Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Mucky scenes at the Wattoluempiade (mud olympics) as players compete for the ball during a football match on the mudflats of the river Elbe near Hamburg Photograph: Christian Charisius/Reuters

A Ferrari mechanic carries a life-size photo of Italian Formula One driver Luca Badoer through the pit lane after the Belgium grand prix Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA

Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo of the Fiat Yamaha team heads down a straight during the MotoGP race in Indianapolis Photograph: Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images

Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan celebrates finishing second in the 250cc race Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Carl Edwards performs a backflip after winning the Nascar Nationwide Napa Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal Photograph: Jason Smith/Getty Images

Goalkeeper Gudbjoerg Gunnarsdottir of Iceland plucks the ball from the air during the Uefa Women's Euro 2009 Group B match between Germany and Iceland at Ratinan Stadium, Finland Photograph: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images

Germany's hockey goalkeeper Maximilian Weinhold slumps to the ground inside the goal after losing to England at the EuroHockey championship in Amstelveen Photograph: United Photos/Reuters

Dog Chazz leaps off the back of Wilmer Kuiper during the Butch Cassidy Cup – a German dog frisbee championship in which judges grade the sportiness, security and acrobatics of the performances Photograph: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images

Juventus' Diego shoots and scores past Roma goalkeeper Julio Sergio Bertagnoli during their Serie A match at the Olympic stadium in Rome Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Padraig Harrington of Ireland chips out of the sand trap on to the 11th green during the final round of The Barclays at Liberty National in New Jersey Photograph: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

A Brazilian cowboy tries to stay on his bull during the Professional Bull Riders World Cup in Barretos, northwest of Sao Paulo Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters