Sport: the best pictures from the last 24 hours

Australian pro-surfer Stephanie Gilmore celebrates after she captured her second ASP World Title at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii Photograph: Kirstin Scholtz/AFP

Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun agonises after missing a chance against West Ham as the Reds spurn an opportunity to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League. They drew 0-0 with West Ham Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

Ericsson 3, skippered by Anders Lewander from Sweden, finishes third on leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cochin, India Photograph: Rick Tomlinson/EPA

Stephen Hunt of Reading celebrates as Noel Hunt's deflected header crosses the line to help defeat Coventry 3-1 in their Championship match at the Madejski Stadium Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Carl Froch poses for the camera after a training session at the Liberty Gym in Nottingham. Froch will face Jean Pascal for the Vacant World WBC Super-Middleweight title at Nottingham Arena on Friday Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao shoots as Milwaukee Bucks' Malik Allen tries to block during the first half of their NBA basketball game Photograph: Morry Gash/AP