Sporting moments of the weeks (July 5-18)

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Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes, who was told via the team radio to allow his teammate Lewis Hamilton to pass after the penalty, rests after finishing third during the F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone in Northampton, England, July 18, 2021. /CFP

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits out of a bunker on the 12th hole during the 149th British Open Golf Championship's final round in Sandwich, England, July 18, 2021. /CFP

Kalle Rovanpera and his co-driver Jonne Halttunen, both of Finland, steer their Toyota Yaris car while making a sandstorm in the forest during the Rally Estonia, the seventh round of the World Rally Championship, in Kaapa, Estonia, July 17, 2021. /CFP

Spectators dressed in banana costumes cheer when a cyclist rides through during the 20th stage of Tour of France, a 30.8 km journey from Libourne to Saint-Emilion, France, July 17, 2021. /CFP

Zhang Zhaoxin (R), wearing a belt representing China's Ma Yiming Boxing Club, and Ryad Merhy of Belgium fight during their World Cruiserweight Championship bout in Brussels, Belgium, July 17, 2021. Merhy retained his title after defeating Zhang by a technical knockout (TKO) in the eighth round. /CFP

Chinese fans of Lionel Messi acknowledge their idol for leading Argentina's national football team in winning the Copa America title via a big-screen video in Shanghai, China, July 17, 2021. /CFP

A challenger (R), wearing a face mask and a bull's helmet, plays chess during the "Chess Run" tournament in Pamplona, Spain, July 14, 2021. Some 80 players took part in the event along the same route that the traditional running of the bulls is celebrated every year. /CFP

A paraglider enjoys the landscape from the air in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 14, 2021. /CFP

Cyclists ride during the Tour of Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 14, 2021. The world's highest road cycling race, with an average altitude of 3,000 meters on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, saw 17 teams, all from China due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cycle through eight stages for a total journey of 1,439 km. The event ran from July 11-18./CFP

A woman looks at a mural created by street artist Harry Greb in the area of Trastevere to celebrate the victory of the Italian national team at the Euro 2020 in Rome, Italy, July 13, 2021. /CFP

Wrestlers, drenched in olive oil, compete during the 660th installment of the Historic Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling championship in Edirne, Turkey, July 10, 2021. Thousands of Turkish wrestling fans flocked to the country's Greek border province to watch the sport, which dates to the 14th century as one of the world's oldest wrestling events. The sport was listed as an intangible cultural heritage event by UNESCO in 2010. /CFP

Triathletes compete during China's Triathlon Championship in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, July 10, 2021. Around 100 players swam, cycled and ran as they competed in the two-day event, the last tournament to qualify for China's 14th National Games in the triathlon event, which will be held in northwest China's Shaanxi Province in September this year. /CFP