Maksim Kovtun, right, winner of the gold medal, and Yevgeny Plyuschenko, winner of the silver medal in the men's individual competitions at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in Sochi, at the medal ceremony.27.12.2013#2343695
Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva performs her free skating program at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in Sochi.26.12.2013#2343372
Salavat Yulaev's goaltender Vladimir Sokhatsky fails to protect his goal at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship's match between HC Atlant Moscow Region and HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa.26.12.2013#2343350
Russian youth hockey team players Andrei Mironov, left, and Pavel Buchnevich preparing to be photographed before the World Championships among youth teams in Malmö, Sweden.25.12.2013#2342940
Sweden's Daniel Bong, left, and the Czech Republic's goalkeeper Alexander Salak in a match of the 3rd stage Euro Hockey Tour 2013-14 tournament of the First Channel Cup between the national teams of the Czech Republic and Sweden.21.12.2013#2341018
Russia's head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, right, gives instructions to the players during Sweden vs. Russia match of Channel One Cup, the 3rd round of the 2013-14 Euro Hockey Tour.19.12.2013#2340336
Russian national team player Alexander Radulov during warm-ups before the match of the 3rd stage match Euro Hockey Tour 2013-14 tournament of the First Channel Cup between the national teams of Russia and Sweden.19.12.2013#2340226
Denis Kokarev during a Russian national hockey team training session before the start of the First Channel Cup in Sochi.19.12.2013#2339950
Head coach Zinetulla Bilyaletdinov at a training session of the Russian national ice hockey team ahead of Channel One Cup in Sochi.19.12.2013#2339904
Alexander Radulov at a training session of the Russian national ice hockey team ahead of Channel One Cup in Sochi.19.12.2013#2339895
Russia's Alexander Kasyanov and Nikolai Khrennikov compete in the two-man race during the fourth stage of the Bobsleigh World Cup in Lake Placid.14.12.2013#2338110
The USA's Noelle Pikus-Pace during the women's competitions in skeleton at the 3rd stage of the World Cup in Bobsleigh and Skeleton in Lake Placid.13.12.2013#2337765
Metallurg's Yaroslav Khabarov, left, and Atlant's Vitaly Novopashin in the regular Kontinental Hockey League match between HC Atlant Moscow Region and HC Metallurg Magnitogorsk.13.12.2013#2337621
Japan's Nozomi Komuro during training before the competitions at the 3rd stage of the World Cup in Bobsleigh and Skeleton in Lake Placid.12.12.2013#2337162
Athletes at a training session before the 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup 3 in Annecy, France.11.12.2013#2336283
Russia's Alexey Volkov races in men pursuit at the IBU World Cup 2 Biathlon in Hochfilzen, Austria.08.12.2013#2334712
From left: Norway's Lars Berger, Germany's Andreas Birnbacher, and Russia's Anton Shipulin race in men pursuit at the IBU World Cup 2 Biathlon in Hochfilzen, Austria.08.12.2013#2334708
Russia's Alexander Kasyanov, Filipp Yegorov, Maxim Belugin and Alexei Pushkaryov during the bobsled four-man event at the 2013-14 FIBT Skeleton & Bobsled World Cup 2 in Park City, Utah, United States.07.12.2013#2334348
Russia's Alexander Zubkov, Alexei Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Maxim Mokrousov during the bobsled four-man event at the 2013-14 FIBT Skeleton & Bobsled World Cup 2 in Park City, Utah, United States.07.12.2013#2334345
Biathletes during the men's relay at the second stage of the 2013-14 IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfizen, Austria.07.12.2013#2334177
An athlete in the women's relay at the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2013/14 in Hochfilzen, Austria.07.12.2013#2333881
Yekaterina Shumilova (Russia) in the women's relay during the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2013/14 in Hochfilzen, Austria.07.12.2013#2333865
Yelena Pidgrushnaya (Ukraine) in the women's relay during the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2013/14 in Hochfilzen, Austria.07.12.2013#2333845
Jennifer Ciochetti (Canada) in the women's bobsled double competitions at the second stage of the Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup in Park City.06.12.2013#2333704
Lokomotiv's goalkeeper Curtis Sanford, left, and player Staffan Kronwall jubilate over the victory in a match of the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship, CSKA Moscow vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.02.12.2013#2330826
CSKA's Georgy Misharin, Lokomotiv's Sergei Plotnikov and CSKA's goalkeeper Ilya Proskuryakov, from left, in a match of the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship, CSKA Moscow vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.02.12.2013#2330825
Norway's Ann Kristin Flatland at the shooting range at the women's 10 km pursuit during the 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden. The event was stopped due to the bad weather conditions.01.12.2013#2330047
