1. Cheerleaders perform during the women’s preliminary round Group B basketball match between Great Britain and Canada.

2. Austria’s Corinna Kuhnle competes in the women’s kayak slalom single yesterday at Lee Valley Water Park in London.

3. Thailand’s Nina Lamsan Ligon aboard Butts Leon rides past spectators as she competes in the cross country phase of the eventing competition.

4. Japan’s gymnast Kazuhito Tanaka competes on the floor during the men’s team final of the artistic gymnastics event.

5. Great Britain’s Ben Ainslie heads to the mark in the finn sailing class.

6. South Korea’s Park Tai-Hwan competes in the men’s 200m freestyle final swimming event.

7. South Africa’s Chad le Clos competes in the men’s 200m butterfly semi-final swimming event.

8. Great Britain’s Matthew Daly (left) challenges Argentina’s Pedro Ibarra during their London 2012 Olympic Games hockey match at the Riverbank Arena. (Photos: AFP)