Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Marius Copil serves to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo during the BCR Open Romania tennis tournament in Bucharest Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

A McLaren mechanic prepares the tyres in the team garage ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Pix Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Chelsea's Joe Cole moves in to close down Queens Park Rangers' Alejandro Faurlin during the Blues' 1-0 victory in the Carling Cup third round match at Stamford Bridge Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Danny Wellbeck seems to have taken inspiration from Usain Bolt as he celebrates his goal during United's 1-0 victory over Wolves in their Carling Cup Third Round match at Old Trafford Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Kaiserslautern's Martin Amedick and Bayer Leverkusen's Manuel Friedrich go up for a header amidst a melee of players during the German cup (DFB-Pokal) match which Kaiserslautern won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Sam in the 12th minute Photograph: Johannes Eisele/Reuters

Real Madrid's Kaka celebrates with team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, after scoring a penalty in Real's 2-0 away win at Villarreal Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

Striking a pose reminiscent of Hot Shot Hamish, Magno Alves of Umm Salal slams home the winning goal in their 3-2 victory over FC Seoul in their AFC League quarter final first leg match in Doha Photograph: Udayan Nag/AP

Edmonton Oilers' J.F. Jacques, right, gets walloped by Calgary Flames' Robyn Regehr as they scrap during their pre-season NHL match Photograph: John Ulan/The Canadian Press/AP

Los Angeles Angels' Maicer Izturis loses his bat and strikes out against the New York Yankees during the eighth innings of their MLB match in Anaheim Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

South Africa's rugby player Francois Steyn fails to catch the ball during his first training session with Racing-Metro team-mates. Steyn arrived in France on Monday after signing a three-year contract with Racing-Metro Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

Pakistan circketer Umer Akmal is hit by the ball bowled by West Indies bowler David Bernard during The Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and West Indies which Pakistan won by five wickets Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

The shadow of a batsman during the England nets session at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images