Sport: 24 hours in pictures

U.S. cross country skier Andrew Newell trains in rainy and foggy weather conditions ahead of the Tour de Ski competition in Oberhof, central Germany, which starts in the Thuringian Forest on 1st January Photograph: Jens Meyer/guardian.co.uk

Castres's winger Chris Masoe, second left, tries to break away with teammates Akvsenti Giorgadze, centre, and Ibrahim Diarra, second right during their 30-7 home win against Montauban which keeps them top of the table in the French Top14 Photograph: Remy Gabalda/guardian.co.uk

Clermont's fly-half Brock James runs past the despairing dive of Brive flanker Vincent Forgues during their French Top 14 match at the Marcel Michelin stadium. Clermont thrased derby rivals Brive 52-10 with James kicking the conversions for the home team's seven tries and a drop goal Photograph: Thierry Zoccolan/guardian.co.uk

Kevin Kemp wins the dunks challenge during France's national basketball league 2009 All Star Game at the Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy Photograph: Bertrand Langlois/guardian.co.uk

New York Knicks' Al Harrington lands on New Jersey Nets' Trenton Hassell as he goes in for a dunk during The Nets' 104-95 victory Photograph: Bill Kostroun/guardian.co.uk

Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor lets a shot by Damian Casalinuovo slip through his hands and legs and into the net to give a Dundee United a consolation goal in Rangers' 7 goal rout at Ibrox Photograph: Lee Smith/guardian.co.uk

A mid-air duel between Arsenal's Bacary Sagna and Portsmouth's Frederic Piquionne during Arsenal's 4-1 victory at Fratton Park Photograph: Matthew Impey/guardian.co.uk

Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland can only look back in despair as Wayne Rooney's shot flies past him and into the net for United's first goal in their 5-0 victory at Old Trafford Photograph: Alex Livesey/guardian.co.uk

A dejected Wade Dubielewicz, the Team Canada goalkeeper, lies on the ice after Vitali Koval of Dynamo Minsk scored during their ice hockey match at the Spengler Cup tournament Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/guardian.co.uk

A focused Raymond Van Barneveld makes his entrance ahead of his 4-1 victory over Kevin Painter to book his place in the quarter finals of the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace Photograph: John Gichigi/guardian.co.uk

Two men check the engine of a car during the technical verification of the Rally Dakar 2010. The rally will start in Buenos Aires on January 1, 2010 and continue through 14 stages in Argentina and Chile Photograph: Juan Mabromata/guardian.co.uk