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The All Blacks perform their traditional Haka ahead of their opening World Cup match against Italy, an impressive 70-7 victory

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Ana Paula of Brazil dives to try and retrieve the ball against Germany in the beach volleyball world championships held in Rio de Janeiro

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Italian Silvio Branco lands a left on the battered Frenchman Mehdi Sahnoune on his way to claiming the WBA middleweight title in Marseille

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Florida Marlins pitcher Mark Redman lies injured during the third game of the National League Championship series against the Chicago Cubs

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Russian fencer O Ermakova (left) lunges at German opponent I Duplitzer in the women's epee final at the world fencing championships

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South Africa's Jaques Kallis heaves the ball to the boundary as he makes an unbeaten 58 in a series-levelling victory over Pakistan in Rawalpindi