Tatyana Akimova of Russia during the women's sprint at the 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup 3 in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic.16.12.2016#2996224
From left: Orenburg's Roman Vorobyov and Krasnodar's Andreas Granqvist and Joaozinho during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 13 match between Krasnodar and Orenburg.06.11.2016#2970070
Russia's Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov, winners of the bronze medals in the pair skating competition, during the exhibition gala of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's Rostelecom Cup in Moscow.06.11.2016#2969896
Khimki's Marko Todorovic, left, and Nobel Boungou Colo, right, and UNICS' Latavious Williams during the VTB United League match between Khimki Moscow Region and UNICS Kazan.06.11.2016#2969781
Russia's head coach Oleg Znarok during the first stage match between the national teams of Sweden and Russia at the EHT 2016/17 Karjala Ice Hockey Tournament.05.11.2016#2968950
Elliana Pogrebinsky and Alex Benoit (USA) perform free program during the ice dancing event at the 3rd stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow.05.11.2016#2968931
Tottenham goalie Hugo Lloris during a group stage match of the UEFA Champions League between CSKA (Moscow, Russia) and Tottenham Hotspur (London, England), at CSKA Arena Moscow.27.09.2016#2945461
CSKA's player Lasina Traore training in expectation of a Champions League match against Tottenham at the CSKA Arena stadium in Moscow.26.09.2016#2944776
Regas Woods (US) during the T42 long jump at the 15th Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.17.09.2016#2938517
Dague Diop (Senegal) during the women's discus throw F56/57 at the XV Summer Paralympics Games in Rio de Janeiro.15.09.2016#2937033
Participants of the sailing event at the 15th Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.12.09.2016#2935360
Director of the Republican Athletics Olympic Training Center Andrei Fomochkin carries the Russian flag during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.08.09.2016#2930868
Kliment Kolesnikov (Russia) during the men's 200m backstroke at the FINA Swimming World Cup #3 in Moscow.04.09.2016#2928184
Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov perform during the Magic on Ice show at Small Luzhniki Arena.04.09.2016#2927853
From left: Misha Aloyan (Russia) and Shakhobiddin Zairov (Uzbekistan) during the final bout of the men’s boxing in the 52kg division at the XXXI Summer Olympics.21.08.2016#2918692
Members of the Russian team perform their five ribbon routine during the final of the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.21.08.2016#2918407
Margarita Mamun (Russia) performs the ball routine during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.20.08.2016#2917907
Steel Johnson (United States) during the semifinals of the men’s 10m platform diving competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.20.08.2016#2917681
From left: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) and Trayvon Bromell (USA) during the final heat of the men's 4x100m relay at the XXXI Summer Olympics.19.08.2016#2917403
Ilke Ozyuksel (Turkey) during the riding show jumping event of the women’s modern pentathlon at the XXXI Summer Olympics.19.08.2016#2917325
Aniuar Geduyev (Russia) during the final bout of the men's freestyle wrestling in the 74kg division at the XXXI Summer Olympics.19.08.2016#2917237
Brazilian athletes perform free routine in team competitions in synchronized swimming at the XXXI Summer Olympics.19.08.2016#2917084
Athletes of the Chinese team perform their free routine in the synchronized swimming team competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.19.08.2016#2916933
A Chinese athlete warms up before the technical routine at the synchronized swimming group event at the XXXI Summer Olympics.18.08.2016#2915856
Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan (China) during the technical routine at the synchronized swimming duets event at the XXXI Summer Olympics.15.08.2016#2913222
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after the final round of the men’s 100m race at the XXXI Summer Olympics.14.08.2016#2912739
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after the final round of the men’s 100m race at the XXXI Summer Olympics.14.08.2016#2912734
Roman Vlasov (Russia), winner of the gold medal in the Greco-Roman wrestling competition in the under 75kg division at the XXXI Summer Olympics.14.08.2016#2912610
Athletes during the preliminary round of the men’s 100m race at the XXXI Summer Olympics.13.08.2016#2911469
Michael Phelps (US) during the final heat of the men’s 100m butterfly at the XXXI Summer Olympics.12.08.2016#2911066
Bernadette Szocs (Romania) during the first round match of the women’s doubles table tennis against Hyowon Suh, Haeun Yang and Jihee Jeon (Republic of Korea) at the XXXI Summer Olympics.12.08.2016#2910795
Xu Anqi (China), left, and Simona Gherman (Romania) during the gold medal match of the women's team epee fencing tournament at the XXXI Summer Olympics.11.08.2016#2910320
Maialen Chourraut (Spain) during the semifinal heat of the women's Kayak 1 slalom at the XXXI Summer Olympics.11.08.2016#2910053
