Take a trip around the world to find interesting perspectives of sporting events from the hardwood in Chapel Hill to the NFC playoffs in New Orleans and ski jumping in the Alps.
The statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic outside Malmo's Swedbank Stadion was vandalized last weekend after the Swedish soccer star bought stake in rival club Hammarby. It has since been removed. Johan Nilsson/TT via AP PBR kicked off its 2020 Unleash The Beast season with its first of four majors at the Monster Energy Buck Off at The Garden last weekend. Ezekiel Mitchell's season began with him being kicked off Awesome Man early. Emilee Chinn/Getty Images During a Minnesota Vikings drive near the end of the first half of their NFC wild-card game against the New Orleans Saints, a SkyCam fell to the turf, where Stefon Diggs posed. The Vikings made a field goal when play resumed and went on to win the game. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Simen Hegstad Krueger and Sjur Roethe of Norway collapsed after they took first and second, respectively, in the FIS Cross Country World Cup. Alexander Bolshunov of Russia rounded out the top three. Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Canadian tennis player Genie Bouchard ultimately lost her quarterfinal match of the ASB Classic to Amanda Anisimova, who plays Serena Williams in the semifinals. Hannah Peters/Getty Images Extra snow was hauled in for the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. The games began Thursday and run through Jan. 22. Leandre Duggan/EPA After 51 tries, Aris Thessaloniki finally beat PAOK in the Thessaloniki derby. Aris fans celebrated by lighting flares all around Kleanthis Vikeldis Stadium. Dimitris Tosidis/EPA The Dakar Rally is a 12-stage race that began in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 5 and ends in Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 17. Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images Polish ski jumper Dawid Kubacki won the Bischofshofen event of the four hills tournament, which gave him the overall victory in the tournament. Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images Surrounded by images of Jaylen Brown, 9-year-old Greta Nickerson takes a moment to snap a photo during warm-ups before the game involving the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks on Jan. 3. Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports