Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Houston Rockets' Dikembe Mutombo lies injured in the first half of their NBA basketball play-off game against the Portland Trail Blazers Photograph: Bruce Ely/AP

Rafael Nadal plays a shot during a training session on day two of the 2009 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell tennis tournament Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

The Kawasaki Frontale goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima punches the ball away from the head of Dylan Macallister during Frontale's 2–1 victory over Central Coast Mariners of Australia in the AFC Champions League group H match in Tokyo Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images

Spanish bullfighter Sergio Aguilar is gored by his second bull, Tapero, during a bullfight at the La Maestranza bullring in Seville Photograph: Julio Munoz/EPA

Getafe's goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic can only watch as the Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuaín goes round him and then rolls the ball into the empty net … Photograph: Pierre-philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images

… and then Higuaín runs to the corner to celebrate … Photograph: Paul White/AP

… before being swamped by team-mates Royston Drenthe, bottom left, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, top left, and goalkeeper Iker Casillas, top right, as they celebrate the winning goal in Real's 3–2 victory Photograph: Paul White/AP

A fine mist covers Yankee Stadium as the New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera pitches to Oakland Athletics batter Ryan Sweeney in the ninth inning of their MLB American League baseball game which the Yankees won 5–3 Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) dunks as Detroit Pistons' Tayshaun Prince, left, and Anderson Varejao of the Cavaliers look on during the third quarter of Game 2 of their NBA Eastern Conference basketball play-off series Photograph: Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters

Television cameras follow Ding Junhui in action during his first-round match in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Fernando Torres cuts a dejected figure as Liverpool's title ambitions were severely dented by their 4–4 draw against Arsenal at Anfield Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

San Jose Sharks' goalie Evgeni Nabokov lies beaten on the ice after Anaheim Ducks' Bobby Ryan (not shown) scored during their first-round NHL hockey play-off game Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

Yashpal Singh of the Kolkata Knight Riders dives but fails to make the catch and batsman Yuvraj Singh of King's XI Punjab must be a relieved man Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images