Pictures Of The Day

BIG BALLS IN SID TOWN. Tourism New Zealand's Giant Rugby Ball is seen in it's new location at Circular Quay to promote the Rugby World Cup 2011 and New Zealand as a tourism destination, at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on September 1, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The Ball, which is held up by air and down by water and can fit 200 people inside. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images AsiaPac)

MORE BAD UNIS. Croatian team prepares to play against Italy in the Mladost venue swimming pool of Zagreb on September 2, 2010 during their group match of the water polo European championships. (Photo by AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva from Russia practices singing XTC's obscure hit song Making Plans For Nigel using the traditional “air microphone” prior to her match against Sabine Lisicki from Germany during the US Open. (Photo by AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

 

NOT TO BE OUTDONE. Yanina Wickmayer of Belguim also practices singing XTC's obscure hit song Making Plans For Nigel using the traditional “air microphone” prior to her match against Julia Goerges of Germany during 2010 U.S. Open. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE DAY. International basketball is different. Very different. Here, a Lithuanian cheerleader dances with a basketball during the preliminary round match between Argentina and Serbia at the FIBA World Basketball Championships in Kayseri, Turkey on September 2, 2010. (Photo by Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images)