Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Theo Walcott scores his third against Croatia to earn his hat-trick Photograph: Alaistair Grant/AP

Joe Cole goes down after being elbowed by Robert Kovac Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty

Wayne Rooney scores England's third of the night Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Croatia fans before the kick-off in the Maksimir Stadium Photograph: Michael Regan/Action

Scotland celebrate their second goal as they beat Iceland 2-1 away from home Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Northern Ireland's Sammy Clingan loses out to the Czech Republic's Radoslav Kovac, though the game ended goalless Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty

Ched Evans and Russia's Sergei Ignashevich tussle for the ball before Wales eventually lose 2-1 in Moscow Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Luxembourg celebrate their winner against Switzerland as they earn a shock 2-1 win Photograph: Walter Bieri/AP

Anthony Kappes and his pilot celebrate winning their men's sprint at the Paralympics Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty

David Weir races in the men's 400m in Beijing Photograph: Feng Li/Getty

Britain's Heather Frederiksen on her way to a new world record and a gold medal in the 100m backstroke Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Britain's men's sprint team at the starting line before their gold medal-winning race Photograph: Alexander Yuan/AP

Sarah Storey celebrates her victory in the pursuit in a time that would have earned her seventh place in the Olympics Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty

China take on Japan in the sitting volleyball in Beijing Photograph: Grace Liang/Reuters

China's He Junquan leaps into the pool for the final of the men's 50m butterfly at the Paralympics Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters