Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Fans cheer as Astana cyclist Lance Armstrong speeds past them in the time trial of the Tour of California in Solvang, California. Photograph: Phil Klein/Reuters

Western Force's Haig Sare clears the ball from the pack during their Super 14 rugby union match against the Cheetahs at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia. Photograph: Reuters

Polish athletes compete during the 29th Ice and Snow Sailing World Championship 2009 in Riga. Photograph: Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images

Mounted Kyrgyz men play the traditonal central Asian sport of Kok-Boru in Bishkek. The players on horseback compete for points by throwing a stuffed sheepskin into a well. Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James takes a hook shot against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first half of their NBA encounter. Photograph: Darren Hauck/AP

Yuuki Itoh gets airbourne on her first jump during the women's ski jumping K90 event at the Nordic skiing World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Luke Donald is silhouetted as he plays his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, California. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

Finishing his round after dark, Japanese teen golf sensation Ryo Ishikawa is disappointed as he talks with reporters after failing to make the cut at the Northern Trust Open. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP

Four riders do a synchronized flip during the Crusty Demons Unleashed Tour of New Zealand. Photograph: Sandra Mu/Getty Images

Toulon's Tana Umaga runs with the ball as Stade Francais' Mark Gasnier, left, and Rodrigo Roncero, right, close in during their French rugby championship match at the Jean Bouin stadium, Paris. Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP

Pacos Ferreira's players Aderito Carvalho "Dede", Danielson Trindade, left, and goalkeeper Julio Coelho, second left, argue with referee Jorge Sousa during their 2-0 defeat to FC Porto at the Mata Real Stadium in Pacos Ferreira. Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images

Tobias Wendl, left, and Tobias Arlt, of Germany, race down the track on their second run at the Luge World Cup in Whistler, British Columbia. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP