The best sports images from the last 24 hours

Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale (left) wrestles with Sandro Ranieri during a team training session in London on Monday. Tottenham Hotspur are play Inter Milan in a Champions League group qualifier in London.

Bale impressed one and all the last time Spurs met defending champs Inter Milan in their group qualifier two weeks ago.

Bale's hat-trick brought the Spurs back into the match, and now as both teams go into Tuesday's Champions League return leg at San Siro, the focus is on the Welshman.

"Bale played a great game," Inter president Massimo Moratti said after his stunning treble.

"In the past we have tracked him but now he's worth an awful lot more. We were a bit shocked by that Tottenham comeback."

Rangers team manager Walter Smith (left) and player Lee McCulloch joke at a news conference in Valencia on Monday.

Valencia and Rangers lock horns at the Mestalla Stadium on Tuesday in a crucial Champions League group C match.

Both sides are fighting for second place and a spot in the knockout phase of the competition.

Rangers are in second sitting a point above Valencia after a tense 1-1 draw in Glasgow last time out.

The stakes are high for the return match in Spain as the loser would have an uphill task to qualify for the last 16 stage.

India's Sachin Tendulkar relaxes during a practice session in Ahmedabad on Monday.

The Indian cricket team arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for their first match of the three-Test series against visitors New Zealand, starting November 4 at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera.

The Indian team practiced at the stadium in the afternoon.

For Tendulkar this venue has always been a happy hunting ground . He had scored his career's first double century at Motera stadium against New Zealand in 1999.

He also celebrated his 20 years in Test cricket at the same stadium by scoring a century against Sri Lanka in November 2009.

A New Orleans Saintsations dancer, dressed as the character Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz, smiles during the New Orleans Saints NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in New Orleans, on Sunday.

The New Orleans Saints beat the Steelers 20-10.

Former US Presidents George H W Bush (left) and his son, George W Bush, arrive to throw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4 of Major League Baseball's World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday.

The San Francisco Giants won the game 4-0.

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham (left) celebrates with Edson Buddle (centre) after the latter scored in Game 1 of their MLS Western Conference semi-finals against Seattle Sounders FC, at Qwest Field in Seattle on Sunday.

Galaxy won the match 1-0.

Kennya Cordner of Trinidad and Tobago (left) jumps for the ball over Natalie Vinti of Mexico during the CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying match at the Beto Avila stadium in Cancun on Sunday.

Mexico comprehensively won the match 2-0.