Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brad Lidge, right, and catcher Carlos Ruiz drop to their knees in delight after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 to win Major League Baseball's World Series Photograph: Ray Stubblebine/Reuters

San Lorenzo football fans drape themselves in a huge banner in support of their team at the Nuevo Gasometro Stadium in Buenos Aires Photograph: Leo La Valle/EPA

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France serves the ball to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic during their second round match at the Paris Masters Tennis tournament Photograph: Philippe Perusseau/EPA

Work is carried out on the floodlights at the Stanford Cricket Ground, Antigua, ahead of the next Super Series 20/20 match Photograph: Gareth Copley/Press Association

Riders falls on a dusty road during the sixth stage of the 22nd Tour du Faso cycling race between Laye and Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

AS Roma's Francesco Totti under the pouring rain during a Serie A match against Sampdoria at Rome's Olympic stadium Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Spanish rider Jordi Viladoms drives his KTM Rally 690cc bike through the Liwa desert, south of Abu Dhabi, during the UAE Desert Challenge Photograph: AFP

Ali Williams, left, and Ross Filipo are lifted in the lineout during an All Blacks training session held at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Photograph: Ross Land/Getty

Miguel Angel Jimenez practices in a bunker ahead of the Volvo Masters golf tournament in Sotogrande, Spain Photograph: Paul White/AP