The week in sport – in pictures

Borussia Dortmund fans celebrate their team's Bundeliga triumph with a fake trophy Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel focuses ahead of a practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix. His focus pays off as the reigning champion registers his first win of the season Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Speaking of focused, Sylvain Guintoli, on a Ducati, takes the lead and then victory in the first heat of the WC Superbike on the TT Circuit of Assen Photograph: Vincent Jannink/AFP/Getty Images

Novak Djokovic strikes a balletic pose as he returns the ball to Rafael Nadal during the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. Nadal finally managed to beat the world No1 in a final, thrashing Djokovic 6-3, 6-1 to win the competition for the eighth consecutive time Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

This Southampton fan has discovered the only upside of dressing up like a clown is that you ensure that you get a bit of space in the stands Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

The racing fraternity start 'em young. One year old racing fan Kieran John Kelly from Wicklow is enjoying the races and the sunshine on day one of the Punchestown Festival Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

Race goers at day two of a now very wet Punchestown have to utilise the napkins if they're to get a good view of The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel four-year-old hurdle Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

The weather isn't just causing disruption in Ireland, over in Kolkata rain has stopped play in the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

It's a bit of a squeeze in this mountain village as the peloton climbs the Cote de Saint-Roch during the 98th Liege-Bastogne-Liege cycle road race Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Whilst we're on the subject of bicycles here's Didi Senft (otherwise known to Tour de France aficionados as 'El Diablo') in front of the National Stadium in Warsaw posing with a bike he has created to commemorate the Euro 2012 championship. Click here to check out some of El Diablo's other wacky creations Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

Olympic hopeful Abdul Rashid Bangura, 27, shadow boxes while training at the national stadium in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Sierra Leone's national boxing team has been scrambling to raise money to send athletes to an Olympic qualifying event starting in Morocco on Friday May 27, but lack of financing and government support means the competition is likely out of reach for most of the national team Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Brazil's Thiago Pereira warms up before the men's 200m individual medley finals at the Maria Lenk Trophy swimming competition in Rio de Janeiro. The competition is a qualification event for the 2012 London Olympics Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters

Seeing as these are students at the famous Shichahai Sports School, whose alumni have won many Olympic golds, maybe panda kendo is going to feature in the 2016 Olympic games Photograph: China Daily /Reuters