Sport: 24 hours in pictures

A steaming scrum during Saracens' 28-9 victory over Toulon in their Amlin Challenge Cup match at Vicarage Road Photograph: Tony Marshall/Empics Sport Photograph: Tony Marshall/guardian.co.uk Ousmane Berthe of Mali climbs above Hameur Bouazza during Algeria's 1-0 victory over Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Joe Klamar/guardian.co.uk A proud Aston Villa fan displays their fine collection of badges at the Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Blackburn at Ewood Park. He would have been happy as well as proud at the final whistle as Villa won 1-0 thanks to a James Milner goal midway through the first half Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Photograph: Carl Recine/guardian.co.uk Zuela, left, and David Magalhaes of Angola crowd out Malawi's Chiukepo Msowoya during Anglola's 2-0 victory in their Group A match at the Africa Cup of Nations Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Joe Klamar/guardian.co.uk A spectator cheers as Frank Verhoestraete rides past on his KTM in stage 12 of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 2010 Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/guardian.co.uk Ana Ivanovic returns the ball during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open which gets under way on Monday Photograph: Andy Wong/AP Photograph: Andy Wong/guardian.co.uk The peloton passes during the Veluwemeertocht, one of the 12 marathon classics on natural ice in Elburg, Netherlands. Geert Jan van der Wal won the 100km race Photograph: Vincent Jannink/EPA Photograph: Vincent Jannink/guardian.co.uk A trainer at the al-Nassir boxing club in Gaza City puts his Palestinian boxers through an exercise to improve their bobbing and weaving Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters Photograph: Mohammed Salem/guardian.co.uk Dinara Safina casts her shadow on the court as she plays a shot during a training session in Melbourne Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Photograph: David Gray/guardian.co.uk Regal Barcelona's Ricky Rubio nutmegs Montepaschi's Benjamin Eze during Barca's 85-70 victory in their Euroleague match at Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Lluis Gene/guardian.co.uk Two Roma defenders can't stop Wasps' Tom Varndell from going over the line to score one of his two tries during the team's 50-16 win in their Amlin Challenge Cup match Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA Photograph: Rebecca Naden/guardian.co.uk Tanja Schaerer practices ahead of the Ladies Aerial competition at the 2010 Freestyle FIS World Cup at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photograph: Jamie Squire/guardian.co.uk