Viktoria Us (Ukraine) during the semifinal heat of the women's Kayak 1 slalom at the XXXI Summer Olympics.11.08.2016#2910044
An athlete before the final heat of the men’s individual 200m breaststroke at the XXXI Summer Olympics.10.08.2016#2909555
Joseph Clarke (Great Britain) during the semifinal heat of the men's Kayak 1 slalom at the XXXI Summer Olympics.10.08.2016#2909319
Aliya Mustafina (Russia) performs her balance beam routine during the women's team all-around artistic gymnastics competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.09.08.2016#2908519
David Boudia and Steele Johnson (US) during the finals of the men's 10m platform synchronized diving competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.08.08.2016#2907547
Yana Yegoryan (Russia) after the final match of the women's individual saber fencing competition against Sofya Velikaya (Russia) at the XXXI Summer Olympics.08.08.2016#2907508
Anna Sen (Russia), left, and Camille Ayglon (France) during the B group match between France and Russia at the XXXI Summer Olympics.08.08.2016#2907232
Anastasia Fesikova (Russia) during the semifinal heat of the women's individual 100m backstroke at the XXXI Summer Olympics.07.08.2016#2907221
Daniele Garozzo (Italy) and Alexander Massialas (US) during the finals of the men’s individual foil fencing tournament at the XXXI Summer Olympics.07.08.2016#2906696
Russia's Darya Dmitriyeva, left, and Marina Sudakova, right, and South Korea's Kim Jin-yi during the B group handball match between Russia and South Korea at the XXXI Summer Olympics.06.08.2016#2905787
An athlete during a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center in Rio de Janeiro.04.08.2016#2904459
An athlete during a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center in Rio de Janeiro.04.08.2016#2904456
An athlete during a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro.04.08.2016#2904426
Zenit goalie Yury Lodygin, right, at the Russian Super Cup match between PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Zenit St. Petersburg.23.07.2016#2897911
The Icelandic national football team players upon their return to Reykjavik from Euro 2016.04.07.2016#2886805
Fans of the Icelandic national team watch the broadcast of the 2016 UEFA European Championship quarterfinal match between France and Iceland.03.07.2016#2886328
A fan of the Icelandic national team before the broadcast of the 2016 UEFA European Championship quarterfinal match between France and Iceland.03.07.2016#2886155
Iceland's Aron Einar Gunnarsson celebrates victory in the round of 16 of the UEFA Euro 2016. England vs. Iceland.27.06.2016#2882491
Russian rowers race in the men's 1000m canoe four final at the 2016 ECA European Canoe Sprint and Paracanoeing Championships at the Krylatskoye Olympic racing course, Moscow.25.06.2016#2880739
Switzerland's Granit Xhaka, left, and France's Paul Pogba during the UEFA Euro 2016 group stage match between the Swiss and French national teams.19.06.2016#2876683
Turkey's goalkeeper Volkan Babacan, right, fails to make a save during the 2016 UEFA European Championship group stage match between the national teams of Spain and Turkey.17.06.2016#2874982
Welsh football fans before the UEFA Euro 2016 group stage match between the Welsh and Slovak national teams.11.06.2016#2869516
The Stade de France stadium during the 2016 UEFA European Championship's group stage match between the national teams of France and Romania.10.06.2016#2868718
Marcel Nguyen (Germany) performs on the parallel bars during the individual event at the 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern.29.05.2016#2859565
Athletes compete during the men's 15km team sprint, during the Alexander Lesnikov Memorial bicycling competitions at the Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome.27.05.2016#2857792
Russian fans during the 2016 IIHF World Championship semifinal match between the Canadian and US national teams.21.05.2016#2853487
PBC CSKA's Aaron Jackson during the award ceremony following the Euroleague Basketball Final Four final match between PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia) and BC Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Turkey).15.05.2016#2848336
Russia's forward Ivan Telegin, right, and Switzerland's goalie Reto Berra during the 2016 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship group stage match between the national teams of Russia and Switzerland.14.05.2016#2846893
The World Hockey Championship group stage match between the national teams of Finland and Belarus.06.05.2016#2840127
Mexico's Dolores Monson and Jahir Ocampo in the 3-meter mixed platform synchro diving finals at the FINA World Series #4 in Kazan, Russia.24.04.2016#2831792
Canada's Jennifer Abel and Francois Imbeau-Dulac in the 3-meter mixed platform synchro diving finals at the FINA World Series #4 in Kazan, Russia.24.04.2016#2831779
Spartak's Dzhano Ananidze (left) and Mordovia's Aslan Dudiev during the Russian Premier Football League championship's 25th round match between FC Spartak Moscow and FC Mordovia Saransk.23.04.2016#2831011
Anna Pogorilaya (Russia), winner of the bronze medal in ladies' singles, during the exhibition gala at the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston.03.04.2016#2819021
