Sport: 24 hours in pictures

A lighting tower is lifted into place at the Olympic Stadium in east London Photograph: Steve Bates/EPA Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway takes off during training for the Men's World Cup downhill in Norway Photograph: Alessandro Trovati/AP Promoter and former world champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya announces the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley during their joint press conference in Los Angeles Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images South African Jordy Smith posts the best result of his career, finishing runner-up at the ASP World Tour in Coolangatta Photograph: Kirstin Scholtz/AFP/Getty Images England bowler Ajmal Shahzad in action during the third ODI between Bangladesh and England in Chittagong Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Photograph: Stu Forster/guardian.co.uk Danielle Bowers of England warms up on the practice range at sunrise during round two of the 2010 ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Masterful footwork from Lukas Lacko of Slovakia as he returns to Daniel Koellerer during their second round match in the Davis Cup Photograph: Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images Perhaps not the most popular of spectator sports, a match between New Zealand and Korea in the International Field Hockey World Championship sees no shortage of seating in New Delhi Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA No way through for Sitiveni Sivivatu of New Zealand's Waikato Chiefs, met by Van Humphries and Leroy Houston of Australia's Queensland Reds during their Super 14 match Photograph: Nigel Marple/Reuters Triumph for Malaysian Anuar Manan as he crosses the finish line of Stage Five of the Malaysian Tour de Langkawi 2010, but German Tobias Erler maintains the overall lead Photograph: LTDL/AFP/Getty Images Matthew Wilson and Scott Martin of Great Britain compete in their Stobart Ford Focus during the Shakedown of the WRC Rally in Mexico Photograph: Massimo Bettiol/Getty Images Pittsburgh teammates celebrate the stuff of college basketball dreams after Ashton Gibbs scored for three on the final second, beating Providence 73-71 Photograph: Keith Srakocic/AP