Sport images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
Each day, Mail Online's sports picture editor will select his favourite snaps from around the world in the past 24 hours. From this week's international football fixtures and basketball to baseball and cycling, there are some incredible photographs to feast your eyes upon, and we'll have a daily update.
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Water farce: Benfica's Rodrigo Lima (right) tussles with Jose Holebas of Olympiacos on a flooded pitch in Lisbon
Order of the boot: Wayne Rooney challenges Real Sociedad's Inigo Martinez and gets close to a rather sensitive area
Breaking bat: St Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig sees pieces of his bat go everywhere during the fourth inning of Game 1 of baseball's World Series
Long way down: Gary Hunt of the UK dives from the 27-metre platform during the final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Thailand
Not seeing eye to eye: Juventus' Uruguayan defender Jose Martin Caceres (left) vies with Real Madrid's defender Sergio Ramos
Fully focused: Li Na of China eyes the ball during her match against Sara Errani at the WTA championships match in Istanbul
Has the cat caught a birdie? Otto van Greunen and a feline spectator during day 2 of the Sunshine Big Easy Tour Championship in Johannesburg
At a canter: Moontime and Mickael Barzalona (far side) winning The British Stallion Studs E.B.F. TBA Maiden Stakes at Newmarket
Strong start: Oleg Chen of Russia in action during the men's 69 kg category of the clean and jerk at the World Weightlifting Championships in Poland
A good sign: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel at a press conference ahead of the Indian Grand Prix, next to some wise words on a chalkboard
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