Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Russia's Evgenia Kanaeva performs with a ribbon during a qualification round at the rhythmic gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Japan Photograph: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

Anna Bessonova of Ukraine performs with a ball during another qualification round Photograph: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

Aliya Yussupova of Kazakhstan performs Photograph: ISSEI KATO/Re

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga celebrates bowling out New Zealand's Nathan McCullum in the first match of the Compaq Cup series in Colombo Photograph: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/R

Jack Wilshere battles with Michail Boukouvalas during the Uefa Under-21 Championship qualifier between Greece and England at the Asteras Tripolis stadium Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

The Republic of Ireland's Caleb Forlan collides with South Africa's Morgan Gould during a friendly at Thomond Park, Limerick Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Workers are seen outside Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 94,000-seat stadium will host the World Cup final next year Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP

The pack cycles during the 10th stage of La Vuelta Tour of Spain race between Alicante and Murcia Photograph: FELIX ORDONEZ/R

Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz delivers to the Baltimore Orioles in the seventh innings of a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park. Buchholz pitched seven scoreless innings against the Orioles Photograph: Steven Senne/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Arms everywhere as Dimitar Angelov of Bulgaria challenges Turkay's Ersan Ilyasova during their EuroBasket 2009 Group D match in Wroclaw, Poland Photograph: Czarek Sokolowski/AP

Don Fleming, 82, and Tom Gory, 84, wait to take part in a geriatric hockey tournament in Burnaby, British Columbia. Players from the US and Canada have gathered to play in the three-day tournament Photograph: ANDY CLARK/REUTERS

Don Fleming, 82, sits on the bench Photograph: ANDY CLARK/REUTERS