The weird world of sport

There was only ever going to be one winner in this aerial clash when Austrian pilot Hannes Arch collided with a bird Photograph: Reuters

American golfer John Daly responds to suggestions he's losing the plot by donning the most conspicuous yellow pants he can find Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers catches his breath and gives the crowd an eyeful during an NBA Eastern Conference playoff basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks Photograph: Reuters

Bee keepers take centre stage at the Madrid Open tennis tournament to control a nasty swarm during a match between Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine and Sorana Cirstea of Romania Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Whitley Bay footballers celebrate wildly in front of tiers of empty stands at Wembley Stadium after winning the FA Vase Final Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

A Preston football fan with seemingly no shame cheers his side in their ill-fated Championship play-off against Sheffield United Photograph: Michael Regan/Action Images

Young boys try to catch a glimpse of a traditional wrestling tournament in Senegal's capital Dakar, but get caught red-handed Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Werder Bremen's Diego lets fly at the corner flag kung-fu style as he celebrates scoring against Hamburg during their Uefa Cup football match Photograph: Maurizio Gambarini/EPA

Grasshopper's Gonzalo Zárate loses his head against FC Sion during their Swiss Super League football match Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters

Lil Chicken and one of his Mexican wrestling rivals take costume design to a disturbing new level Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

A security guard wears a surgical mask to combat swine flu during a Mexican league football match between America and Necaxa in Mexico City Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

A scantily-clad competitor runs through fire during the Tough Guy Challenge 2009 in Wolverhampton. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

"I concussed myself pretty good, I have a throbbing headache, I hurt my knee and I've got a lot of neck pain. But I'm fine. I'm just missing 20 minutes of my life, and I probably don't want to remember it anyway," admitted Warren Shouldice after this spectacularly bad example of aerial skiing Photograph: Jacques Boissinot/AP

Sweden's Anna Carin Oloffson-Zidak has a sticker on her rifle featuring a baby's face, as she shoots during the IBU biathlon World Cup Photograph: Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images

A villager is flung by a bull during Jallikattu, a bull-taming sport, played in Madurai town, India Photograph: AP

Pittsburgh Steelers player Santonio Holmes cradles the ball after catching the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter during the NFL Super Bowl XLIII Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

"Up to twenty people in 'Slegoons' are released like greyhounds from the top of the mountain. It's a full contact, no-holds-barred race to the bottom, avoiding trees, rocks and spectators on the way," says creator Spike Reid, proudly. Photograph: Spike Reid/Rex Features

John Simpson plants a smacker on the cheek of Paul Truscott after beating him for the Commonwealth featherweight title Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images

France's Gael Monfils howls like a wolf after winning a point against Argentina's Martin Vassallo Arguello at the Australian Open in Melbourne Photograph: Mark Baker/AP