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (Canada), winners of the gold medals in pair skating, during the exhibition gala at the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston.03.04.2016#2818981
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron (France), winners of the gold medals in ice dancing; Javier Fernández (Spain), winner of the gold medal in men's singles; Yevgeniya Medvedeva (Russia), winner of the gold medal in ladies' singles; Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (Canada), winners of the gold medals in pair skating, during the exhibition gala at the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston.03.04.2016#2818961
Dynamo's player Marina Maryukhnich (center) during the awarding ceremony after a win in the ECB Cup women's final between the volleyball clubs Dynamo Krasnodar, Russia and Galatasaray Istanbul, Turkey.02.04.2016#2818357
Yevgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia perform their short program at the pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston.01.04.2016#2817866
Sweden's Johanna Westberg, right, during the 2016 Women's European Handball Olympic Qualification Tournament match between the national teams of Poland and Sweden.19.03.2016#2810000
Johannes Boe of Norway at the shooting range during the men's pursuit race at the 2015-16 IBU World Cup Biathlon 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk.19.03.2016#2809957
Austria's Julian Eberhard during the preliminary shooting at the shooting lane before the men's sprint race at the 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.18.03.2016#2809482
From left: Russia's Anna Sen and Olga Akopyan and Poland's Monika Kobylinska and Monika Stachowska during the 2016 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament qualifying match between the Russian and the Polish national teams.18.03.2016#2809440
From left: United States' Susan Dunklee, Germany's Laura Dahlmeier and France's Marie Dorin Habert during the women's mass start at the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Holmenkollen, Norway.13.03.2016#2806062
Participants in the 9th Traditional International Dyomino Skiing Marathon FIS Worldloppet 2016 in Yaroslavl Region.12.03.2016#2805609
Czech Republic's Gabriela Soukalova at the preliminary shooting before the women's relay at the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Holmenkollen, Norway.11.03.2016#2805320
Lokomotiv-Kuban's Malcolm Delaney, right, and Fenerbahce's Jan Vesely during the Euroleague Basketball's group stage match between Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar and Fenerbahce Istanbul.10.03.2016#2804657
Australia's Lucas Browne, left, fights Uzbekistan's Ruslan Chagaev for the title of the WBA regular world heavyweight champion.06.03.2016#2802628
Anna Sola (Belarus) during the women’s sprint at the Biathlon World Championship in Holmenkollen, Norway.05.03.2016#2802467
Benfica's Renato Sanches, top, and Zenit's Javi Garcia during the UEFA Champions League's group stage match between Benfica Lisbon and Zenit St. Petersburg.16.02.2016#2792484
Participants in the Lyzhnya Rossii 2016 (Ski Track of Russia 2016) national mass race held in the Moscow Region.14.02.2016#2791004
Madison Olsen of the USA competes in women's aerials finals at the FIS Freestyle World Cup event in Moscow.13.02.2016#2790629
Viktor Khryapa (CSKA) and Othello Hunter (Olympiacos), right, during the Basketball Euroleague Top 16 match between PBC CSKA (Moscow, Russia) and BC Olympiacos (Piraeus, Greece).12.02.2016#2790128
Yekaterina Konstantinova of Russia during the women's 500 m heats at the European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sochi. The image rotated 180 degrees.22.01.2016#2785353
Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko attends an event in Moscow launching a 500 day countdown to the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017.03.02.2016#2784745
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte (Italy) during the exhibition gala at the European Figure Skating Championships in Bratislava.31.01.2016#2783246
Freek van der Wart of the Netherlands during the men's 500m heats at the European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sochi.22.01.2016#2777429
Tadej Dragicevic (Slovenia) during a single sled training session ahead of the 4th stage of the Naturbahn World Cup on Vorobyovy Hills in Moscow.22.01.2016#2777272
Players of the children's rugby team Varyag from Veliky Novgorod during a training session in a school in St. Petersburg before a game at a youth tournament in St. Petersburg.16.01.2016#2774334
From left: Michal Krcmar (Czech Republic), Maxim Tsvetkov during the men's mass start at the 5th stage of the 2015/16 Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.16.01.2016#2774247
Russian national team player Sergei Tetyukhin before a match between Russia and Finland at the 2016 Olympic Games Men's Qualification Volleyball Tournament.05.01.2016#2769566
A hockey match at Medical and Corrective Facility No 2, a correctional facility in the village of Beregovoi in Omsk Region, Russia.03.01.2016#2769129
Finland's Miska Siikonen, left, and Canada's Brayden Point during the IIHF World U20 Championship play-off quarterfinal between the national teams of Finland and Canada.02.01.2016#2768938