Japanese commentators lose their minds as former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins Indy 500.
佐藤琢磨日本人初のインディー500優勝!!!
この凄さ分かる人は少ないかもしれない。
本当に凄い事なんだよ。
本当に本当に凄い事なんだ。
おめでとう。
本当におめでとう。
君は最高だ!!!!#indyjp pic.twitter.com/KieIPURpHO— とーい (@yuzuzu1018) May 28, 2017
When athletes wear clothes and are almost unrecognisable. Behold one super sprinter Allyson Felix.
BFF climbers
Tiger Woods falls further from grace but perhaps needs our support rather than people giving his mugshot to the papers. (As a former sub editor for newspapers, however, I cannot help but admire the headline).
Headline nailed. pic.twitter.com/r1vuUzdr5o
— Sam Pang (@MrSamPang) May 30, 2017
… as fellow golf pro Martin Kaymer puts it so eloquently.
#tiger pic.twitter.com/29oFi5tJLy
— Martin Kaymer (@MKaymer59) June 1, 2017
… and former Liverpool footballer.
Spot on …. come on @TigerWoods, you've got this #tigersupport https://t.co/mMZy8fhByw
— Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) June 2, 2017
Rogue Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios trains for the French Open in his own indomitable way.
"When I'm back at home I don't really train that much on clay because it makes my car dirty." -Kyrgiоs, Nick#rg17
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) May 30, 2017
When kids do sport…
This still makes me laugh from Saturday's first ever Kids' Kilometre event ??? #emf2017 #kidskilometre pic.twitter.com/AZ3fOe4uqb
— Edinburgh Marathon (@MrHairyHaggis) May 29, 2017
When you’re retired-ish and happy with life.
Months after a plane crash decimated a Brazilian football squad, they are top of the league.
Just 6 months on from their crash, Chapecoense are top of the league…
…for the first time in their history! ❤ pic.twitter.com/c0RG8szgKq
— BigSport (@BigSportGB) May 31, 2017
When you love your job.
Smilin on through to a semi final finish today at #OKFijiPro The support and energy in the lineup was amazing ? @wsl pic.twitter.com/QDp8MZE1H9
— Sally Fitzgibbons (@Sally_Fitz) May 31, 2017
When you’ve got a legend of your sport choreographing your short dance…
"Guess what!?"
Our SD for 2017/18 is to Torvill and Dean's Rhumba D'Amour choreographed by @torvillanddean remixed by @skatingmusicguy ?? pic.twitter.com/fwlgl3ubGC— Nicholas Buckland (@N_Buckland) May 31, 2017
Nicely put by one of our favourite sports writers, Tom Fordyce from BBC Sport.
Some sort of balm to be in a multicultural, multi-faith city, going to a cricket match that unites two adversarial nations #INDVPAK pic.twitter.com/lll8Ngf124
— tomfordyce (@tomfordyce) June 4, 2017