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Field hockey doesn't get the attention it deserves, but today is the day. Here, a motivated opponent is running full speed ahead to the ball. No one is going to get in her way if she has any say in the matter.

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Diving can be a graceful event to watch, for those who appreciate the art. But most of us never formally train to jump from a high post. We just enjoyed doing cannonballs at the local pool. Looks like we weren't alone!

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Sure, Canada is passionate about it. But that doesn't mean that the country below has noticed. Americans seem to be busy with baseball, basketball, and even lacrosse, at times. There just doesn't seem to be room for hockey in their hearts.

Baseball might seem like a dull game. There's a whole lot of standing around and throwing back and forth. Fans claim this part is fascinating, like a secret chess match with interesting moves to watch. But the game will always have its haters.

Boxing is literally the sport of punching each other in the face. Ideally, you would defend that space with soft gloves. But sometimes, a boxer is caught off guard. Here, a photographer captured exactly that moment for all to analyze.

Tennis is a sport that has high viewership for both genders. There are a few differences in playing style, and the men tend to hit harder and faster. Even Serena Williams admits that men's tennis is like a whole different world.

Basketball stars all seem to have one thing in common. They're incredibly tall, and this allows them to soar to heights most of us would consider a struggle. But there still has to be some method to shooting hoops, besides height. What's the strategy, right here?

Volleyball is a team sport that usually takes place at the beach. There are practices in gyms, too. But where is the harder terrain to play? This perfectly timed and sandy photo seeks to answer that question, once and for all.

We sometimes talk about jumping over hurdles as a metaphor for the tough things in life. But it actually is a track and field sport, and there are athletes who specialize in the task. Here, one runner fails to hop on time. How does it go for him?

They say that sportsmanship is dead in modern athletics. But here, opponents prove them wrong in a perfectly timed photo. As mister red bends forward, his blue friend decides to give him a boost from behind. A true blue friend, right?

The high jump is an event that is not easy for anyone in track and field. The shorter, stockier athletes usually turn to shotput and hammer throwing. The long-legged are the real stars of the show when it comes to the high jump. But is that their only career path?

This pole vaulter decided to take a while to gather her strength. Only, she did it in mid-air. Of course this isn’t actually the case, but it sure looks like it from this perfectly timed photo.

This crazy photograph was taken during a game of footvolley, a sport that combines elements from soccer and volleyball. One of the players is attacking, while the other is defending.

What makes this photograph so hilarious is the fact that their legs seem to be everywhere. They had to be extremely flexible to be able to move them in these directions!

Either this basketball player was really shocked by the fact that he dropped the ball, or this is some kind of horror flick in which the ball is attacking the basketball player.

Talking about being scared of the ball… This also seems like some kind of arthouse horror movie in which a baseball starts taking revenge on professional baseball players.

This athlete seems to be employing an unknown tactic, in which she now plays upside down. It looks like she’s actually calling for the ball to be passed to her.

This hilarious picture was timed to perfection by the courtside photographer and we’re glad we were able to include it today!

Remember that photo a few slides back, of the father saving his son from a baseball bat to the face? Yeah, this man wasn’t as lucky.

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This father and his daughter were attending a baseball game, when a baseball was hit in their direction. The daughter bravely went for the catch… But missed.

This swimming duo was ready to show the judges just how great their performance really was. The athlete standing on the other’s shoulders, seems to be going all in.

Some angles just don’t look very flattering. This athlete had just finished pole vaulting and hit the mat, when a photographer decided to capture the moment.

This athlete is going for a cannonball. The look on his face is absolutely hilarious. Whereas divers usually seem to be as graceful as a swan when you see them do their thing in real time, this all changes when you take pictures of them during their dive.

Gymnastics is this athlete’s passion. You can see it in the way she looks at the equipment she’s jumping towards.