Howard Wade Petersson (Norway) in the finals match of the men's curling competition between teams of Switzerland and Norway at the European Championships in Stavanger.30.11.2013#2329812
Russia's Dmitry Malyshko on the distance during the men's sprint in the 1st stage of the 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden.30.11.2013#2329705
Sweden's Maria Prytz, left, and Maria Wennerstrom in a final match of the women's curling competition between the teams of Sweden and Scotland at the 2013 European Curling Championships in Stavanger.30.11.2013#2329614
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Sweden) in the semifinals match of women's curling competition between the teams of Sweden and Switzerland at the European Championships in Stavanger.30.11.2013#2329332
Ivan Cherezov (Russia) at the shooting range of the men's individual race at the first stage of the 2013-14 Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden.28.11.2013#2328704
Simon Eder (Austria) at the finish line of the men's individual race at the first stage of the 2013-14 Biathlon World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden.28.11.2013#2328644
Spartak's Igor Volkov, left, and referee Ivan Fateyev at the Kontinental Hockey League's regular championship's match between HC Spartak Moscow and HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa.28.11.2013#2328576
Russia's biathlete Yekaterina Iourieva and senior coach of the Russian women's biathlon team Wolfgang Pichler during women's individual race at the IBU World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden.28.11.2013#2328477
A biathlete competes in the individual race at the 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Ostersund, Sweden.28.11.2013#2328458
Russia's Yekaterina Yuryeva after finishing in the women's individual race at the 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Ostersund, Sweden.28.11.2013#2328443
Athletes at the start of the mixed relay race at the 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Östersund, Sweden.24.11.2013#2325927
United States' Madison Chock and Evan Bates during an exhibition performance at Round 6 of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow.24.11.2013#2325835
Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje during their free ice dancing program at Round 6 of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow. The pair won silver medals.23.11.2013#2325374
Spartak's Joao Carlos, left, and CSKA's Akhmed Musa during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 17 match between CSKA (Moscow) and Spartak (Moscow).23.11.2013#2325283
Norway's Tarjei Boe during the official training before the I Stage of the 2013/2014 World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden.23.11.2013#2325227
Head coach of the Russian women's national biathlon team Wolfgang Pichler during the official training before the I Stage of the 2013/2014 World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden.23.11.2013#2325212
Vera Bazarova and Yury Larionov (Russia) perform a free skating in the pairs' ice dancing competition at the 6th stage Figure Skating Grand Prix in Moscow.23.11.2013#2325041
From left: Nanterre's Ali Traore and CSKA's Vitaly Fridzon and Andrei Vorontsevich in a group stage Euroleague match between PBC CSKA (Russia, Moscow) and Nanterre (France, Nanterre).21.11.2013#2323803
Lokomotiv's head coach Pyotr Vorobyov, center, directs his team at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match between SKA St Petersburg and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (re-focussed).18.11.2013#2322361
From left: Italy's Arianna Fontana, Elise Christie of the UK, and Kim Alan of Korea are seen here during the women's 1500m semifinal at the fourth stage of the ISU World Cup Short Track in Kolomna.16.11.2013#2321056
SKA's goaltender Alexander Salak, right, at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match between HC Atlant Moscow Region and HC SKA St Petersburg.16.11.2013#2321039
Dutchman Sheynki Knegt, American John-Henry Krueger and Russian Semyon Yelistratov after the fall in the semifinals of the men's 1500m relay at the 4th World Cup short-track in Kolomna.16.11.2013#2320902
Russia's Semyon Yelistratov and American John-Henry Krueger, left, in the quarterfinals men's 1500m relay race at the 4th stage of the World Cup short-track in Kolomna.16.11.2013#2320900
Barys player Dmitri Upper and CSKA's Alexander Radulov in the regular season Kontinental Hockey League match between CSKA Moscow and Barys Astana.15.11.2013#2320607
