Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Argentinian fans welcome Juan Martín Del Potro home after he won this year's US Open Photograph: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

Young boys play tennis at the Club Independiente tennis school in Tandil where Del Potro first trained Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images

Riders in the Vuelta a España make their way from Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina ... Photograph: Toni Albir/EPA

... but not without taking time out for a call of nature Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters

Team Columbia-HTC rider Adam Hansen stretches out Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters

Paula Creamer putts on the fourth green at Torrey Pines as she takes part in the Pro-Am prior to the start of the Samsung World Championship in California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Dynamo Kiev's Gerson Magrao celebrates after scoring against Rubin Kazan in the Champions League Photograph: Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters

Edmonton Oilers' Sheldon Souray cracks the glass with a shot against the New York Islanders - much to the amusement of the fans - during an NHL hockey game in Alberta Photograph: Jimmy Jeong/AP

Dutch table-tennis player Elema Timina screams with delight after her women's team final match at the 2009 European Table Tennis Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. The Netherlands defeated Poland 3-1 Photograph: Bernd Weissbrod/EPA