Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

BC Lions players Ryan Phillips, left, and Korey Banks walk to their dressing room after being defeated 22-18 by the Calgary Stampeders during their CFL Western Final football game in Calgary Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

The crew of driver Jimmie Johnson celebrate as the Chevrolet driver wins the Nascar Nextel Cup in Florida Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

England's captain Kevin Pietersen flicks the ball skyward during practice in Indore prior to the second ODI against India Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia races through the gates in the second run of the slalom race at the Alpine World Cup in Levi, Finland Photograph: Markku Ojala/EPA

Miroslav Klose and his Germany team-mates warm up during a training session in Berlin ahead of their friendly against England on Wednesday Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

Japanese skater Mao Asada casts an elegant shadow on the ice as she performs during the gala presentation at the Bompard Trophy in Paris Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Motorcyclists scuttle across the sand during the Red Bull Knock Out on the beach of Scheveningen in Holland Photograph: Robert Vos/EPA

Japanese baseball champions Saitama Seibu Lions celebrate their victory over Taiwanese champions Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the final of the Asia Series Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Cyclists race through the streets of Johannesburg in South Africa during the annual 94.7 race Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA