Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Houston Rockets Yao Ming, centre, reaches for a ball as he battles Miami Heat's Joel Anthony during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball match in Florida Photograph: Hans Deryk/Reuters

A malamute dog shrouded by the chilly weather during a championship sled-dog competition on Yateley Heath in Hampshire, UK Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images

Detroit Red Wings players desperately crowd the goalmouth as they come under attack from the Vancouver Canucks in their NHL hockey game in Vancouver Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

Australia full-back Adam Ashley-Cooper braves the cold as he sits on the sideslines during training at the University of Glamorgan ahead of their Test match with Wales Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Ma'a Nonu of the All Blacks faces a penalty during a game of football at Harrow School as the team prepare for their next Test match against England Photograph: Ross Land/Getty Images

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers watches helplessly as the Packers lose to the New Orleans Saints at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA