A boy seems more interested in the sunflowers than the peloton as the riders in the 2009 Tour de France, including Egoi Martinez wearing the best climber's polka dot jersey, go pastPhotograph: Bas Czerwinski/APSpanish bullfighter Morante de la Puebla waits to make the Paseillo at the beginning of a bullfight during the San Fermin festival in PamplonaPhotograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/APMick Fanning performs an aerial 360 during a heat of the Pro2009 contest in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, on leg five of the 10-event World Championship Tour Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA
National League's Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros buys souvenirs in Busch Stadium before the MLB All-Star game in St Louis. The All-Star game is between the best of the American League and National League with the winning league having the home-field advantage during the World SeriesPhotograph: Charlie Riedel/APPresident Barack Obama winds up to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the All-Star game Photograph: Jeff Roberson/APA general view of the action at Busch StadiumPhotograph: EPAAustralia's Hope Munro weaves her way through the Chinese defence during the Champions Trophy round-robin match at Sydney Olympic Park, which ended in a 2-2 drawPhotograph: Dean Lewins/EPARoman Gonzalez lands a right on Katsunari Takayama's face during their WBA minimum-weight title bout in Kobe, Japan. Gonzalez defeated Takayama by a unanimous decision and retained his champion beltPhotograph: Kyodo/ReutersTom Watson hits out of the greenside bunker on the fifth hole during a practice round ahead of the Open at Turnberry. It is the veteran's penultimate Open and a return to the venue of his famous victory in 1977 where he triumphed after an enthralling head-to-head with Jack NicklausPhotograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersMiguel Angel Jiménez looks deep in thought as he puffs on a cigar during a practice round at TurnberryPhotograph: Mike Egerton/Empics SportTiger Woods tees off on the 10th hole as he gets a feel for the Turnberry coursePhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesThis multiple-exposure image shows Veniamin Reshetnikov, left, competing against Julien Pillet during the Individual Sabre gold medal match at the European Fencing Championship in Plovdiv, BulgariaPhotograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
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