Deputy chairman of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and HC CSKA chief manager, Sergei Fyodorov, member of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and Rosneft Deputy CEO Eduard Khudainatov, hockey veteran Boris Mikhailov, chairman of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and Rosneft president and CEO Igor Sechin (foreground, from left), member of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and hockey veteran Vladimir Petrov, member of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and honorary president of HC CSKA Viktor Tikhonov, and member of HC CSKA Moscow's supervisory board and head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin (background, from left) celebrate a goal scored against Barys Astana during the Kontinental Hockey League's regular season match between CSKA Moscow and Barys.15.11.2013#2320528
Chinese athletes in the men's 5000 m relay during the 4th stage of the Short Track World Cup in Kolomna.15.11.2013#2320456
Athletes in the men's 5000 m relay during the 4th stage of the 2013 ISU Short Track World Cup in Kolomna.15.11.2013#2320338
SKA's Andrey Kutikin, left, and Lokomotiv's player Sergey Konkov at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match between HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and SKA St Petersburg.14.11.2013#2319492
Sweden's John Klingberg, left, in the Round 2 match against Finland during the 2013-14 Euro Hockey Tour's Karjala Cup.10.11.2013#2317486
Spain's Javier Fernandez during an exhibition performance at Round 4 of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Tokyo.10.11.2013#2317226
From left: Rubin's Roman Sharonov and Wigan Athletic players James McArthur and James McClean in the group stage UEFA Champions League 2013/14 match between football clubs Rubin (Russia, Kazan) and Wigan Athletic (United Kingdom, Wigan).07.11.2013#2315689
Italy's Roberta Vinci in the 2013 Fed Cup singles match against Russia's Alexandra Panova.02.11.2013#2312372
Law enforcement officers stop fans who rioted in Yaroslavl's stadium, where the 1/16 finals match took place in the Russian Cup between football clubs Shinnik Yaroslavl and Spartak Moscow.30.10.2013#2310842
Police officers restrain football fans who caused a disturbance at the stadium in Yaroslavl during the Russian Football Cup's last 32 match between Spartak Moscow and Shinnik Yaroslavl.30.10.2013#2310840
UMMC player Candace Parker, left, and Ann Wauters with her daughter after winning the European Women's basketball Super Cup match between basketball clubs UMMC (Yekaterinburg) and Dynamo Moscow.29.10.2013#2310110
Sibir's Vitaly Karamnov, left, and Dynamo's Yury Babenko fight at the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship's match between Dynamo Moscow and Sibir Novosibirsk26.10.2013#2308373
Johnson Steingrimur Doctor of Physical Oceanography (Iceland) with a torch during the Olympic torch relay at the North Pole.19.10.2013#2307152
Lokomotiv-Kuban's Marcus Darrell Williams, left, and Lietuvos Rytas player Andreas Gliniadakis in the group stage Euroleague basketball match between basketball clubs Lokomotiv-Kuban (Russia, Moscow) and Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania, Vilnius).24.10.2013#2307062
CSKA Moscow's Keisuke Honda, left, against Manchester City's Fernandinho in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League's group stage match.23.10.2013#2306324
Zenit's head coach Luciano Spalletti leads his team's game in the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage match between football clubs Porto (Porto, Portugal) and Zenit (St. Petersburg, Russia).22.10.2013#2305860
Dynamo Moscow's Natalya Obmochayeva in the 2013-14 CEV Women's Champions League match between Dynamo and Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza.22.10.2013#2305733
Athlete Renat Akbirov during the men's competitions at the Russian Summer Open Championship in ski-jumping at the Russian Gorky complex in Sochi.16.10.2013#2302849
Lokomotiv's Daniel Apalkov in the regular season Kontinental Hockey League match between Vityaz Podolsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.01.10.2013#2293544
A torch with fire lit through a parabolic mirror and a bowl with fire lit from the torch lying to the left during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony's rehearsal at the Temple of Hera in Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece28.09.2013#2291780
Figure skaters Yelena Ilyina and Nikita Katsalapov during training of candidates for the Olympic team.04.09.2013#2277434
Natalia Azevedo Gaudio (Brazil) performs ribbon routine during the qualifying round of the individual all-around competition at the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kiev.29.08.2013#2272970
Natalia Janusa (Latvia) performs with the hoop during the qualifying round in the individual all-around at the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Kiev.28.08.2013#2272441
Nicol Ruprecht of Austria performs a ball exercise during individual all-around qualifications at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Kiev.28.08.2013#2272181
Natascha Wegschneider of Austria performs a hoop exercise during individual all-around qualifications at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Kiev.28.08.2013#2272145
