Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Ted "The Count" Hankey soaks up the applause as he enters the arena during the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton. Hankey, the current BDO world champion, bounced back to winning ways with a 5-4 victory in a must win match against Wayne Mardle, to keep his hopes alive of making it to the last 16 Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images

Brazil's Buru and goalkeeper Mao try to block a shot by Nigeria's Gabriel Agu during their Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup match. Brazil, the defending champions, produced a masterclass of beach soccer to sweep aside the African champions Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images

Philadelphia Flyers' players, staff and fans watch a highlight video on former player Dave Schultz during his induction ceremony to the Flyers' Hall of Fame before the NHL game with the New Jersey Devils Photograph: Matt Slocum/AP

Three yachts compete during day 10 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP

Greece national team players wear protective face-masks upon their arrival at Donetsk airport, ahead of their World Cup qualifying play-off second leg against Ukraine on Wednesday. In recent weeks a swine flu panic has enveloped Ukraine Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

Gerald Wallace of the Charlotte Bobcats grabs a rebound during the Bobcats' 97-91 defeat to the Orlando Magic Photograph: Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images

Kaka finds himself the centre of attention of the Omani fans during a training session in Muscat ahead of Brazil's friendly against Oman Photograph: Mohammed Mahjoub/AFP/Getty Images

Its A Classic ridden by Mark Grant on their way to winning the Windsor Partners Mazar-e Sharif Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase at Plumpton Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA