Week in sport – in pictures

A young believer in the maxim "the early bird gets the worm" makes sure he bagsys the best seats ahead of the Romanian Open tennis final between Florian Mayer of Germany and Pablo Andújar of Spain Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

A slow shutter speed illustrates the speed of Casey Stoner which took him to victory in the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP

Maybe Mark Cavendish should wear gold shoes after winning the men's road race elite event at the UCI World cycling championships in Copenhagen. He's the first Brit to win the title since Tom Simpson in 1965 Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

A woman looks into the eyes of a sculpture of Jack Nicklaus at Killeen Castle in Dunsany near Dublin. Nicklaus designed the golf course at Killeen Castle, where the Solheim Cup is being played. The Solheim Cup is a biennial, trans-Atlantic team matchplay competition featuring the best US born players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the best European members from the Ladies European Tour Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Floyd Mayweather slams a left to the head of champion Victor Ortiz in the third round of their WBC welterweight title fight. The fight ended in a controversial fashion in the next round Photograph: John Gurzinski/AFP/Getty Images

BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Leon Haslam leans into a bend during practice at the Superbike World Championship Round Eleven race in Imola Photograph: Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images

A pile-up during the Men's Elite Road Race competition in Copenhagen. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Tell-tale signs of a poor football match: the manager from one of the competing teams can't stay awake Photograph: Frances Leader/Action Images

Boston Red Sox fans try to catch a home run hit by Baltimore Orioles Mark Reynolds Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Mexico's Pablo Cesar Cano bleeds from a cut above his eye as he fights compatriot Erik Morales in the WBC super lightweight title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Rather unsurprisingly Morales was the victor Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

Speed dating Formula One style Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Getty Images

Norway's Pia Charlotte gets some assistance from a spectator who fixes her bike after she was involved in a crash during the junior women's road race at the UCI Road Race Championships ... Photograph: Thomas Sjoerup/AP

... which was won by a patriotic Lucy Garner Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

New Zealand's Dan Carter during the Captain's Run at Eden Park Photograph: David Davies/PA

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi loses control of his car at a chicane during qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Patrick Makau has a well-deserved drink after shattering the world men's marathon record by 21 seconds at the Berlin Marathon. Given the size of the glass, and the fact he's just run 26 miles, it probably took him a similar time to neck the Erdinger. Luckily for him it's alcohol free Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

The Russian team on their way to gold in the 5 balls event final at the 31st Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Montpellier Photograph: Vincent Damourette/EPA

A USA fan channels the spirit of Uncle Sam and Lucha Libre before their pool match against Australia at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Unfortunately it didn't work as the Wallabies trounced America 67-5 Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images