USA's Brittany Borman in the women's javelin throw qualification at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.16.08.2013#2265260
American athlete Michael Tinsley after the final round of the men's 400m hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.15.08.2013#2265011
Athletes during the men's 50 km race walk at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.14.08.2013#2264072
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) during the women's pole vault final at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.13.08.2013#2263719
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) during the women's pole vault final at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.13.08.2013#2263707
Jamaica's Usain Bolt after winning the men's 100m final race at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.11.08.2013#2262124
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, in the men's 100m final race at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.11.08.2013#2262111
Russia's Darya Klishina in the women's long jump finals at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.11.08.2013#2261953
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva before the qualifying round of the women's pole vault at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow.11.08.2013#2261916
The United States' Ashton Eaton competes in the discus throw event during the men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.11.08.2013#2261578
Lokomotiv's Dame N'Doye, left, and Jan Durica celebrate victory in a 4th-round Russian Championship match between Premier League football clubs Lokomotiv-(Moscow) and Krasnodar-Krasnodar.05.08.2013#2258945
Vladimir Golovin performing in the men's long jump finals of the Russian Athletics Championship in Moscow.25.07.2013#2252401
Germany's Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding in men's synchronized diving from the 10-meter platform at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.21.07.2013#2250128
Third place winner Yekaterina Khuraskina jumps over an obstacle during the women's show jumping competition at the Russian Modern Pentathlon Championships.20.07.2013#2249511
Member of the Russian national ski jumping team Alexei Romashov, right, and head coach Alexander Arefyev during a training session at the Russkiye Gorki complex in Sochi.17.07.2013#2248186
The closing ceremony of the 27th World University Summer Games at the Kazan Arena Stadium in Kazan.17.07.2013#2248028
From left: members of the Canadian national team Sarah Ellen Meng and Kathleen Keller during the bronze medal match in women’s rugby sevens between the Canadian and British national teams at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.17.07.2013#2247522
Head coach of the Russian national student team Vasily Karasev after winning the finals in men’s basketball at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.16.07.2013#2247310
Goalkeeper of the British national team James Belshaw, left, and member of the French national team Matumona Matumona in the final match of the men’s football tournament between the teams of France and Great Britain, at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.16.07.2013#2247234
Member of the USA national team Aaryn Ellenberg-Wiley and member of the Russian national team Natalia Vieru, right, during the finals in women’s basketball at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.15.07.2013#2245689
Alexandra Merkulova (Russia) performs the clubs routine during the finals of the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.15.07.2013#2244561
Sabrina Santamaria (US) during the quarterfinals of the women’s singles tennis against Laura Natalie Siegemund (Germany) at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.14.07.2013#2243390
Figure skating winners of Moscow round Yuuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov performing at the fifth round of Cup of Russia Grand Prix.21.11.2010#808123
Russia's Adelina Sotnikova, ladies' singles event 5th place winner, performs during the exhibition gala at the Round 4 of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.11.11.2012#1285914
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, ice dancing event gold medal winners, perform during the exhibition gala at the Round 4 of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.11.11.2012#1286122
Italian ski jumper Elena Runggaldier at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup first round competitions in Sochi.09.12.2012#1310094
An athlete during training prior to the parallel slalom competition at the World Cup Alpine skiing city event at the Exhibition Center in Moscow.29.01.2013#1356847
Austria's Wilhelm Denifl performs a ski jump during team events at Round 8 of the 2012–13 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Sochi.03.02.2013#1362036
Norway's Jan Schmid ski jumping in the team competitions of Nordic combined in the 8th stage of the World Cup in Sochi.03.02.2013#1363087
