Big Shots for March 5, 2010

This week Big Shots slops through the mud at the women's soccer Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal, plods through the rain at the soggy Tokyo Marathon, and then... gives an Australian rugby player a wedgie. There's much more absurdity in store this week, as well as the usual great action pictures, as Big Shots looks ahead to an upcoming post on the return of baseball. Spring can't be far away. ( 28 photos total)

Randwick Horse racing course hosts the Pink Stiletto race day in Sydney February 26. The Pink Stiletto race day, touted by organisers as the "world's inaugural gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender race day", aims to raise funds for an HIV charity. (REUTERS/Tim Wimborne)

Jockeys race to the finish line during the third round of the Al Maktoum Challenge at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai March 4. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

Sled dogs compete in the eastern German city of Oberwiesenthal February 26. 1500 dogs from 17 countries took part in the event. (UWE MEINHOLD/AFP/Getty Images) #

DeMarcus Cousins of the Kentucky Wildcats goes up for a shot against the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena February 27. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images) #

A Chinese tourist poses with Brazilian players pictured in a giant banner at Maracana Stadium March 2 in Rio de Janeiro. (ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Will Power drives past a sculpture of a giant spider during the IRL Indy Car Series Spring Testing at Barber Motorsports Park February 23 in Leeds, Alabama. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) #

North Carolina's Will Graves reacts after hitting the floor following a foul in an NCAA college basketball game against Florida State February 24 at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer/Robert Willett) #

David Barnes peeks over the edge of the track to get a better view of the men's long jump at the U.S. indoor track and field championships February 28 in Albuquerque. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz) #

Real Madrid's Marko Jaric (left, a former NBA player) vies with Bootsy Thornton of Efes Pilsen during their Euroleague group match at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul March 4. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images) #

A Wales fan reacts during their Six Nations rugby union match against France at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff February 26. (REUTERS/Darren Staples) #

Coach Emanuel Steward and boxer Wladimir Klitschko attend a training session at the Stanglwirt March 2 in Going, Austria. (Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images) #

Indiana coach Tom Crean talks with official Jim Burr during an NCAA college basketball game against Wisconsin in Bloomington, Ind. February 25. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) #

Tim Mack reacts to clearing his last height which eventually gave him the victory in the men's pole vault at the U.S. indoor track and field championships February 27 in Albuquerque. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz) #

American Carli Lloyd (left) fights for the ball with Norway's Solveig Gulbrandsen during their Algarve Women's Soccer Cup match in Olhao, Portugal February 26. (REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro) #

India's Gurwinder Singh Chandi (left) is challenged by Pakistan's Syed Abbas Hyder Bilgrami during the International Hockey Federation World Cup 2010 field hockey match in New Delhi February 28. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) #

Chris Vermeulen crashes during the Superbike World Championship round one race at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit February 28 in Phillip Island, Australia. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) #

A teenage boy jumps a BMX bike from a snowy bank in the town of Berezniki, Russia February 28. (EVGENY SAMARIN/AFP/Getty Images) #

A Thai worker dressed as a cowboy shows off his rope skills at the Cowboy City resort in Pak Chong, Thailand. Thailand's northeast Isaan region has developed its own cowboy scene over the past four decades, ever since US troops spent time in the country during the Vietnam War and left an indelible cultural stamp, say locals. (PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images) #

A man dressed as the cartoon character Anpanman takes part in the 2010 Tokyo marathon February 28. More than 30,000 athletes participated in the fourth running of the event. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) #

Germany's goalkeeper Rene Adler jumps over teammate Per Mertesacker as he vies for the ball with Argentina's Juan Sebastián Verón during their match in Munich March 3. (TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/Getty Images) #

Panathinaikos' Drew Nicholas (left) passes the ball against Barcelona during their Euroleague top 16 basketball game in Athens February 25. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) #

Melbourne Storm's cheeky Billy Slater is tackled by Leeds Rhinos' Matt Diskin and Rob Burrow (right) during their World Club Challenge match at Elland Road in Leeds February 28. (AP Photo/PA,/Anna Gowthorpe) #

FC Barcelona's Pedro Rodriguez (right) reacts after scoring against Malaga during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona February 27. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) #

Skier Steve Pribyl (left) gets help waxing his skies from his coach Steve Pribyl near the starting line of the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race February 27 in Cable, Wis. (AP Photo/Paul M. Walsh) #

Indian cricket batsman Sachin Tendulkar's fans in Ahmedabad, India celebrate Tendulkar's double century in the one-day international cricket against South Africa February 24. (AP Photo) #

Fans celebrate at the Nelspruit stadium in South Africa February 28 during a FIFA road trip ahead of the 100-day countdown to the 2010 World Cup. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) #

NASCAR car haulers parade down the Las Vegas Strip February 25 ahead of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (David Becker/Getty Images for NASCAR) #

Polona Hercog returns to Carla Suarez during the fifth day of the WTA Open in Acapulco February 26. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Big Shots for March 5, 2010