Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Lewis Hamilton might not have won Formula One's first-ever night race - that was Fernando Alonso - but he did stretch his drivers' championship lead to seven points with a third place on the podium Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates after clinching his maiden tour title with a victory over top seed Novak Djokovic at the Thailand Open Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty

Jamie Spencer and Metaphoric go for matching headwear at Ascot, where they won the SIS Live Fenwolf Stakes Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

Not content with having his face on Berlin marathon medals following his record breaking 2007 run, Haile Gebrselassie returned to Germany at the weekend to become the first man ever to dip under two hours and four seconds Photograph: Ronny Hartmann/AFP

Not even Ryan Church's magic bat could prevent the New York Mets losing to the Florida Marlins yesterday Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Spurs' Benoit Assou-Ekotto is tackled by John Utaka as Portsmouth won 2-0 at home Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty

Valentino Rossi stands on the podium at Motegi after clinching his sixth MotoGP crown and his first since 2005. His T-shirt reads "Sorry for the delay" Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP

The odd socks of Hibernian's Yves Ma Kalambay were on the receiving end of a 3-0 drubbing by Rangers Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

Spain's Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño makes a splash at The Belfry after winning the British Masters in a play-off with the reigning champion Lee Westwood Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

San Diego Chargers' LaDainian Tomlinson goes for the off-the-shoulder look on the way to a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders Photograph: John G. Mabanglo/EPA

Hundreds of urban adventurers made the most of the weekend's unseasonably warm weather and took part in London's Rat Race event Photograph: Matthew Impey/EMPICS

Milan's Alexandre Pato, left, and Internazionale's Marco Materazzi go head-to-head at the San Siro Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

Great Britain's Shaun Simpson gets stuck in to the Red Bull Motocross of Nations Race, held at Donington Park Photograph: Julia Hoyle/Press Association