pitcher, speed on the rugby field, a cricket ball up on the roof, an in-form goalkeeper and a nimble weightlifter
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Featuring two cricketers on the same wavelength, two former team-mates sharing a moment, silky rugby and a Barcelona player being injured by a flag
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Featuring a golfing masterclass, slick driving, Toulon’s flowing rugby, a shameful dive and a goalkeeper who needs a lesson in composure from Rogério Ceni
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Featuring an incompetent and unfortunate goalkeeper, a runner who will regret celebrating too soon, athleticism on the ropes and fury in the dugout
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Featuring a dummy, a powerful penalty from Djibril Cissé, a swinging ultimate frisbee assist, a perfect dink on the rugby league pitch and a creative referee
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Featuring a referee amid the red mist, thievery on the ice rink, a delicious turn on the football field and a basketball shot so good it went through the hoop twice
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Featuring two excitable supporters, an artistic referee, a creative dunk, precise skating and some love between an Arsenal striker and his nemesis
The gifs that keep on giving: Cristiano Ronaldo, Odell Beckham Jr and snooker