24 hours in sport: in pictures

Bremen, Germany: Tottenham Hotspur's (L-R) Peter Crouch, Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale attend a training session at the Weser stadium Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

Ostrava, Czech Republic: Jiao Li of the Netherlands serves a ball to Fank Zhu of Spain during the women's quarter final match at the 2010 European Table Tennis Championships Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA

San Joan Despi, Spain: Barcelona's Daniel Alves attends a training session a day after Barcelona's shock defeat by Hércules in La Liga Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP

Tokyo, Japan: Japan's Hiroki Tachiyama (white) fights against Uzbekistan's Abdllo Tangriev during the men's judo open category bronze medal match at the World Judo Championships Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

New York, USA: Kim Clijsters of Belgium poses with the women's US Open tennis trophy in Central Park Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Manchester, England: Rangers' Kenny Miller heads a ball during a training session at Old Trafford Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Brecon National Park, Wales: Tour of Britain professional cycle race, stage three, Newtown to Swansea. The riders ascend through driving rain into the Black Mountains Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Manchester, England: Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville of Manchester United in action during a training session ahead of their Champions League match against Rangers Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Cotobello, Spain: Team Rabobank rider Laurens Ten Dam of the Netherlands grimaces after falling during the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain 'La Vuelta' cycling race Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters

New Delhi, India: The Indian lawn ball team practice at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images