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Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

burning stadium
Construction workers watch smoke billow from an indoor stadium in Jinan, China. It's the second fire in four months to engulf the stadium which is being built for the 2009 China National Games Photograph: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters
cricket
A groundsman works on the wicket during England's second warm-up game against the The Mumbai XI at The Brabourne Stadium in India Photograph: Julian Herbert/Getty
Kevin Pietersen
England's captain Kevin Pietersen tries to engineer victory over Mumbai, but his team are humbled as they lose by 122 runs Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters
basketball
Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett composes himself during an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Boston. The home side and reigning champions won 94-87 Photograph: Adam Hunger/Reuters
swimming
Swimmers launch themselves into the water from newly designed platforms at the Stockholm Short Track World Cup. The new starting blocks are similar to those used in track and field races Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP
tennis
World No2 and defending Masters Cup champion Roger Federer enters the court for his match against Gilles Simon in Shanghai Photograph: Olivier Weiken/EPA
Andy Murray
Andy Murray gnarls his face midway through his clash with Andy Roddick at the Masters Cup. Murray was triumphant in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA
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