Switzerland's Kaspar Fluetsch in the men's parallel giant slalom finals at the 2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup stage in Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Sochi.14.02.2013#1376031
Kazakhstan athlete Valery Tsoi at the finish of the women's parallel giant slalom competitions at the World Championship in extreme snowboarding in Rosa Kutor park.14.02.2013#1376136
Anastasiya Romanova of Russia competes in the women's giant slalom event during the Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria.14.02.2013#1376278
Swedish skier Anna Swenn-Larsson in the women's slalom at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria.16.02.2013#1379360
Germany's Fritz Dopfer competes during the men's giant slalom event at the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Schladming, Austria.15.02.2013#1390229
Norway's Hilde Fenne in the eighth stage women's spring at the Biathlon World Cup in Sochi.09.03.2013#1405247
Norway's Tora Berger competes in the women's relay race at the Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 in Sochi, Russia.10.03.2013#1406380
Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir skate in the exhibition gala at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, Canada.17.03.2013#1416137
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi skates in the exhibition gala at the World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario, Canada.17.03.2013#1416139
From left: Head coach of Dynamo Oleg Znarok and Dynamo players Yuri Babenko and Alexey Sopin in the Kontinental Hockey League Gagarin Cup final series match between hockey clubs Dynamo (Moscow) and Traktor (Chelyabinsk).08.04.2013#1439417
Russia's Denis Lebedev pictured during a fight with Panama's Guillermo Jones for the WBA World Cruiserweight title.17.05.2013#1471125
Spain's Javier Canosa, center, in a Rugby World Cup Sevens match between the national teams of Australia and Spain.28.06.2013#2211245
American player Victoria Folayan, left, and Spain's Berta Garcia in the Rugby World Cup Sevens third place match between the national teams of the United States and Spain.30.06.2013#2212309
President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at XXVII 2013 Summer Universiade Opening Ceremony at Kazan-Arena stadium in Kazan.07.07.2013#2216952
Danusia Francis (Great Britain) performs on uneven bars in the women's team artistic gymnastics competition at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.07.07.2013#2219405
Yelena Troshneva, Russia, during the preliminary round of the women’s team table tennis at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.08.07.2013#2221896
Fatou Faye (Senegal) during the preliminary heat of the women’s 400m hurdles at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.08.07.2013#2222871
An athlete during the final round of the men's 10000m race at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.08.07.2013#2223120
Luigi Miracco (Italy) in the men’s team sabre fencing tournament semifinal against Tristan Laurence at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.10.07.2013#2229184
Maria Bespalova (Russia) during the finals of the women’s hammer throw at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.10.07.2013#2229360
Athlete during the final round of the men’s pole vault at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.11.07.2013#2234765
Felisha Johnson (USA) during the final round of the women's shot put at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.11.07.2013#2234775
Athletes during the men’s half marathon at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.12.07.2013#2235939
Alexey Khovanskiy (Russia), left, and Alessio Foconi (Italy) in the men’s team foil fencing tournament final at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.12.07.2013#2237997
Member of the Australian national team Maddiso Schmid during the quarterfinal match between the national teams of Italy and Australia in women’s water polo at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.12.07.2013#2238127
Members of the Russian national team Yekaterina Khomyakova (right) and Yevgenia Ukolova during the gold medal match in women’s beach volleyball between the national teams of Poland and Russia at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.12.07.2013#2239583
Russia's Vladimir Morozov during the final in the men’s individual 50m backstroke at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.13.07.2013#2242525
Ukraine's Yulia Blaginya, right, and Japan's Hikari Sugawara during the semifinal bout of the women's freestyle wrestling in the under 51kg division at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan.14.07.2013#2242970
A friendly match between a team of former soldiers-internationalists called "Shuravi" and a team of former Mujahideen soldiers in Kabul.18.04.2013#1450290
The Velka pardubicka Steeplechase in Czech Republic in Pardubice, the Czech Republic.13.10.2013#2301582
