Sport: 24 hours in pictures

The most striking sporting images from around the world in the last 24 hours
  
  


24 Sport: Ang Tshring Shrepa plays a shot in Kongde
Ang Tshring Shrepa, owner of Nepal's largest domestic airline, Yeti Airways, hired a helicopter to reach an idyllic spot from which to practice his golf swing. Sherpa, who has a seven handicap, plans to invite Tiger Woods to play a few shots at this location, which is more than 4,420 metres above sea level Photograph: Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters
24 Sport: Damaged stands at tennis court in Benidorm
Damaged stands following strong winds at a tennis court in Benidorm, Alicante, which forced the opening day of the Davis Cup match between Spain and Serbia to be cancelled Photograph: Kai Foersterling/EPA
24 Sport: Dominican Republic's David Ortiz jokes in the dugout
Dominican Republic player David Ortiz jokes in the dugout in front of his team-mates Photograph: Hans Deryk/Reuters
24 Sport: Hannah Kearney
Hannah Kearney of the United States practices an aerial jump ahead of the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in Inawashiro, Japan Photograph: Katsumi Kasahara/AP
24 Sport: Olympic rings
A young girl looks at a neon depiction of the Olympic rings near Vancouver International Airport Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP
24 Sport: Lleyton Hewitt vs Kittipong Wachiramanowong
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt returns the ball to Thailand's Kittipong Wachiramanowong during a Davis Cup match in Bangkok, Thailand. Hewitt defeated Kittipong 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
24 Sport: Henrik Lundqvist
The puck sneaks past the New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist in the second period of an NHL game against the New York Islanders. The Rangers won 4-2 Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP
24 Sport: IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens - Day Two
Ollie Phillips of England in action during a Pool E match against Tunisia at the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images
24 Sport: Men's Half-Pipe
A snowboarder flies through the air during the men's half-pipe at the Snowboard FIS European Cup event in Moscow, Russia Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
24 Sport: Tapered leather ball
An organiser holds up the tapered leather ball which is used in the annual Fastern Eve Handba event in Jedburgh's High Street in the Scottish Borders. The event, which started in the 1700s and has no rules, takes place every year and involves two teams the 'Uppies' and 'Doonies' getting the ball to either the top or bottom of the town Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
24 Sport: Tunisia's Mezgar and Zegden lie on the pitch
Tunisia's Amor Mezgar, right, and Khaled Zegden lie injured during a match against Kenya on the first day of the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai Photograph: Jumana El Heloueh/Reuters
24 Sport: France's Davis Cup team player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
France Davis Cup player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is reflected in a window while practising for a match against the Czech Republic in Ostrava Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters
 

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