Amazing sports photos 2009

Pictures taken in April, May and June.







Fan «North Carolina Tar Heels» support your favorite team in the match against «Michigan State Spartans» on the game of the National Basketball Championship on April 6 in Detroit at the stadium "Ford". (Andy Lyons / Getty Images)



Fan of team South Africa awaits the Confederations Cup football match between South Africa and Spain at the stadium «Free State» Bloemfontein, South Africa, June 20. (AP Photo / Martin Meissner)



Brian McCann from the team «Atlanta Braves» freezes on the bench during a baseball game against Premier League team «Washington Nationals» National Park in Washington on April 21. McCann was at the doctor, who gave him a new lens on the left eye. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)



Hope races «Belmont Stakes» nicknamed "That's birdie" sticking his tongue out in anticipation of the soul after a morning workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, June 5. (REUTERS / Mike Segar)

Residents of a nearby village looking at Marathon participant on the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, 16 May. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)



Member of the 24th "Sandy marathon" in the Sahara desert dune climbs on April 1st. Participants were more than 200 km in 7 days in the Sahara Desert, Morocco. (PIERRE VERDY / AFP / Getty Images)



Paul Hawkins waiting for a wave on his board in Queenscliff Beach on May 1 in Sydney. Modern skating on the board with a paddle occurred in Hawaii in the 1960s, when surfing instructors watched his disciples in the water, sitting or standing on the boards. (Cameron Spencer / Getty Images)



Women's deuce - Paula Twining (left) and Anna Reimer rest during training on rowing competitions New Zealand at Lake Karapiro on June 3 in Cambridge. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)



Cyrille Oumendzhkane immersed in water from a height of 27, 5 meters during the competition on cliff-diving in La Rochelle, France, on 8 May. (XAVIER LEOTY / AFP / Getty Images)

Timo Clam dives during the competition at the Grand Prix diving «AT & T USA Diving Grand Prix» in the pool Fort Lauderdale on May 7. (Al Bello / Getty Images)



Michael Phelps warmed up before the competition «XLII Santa Clara International Invitational Swim Meet» June 12 in Santa Clara Basin. (Jed Jacobsohn / Getty Images)



Children watch as Andy Murray warms up before a tennis match at Queens Club in London on June 8. (REUTERS / Kieran Doherty)



Kobe Bryant of the «Los Angeles Lakers» (left) and Ron Artest of the «Houston Rockets» «exchanged courtesies" to match the second playoff series in Los Angeles on May 6. (AP Photo / Chris Carlson)



Michael Ballack of "Chelsea" (right) yells at referee Tom Henning Ovrebo during the Champions League match against the "Barcelona" at Stamford Bridge in London on 6 May. (REUTERS / Eddie Keogh)



Jacoby Elsberi from the team «Boston Red Sox» Jobe Chamberlain ahead of the «New York Yankees» at the stadium Fenway Park on April 24 in Boston. (Jim Rogash / Getty Images)



Participants of the 50th annual "cheese races" celebrating the victory outside Stilton High Street on May 4 in Stilton, England. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)



The Second Cup races on an office chair ride on the street in the village of Bad Koenig-Zell, Germany, April 25. (REUTERS / Johannes Eisele)



Girl enjoying rain on the upper balcony of the stadium. Because of the rain canceled the June 10 major league baseball game between the teams «Texas Rangers» and «Toronto Blue Jays» in Arlington, Texas. (REUTERS / Jessica Rinaldi)



Fans of the football team Ecuador «Deportivo Cuenca» support their team before the match against Argentina «Boca Juniors» Copa Libertadores in Cuenca, Ecuador, April 23. (AP Photo / Fernando Vergara)



Participants preparing to swim «Travessia dos Fortes» in Rio de Janeiro on April 5. (AP Photo / Ricardo Moraes)



Players school team Westwood, Massachusetts, lacrosse happy by winning the final against high school Wellesley College in Wellesley on June 4th. (Jim Davis / Globe Staff)



Teams compete in the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on 28 May. The festival is part of the celebrations in honor of Qu Yuan - Chinese poet, counter corruption of the imperial court. (MIKE CLARKE / AFP / Getty Images)



The team «Team Canada 1" during his brief speech at the World Championships in synchronized skating in Zagreb on April 3rd. (AP Photo / Darko Bandic)



Pakistani cricket fans watching the World Cup finals «Twenty20», which takes place in England between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, on the TV screen in Karachi on 21 June. (AP Photo / Shakil Adil)



Residents of Rustenburg, South Africa, collect water near the stadium "Royal Bakofeng" June 16 before the football match of the Confederations Cup. (XAVIER MARIT / AFP / Getty Images)