Such a diverse sport

In today's sportpalast you will see:

* aliens behind the wheel; * the drop through the head to score a goal; * the joy and frustration of sports fans and players...

...and much more.

(26 photos)

1. The race across the sand dunes in Glamis, California. (Gene Blevins / Reuters)

2. Quintrell Thomas (left) from "UNLV" fights for the ball with Kendall Marshall from the team's North Carolina basketball game in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

3. Italian pair Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix of figure skating in Moscow. (Grigory Dukor / Reuters)

4. A collage of photos depicting the decline over the head of Rob Gronkowski of "New England Patriots" against "Kansas City Chiefs" in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Rob was not injured, but scored a goal. (Brian Snyder / Reuters)

5. Pilot team "Red Bull" mark Webber of Australia (right) pours champagne on his friend Sebastian Vettel from Germany at the ceremony of awarding the winners of the Grand Prix Formula 1 Sao Paulo, Brazil. Webber won the last race of the season after Vettel had a problem with the transmission. (Victor R. Caivano / AP)

6. The ship "PUMA Ocean Racing" under the leadership of Ken reed fueled cargo ship "Zim Monaco" during the boat race "Volvo Ocean Race". (Amory Ross / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images)

7. Left to right: Maurice Evans, Derek Fisher, the head of the NBA players Union Billy hunter, chief judges David stern, his Deputy Adam silver and Peter Holt announce a trial employment contract, which should end the 149-day series of challenges in the NBA in new York. (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)

8. Australian Brendan Jones is looking for the ball at the 7th hole on the third day of the world Cup of Golf in Haikou, China (Kin Cheung / AP)

9. FC of Michigan Denard Robinson celebrates victory over "Ohio State" with a score of 40-34. (Gregory Shamus / Getty Images)

10. Serb Novak Djokovic takes the match against his compatriot Janko Tipsarevic in the final of the tennis tournament Barclays ATP in London. (Michael Regan / Getty Images)

11. Brazilian Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna in the mask of the alien will test your car on the track in Sao Paulo. (Antonio Lacerda / EPA)

12. Wayne Rooney "Manchester United" struggles for the ball with Steven Taylor of "Newcastle United" in the match of English Premier League in Manchester. (Phil Noble / Reuters)

13. "The team Morrison High School" we rejoice in his victory over "Casey-Westfield High School" with the score 23-14 in the championship among the high schools in Champaine, Illinois. (Bradley Leeb / AP)

14. Thousands of SUVs lit up the night while racing across the sand dunes in Glamis, California. Tens of thousands of people came to ride on the sand dunes at the weekend of Thanksgiving. (Gene Blevins / Reuters)

15. Ricky Helgi of Niue tries to escape from Willie Ambaca of Nayara from Kenya in the match, "Gold Coast Sevens World Series" in gold coast, Australia. (Matt Roberts / Getty Images)

16. Cam Newton "Carolina Panthers" (center) lost his helmet during a fight with Ernie Simms (top) and Pat Angerer of the "Indianapolis Colts" in the NFL in Indianapolis. (Darron Cummings / AP)

17. Aksi Muniain of Spain waves during the competition sevingy in nazaré, Portugal. (Rafael Marchante / Reuters)

18. A graduate of the University "Norfolk State" Marey Hynes upset about losing their team the team "Old Dominion" in a match College League in Norfolk, Virginia. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe / The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

19. Participants in the annual "Race ladders" on the Azrieli tower in tel Aviv. Every year this competition attracts hundreds of participants ready to overcome 1144 steps 51-storey tower as quickly as possible. (Nir Elias / Reuters)

20. Da Quan Bowers and Ronda Barber from "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" fighting for the ball with Chris Johnson "Tennessee Titans" in the match in Nashville, Tennessee. (Grant Halverson / Getty Images)

21. Dane Peter Gade Hogue upset defeat to Simon Santoso of Indonesia in the badminton Chinese open tournament in Shanghai. (Carlos Barria / Reuters)

22. Jean-Paul Olukemi of "Oklahoma State" struggles for the ball with Victor Daville (center) and Dorian Finney-Smith from "Virginia Tech" in the game of basketball at Madison Square garden in new York. (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)

23. Wayne Simmonds of the "Philadelphia" (right) fights Brandon Proust from the "New York Rangers" in the first period of the NHL game in new York. (Bill Kostroun / AP)

24. Russian Aleskey the Cheremisinov and the Englishman Jamie Kenber participate in the final match of fencing in London. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images)

25. Jordan Jefferson of "LSU" is trying to make a pass under pressure from the Jericho Nelson of "Arkansas" in the match of League teams and colleges in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "LSU" won with a score of 41-17. (Gerald Herbert / AP)

26. Pole Kamil Stoch floating in the air during competitions in ski jumping in Kuusamo, Finland. (Alexander Hassenstein / Bongarts via Getty Images)