Australia's wicketkeeper Brad Haddin attemps to run out Peter McGlashan of New Zealand during their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at The Oval which Australia won by seven wicketsPhotograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesFernando González demonstrates the power which helped him brush Andy Murray aside in four sets and set up a French Open semi-final against Robin Soderling Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action ImagesGerman gymnast Alfons Klein, 75, performs an exercise during the the seniors' competition at the International German Gymnastics Festival 2009 in FrankfurtPhotograph: Arne Dedert/EPA
Afghan bodybuilders flex their muscles for the judges during the Mr Afghanistan competition in Kabul. Under the Taliban regime, the Mr Afghanistan contest was banned as sportsmen were forbidden to appear partially naked in publicPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesBrazil's goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes gets a faceful of grass as he catches the ball during a training session in Teresopolis, Brazil ahead of Saturday's World Cup 2010 qualifying match against UruguayPhotograph: Satiro Sodre/APMahe Drysdale rows through the early-morning mist during a Rowing New Zealand elite squad training session at Lake KarapiroPhotograph: Phil Walter/Getty ImagesLionel Messi keeps his eyes on the ball as he does a spot of ball juggling during a training session in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires ahead of Argentina's 2010 World Cup qualification match against Colombia on SaturdayPhotograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty ImagesSri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan looks back to see his bails and a stump flying through the air as he is bowled by Bangladesh's Mashrafe Mortaza during their Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match at Trent Bridge Photograph: Jon Super/APMarcelo Salas waves to an appreciative crowd before his farewell match from professional football in Santiago. Salas finished his career, aged 34, as the top scorer of Chile's national squad after having played for River Plate in Argentina as well as Lazio and Juventus in ItalyPhotograph: Roberto Candia/APArizona Diamondbacks' Ryan Roberts buries his head in the dirt after being tagged out diving back to first during the fifth innings of the Diamondbacks' MLB game against the Los Angeles DodgersPhotograph: Chris Carlson/APVictoria Azarenka stretches to play a low backhand return during her 6-1, 4-6, 2-6 defeat to Russia's Dinara Safina during their French Open quarter-final matchPhotograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
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