Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Sheffield United's Billy Sharp, centre, pokes the ball past past Hull City keeper, Boaz Myhill, right, and Michael Turner to score the Blades' equaliser. Hull went on to win the fifth round FA Cup replay 2-1. Photograph: Paul Thomas/AP

Carolina Hurricanes' goalkeeper Cam Ward turns away a shot from Tim Connolly of the Buffalo Sabres during their NHL match. The Hurricanes won 2-1. Photograph: Karl B DeBlaker/AP

Real Madrid's Axel Hervelle and Maccabi Tel Aviv's D'or Fischer jump for the ball during their Euroleague Top 16 group F basketball match in Tel Aviv, Israel. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Tim Clark of South Africa plays his tee shot on the 12th hole during his victory over Tiger Woods in the second round of Accenture Match Play Championships at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain, Arizona. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

A fan of Estudiantes de la Plata breaks through a hole in a large team flag before a Copa Libertadores match against Bolivia's Universitario de Sucre in La Plata, Argentina. Photograph: Eduardo Di Baia/AP

Matt Barnes of the Phoenix Suns defends as Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant goes up for a shot during their NBA game. Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP

Olympic Champion Yelena Isinbayeva clears the bar during the pole vault competition at the World Record Holders meeting in Prague, Czech Republic. Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

Richard Dunne of Manchester City climbs above Dame Ndoye of FC Copenhagen to head the ball clear during a rain soaked UEFA Cup Third Round Second Leg match in Manchester. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images

Romania's four-man bobsled team speed down the track during on a training run at the Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Photograph: Peter Morgan/AP

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is focused ahead of heading out on to the track during formula one winter testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, Valencia. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Sale Sharks lock, Sebastien Chabal, trains with the France rugby union team in Marcoussis, south of Paris. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Taihei Kato of Japan in the Ski Jumping 134M Hill Trial at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

Zenith St Petersburg's Ivica Krizana shields the ball from Stuttgart's Mario Gomez during Zenith's 2-1 away win in the UEFA Cup. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Yuvraj Singh of India his the ball skyward during the second Twenty20 international match between the New Zealand Blacks Caps and India at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand. Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty Images