Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

Leading Off: Pictures of the Week

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Roger Federer celebrates after defeating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final. The 30-year-old Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title and regained the No. 1 ranking for the first time in more than two years.

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Mike Wallace (01) spins out of control on Turn 2 of the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Daytona International Speedway on July 6. Surprisingly, all of the cars behind Wallace didn't sustain any damage.

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Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman goes head-over-heels into the Braves' dugout after catching an Alfonso Soriano foul ball. The Cubs got the best of the July 4 matchup, defeating the Braves 5-1.

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Finnish rider Niklas Ajo of the TT Motion Events Racing team gets thrown from his bike during the second training session of the Moto3 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany, on July 6.

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Serena Williams lifts the famous silver Venus Rosewater Dish after overcoming Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to win Wimbledon for the fifth time.

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Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga jumps with joy after beating Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the Wimbledon quarterfinal. Tsonga would lose to hometown hero Andy Murray in the semifinals.

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U.S. Olympic high jumper Chaunte Lowe arches over the bar at an IAAF Diamond League meet in Paris. She defeated Ukrainian Olena Kholosha in the finals by clearing a height of just over 6 feet, 5 1/2 inches.

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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on July 6, Oregon native Trevor Knowles grapples a steer to the ground in a steer wrestling event.

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Macedonia's Lester McCalebb (left) goes up strong against the Domincan Republic's Jack Martinez during the 2012 FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 6.

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Tightrope-walker Jay Cochrane balances along a wire from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton over the city of Niagara Fall, Ontario, on July 6. The wire stretches 1,300 feet, and is 581 feet from the ground at its highest point.

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Red Sox second baseman Nick Punto tags out the tumbling Nick Swisher of the Yankees in the second game of their doubleheader on July 7. The Red Sox would take the game 9-5, but the Yankees won three of four in the series to enter the All-Star break with the best record in baseball.

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A recortador performs a pass on the third day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 8.

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Kurt Busch does some celebratory donuts on the track after his victory in the Nationwide's Subway Jalapeno 250 at the Daytona International Speedway on July 6.

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Victoria Azarenka reaches out for a forehand return during her loss to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals on July 5. Williams served a tournament-record 24 aces in the 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory.

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The pack of Tour de France cyclists pass by a field of sunflowers during the 123-mile seventh stage, starting in Tomblaine and finishing in La Planche des Belles Filles. Englishman Christopher Froome won the stage with a time of 4:58:35.

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The Cardinals' Jon Jay safely steals third as he contorts his body away from Rockies third baseman Jordan Pacheco's tag. St. Louis defeated Colorado 9-3 in their July 2 matchup.