Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Hunter Mahan and Anthony Kim of the USA admire the view from the sixth green during the Kiwi Challenge at Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand Photograph: Phil Walters/Getty

Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting hits a stroke in the nets at Feroj Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi ahead of the third Test against India Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Jayson Werth leaps but fails to catch a deep hit from Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena during their World Series baseball match Photograph: Ray Stubblebine/Reuters

A flock of geese seem oblivious to the horses flashing past them during the Ray Antell Big Birthday Handicap Stakes at Kempton Racecourse Photograph: Julian Herbert/Getty

Semedo Cafu of Omonoia and Nicos Katsavakis of Anorthosis leap for the ball amid the mist during their football match at GSP Stadium in Cyprus Photograph: Petros Karadjias/AP

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning calls a play against the Tennessee Titans in the first quarter of their NFL match in Nashville Photograph: Bill Waugh/AP

Trinidad and Tobago's Darren Bravo wheels away after hitting the winning runs to beat Middlesex during the Stanford Super Series. His side pocketed $280,000 for the victory Photograph: Gareth Copley/Press Association

Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins looks hopelessly for a dry spot during Game Five of the World Series. The match was suspended at 2-2 due to the weather Photograph: Ray Stubblebine/Reuters

Chinese farmers compete during the 'three person four leg' event at the sixth National Peasants' Games in the city of Quanzhou Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP