The week in sport – in pictures

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, skippered by Ian Walker, picks up speed as it exits the Strait of Malacca, during leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 Photograph: Volvo Ocean Race/Getty Images

BYU forward Brandon Davies attempts a shot as he falls during the NCAA college basketball game against St Mary's Photograph: Colin E. Braley/AP

Evgeni Plushenko gets in a spin during the men's free skating programme at the European Figure Skating Championships at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Mark McMorris soars through the air as he practises for the men's snowboard slopestyle finals during the Winter X Games 2012 Photograph: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

Some more Winter X competitors soar through the air. This time it's skiers Christian Mithassel (yellow) ahead of Casey Puckett (black), Dave Duncan (white), Daniel Bohnacker (red) and Alex Fiva (green). Mithassel held the lead to win the semi-final of the Men's Skier X Photograph: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

As Dwyane Wade has played 560 games for the Miami Heat you'd think he'd realise it's the ball, not his head, that needs to go in the basket Photograph: Darren Hauck/Reuters

Denwill Snowy and Droopys Mahers battle it out in the 13.12 480m flat at Brough Park in Newcastle Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Venus Williams shows off some nifty fingernail art as she listens to a reporter's question during a Fed Cup tennis news conference Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

Skaters, out of some 1,100 athletes, compete in the 200km (124 miles) race in Techendorf in Austria. Techendorf hosts the Alternatieve Elfstedentocht Weissensee (Alternative 11-City Races Weissensee), a traditional Dutch series of speed skating events for both professionals and amateurs with some 6,000 participants Photograph: Heinz-peter Bader/Reuters

The sun breaks through the clouds during a Newcastle United training session at the Little Benton Training Center Photograph: Ian Horrocks/Newcastle Utd via Getty Images

Vitali Klitschko, right, isn't trying out a few moves in a mirror, he's working out in the ring with his brother Wladimir during a training session ahead of his WBC title defence against Dereck Chisora on 18 February Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

A long exposure time is used to show the streak of headlights and tail lights at the Grand-Am Rolex 24-hour at Daytona International Speedway Photograph: David Graham/AP