To welcome in the new year, some people belt out Auld Lang Syne, others head straight for the liquor cabinet. Travis Pastrana got into his Subaru and drove off the pier in Long Beach, California, and launched himself 269 feet into the harbour

Speedflying in Wengen. It does exactly what it says on the tin

Look away now England fans, as Robert Green gets the Lego hurt put on him

Glen Fisiiahi learns the hard way why you shouldn't celebrate a try before scoring

The joy of six. Especially when it's one of the biggest ever

Cristiano Ronaldo's summer wasn't all that great, topped off when he was confronted by a sneery tabloid hack with a whiny, nagging voice. Death threats. It's the only language they understand

Combat-Ki expert Kirby Roy takes a world-record kick to a rather painful area from MMA fighter Justice Smith - in the name of scientific inquiry, of course

Croatia's Cibona hit a three-pointer with 0.6 secs to go to take a two-point lead over Serbia's Partizan in the final of the Adriatic League. There's people on the court, they think it's all over. But it isn't

Jumping off the Eiffel Tower on rollerblades is hard enough without 10,000 people watching you, so we can forgive Taig Khris for taking two attempts to nail his landing

Forget the Ashes. Cricket + rap = Straight Outta Surrey

This has definitely been the year for outlandish goal celebrations, from the snake-charmer to the Lady Gaga. Thank FC Stjarnan for kicking it all off with this 'reeling in the fish' effort. Quick, pass the harpoon gun

Rafael Nadal has now won all four grand slam titles after his victory at the US Open this year. Then again he probably would have done pretty well on the senior tour even when he was a 12-year-old

Penny farthing racing. We can tick another box on our Big List of Obscure Sports. Watch out, though, this can get nasty

Free-climbing as part of your day job? Don't. Look. Down

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Two horses battle for victory at Monmouth Park: one called Mywifenoseeverything, the other Thewifedoesntknow. Pity the poor commentator, who does an excellent job in the circumstances

Georgie Thompson again proves that women can be ridiculously out of your league and have a great sense of humour. Which makes them even more out of your league. Sorry

Roger Federer pulled off a ludicrous between-the-legs winner at the 2009 US Open. He did it again at Flushing Meadows this year, only this time it was even better

A round of applause please for Kent French, the world's fastest clapper