Dynamo's goalie Alexander Yeryomenko fails to make a save during the Kontinental Hockey League's regular season match between Dynamo Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg.23.12.2017#3265319
Alexandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky perform their free skate program in the pairs competition at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in St. Petersburg.23.12.2017#3264897
Athletes during the men's bobsleigh four-man race at the IBSF European Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.17.12.2017#3260023
A gymnast at the official opening ceremony of the Irina Viner-Usmanova's Gymnastics Center and Russia's first sports and education cluster, Novogorsk Olympic Village.14.12.2017#3257158
Sweden's Erik Gustafsson, left, and goalie Viktor Fasth, right, and Russia's Kirill Kaprizov during the 2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour's Channel One Cup match between the Russian and Swedish national teams.14.12.2017#3256921
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at the news conference following the meeting of IOC Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland.06.12.2017#3251310
Anastasia Kuzmina (Slovakia) during the preliminary shooting before the women's pursuit race at the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Ostersund, Sweden.03.12.2017#3249112
Siberia Snowkiting Cup on the ice of the Novosibirskaya Hydropower Plant's water reservoir.01.12.2017#3248111
Martin Fourcade (France) during the men's individual race at the 2017–18 IBU World Cup Biathlon 1 in Ostersund, Sweden.30.11.2017#3246995
Canada's Megan Bankes during the women's individual race at the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup 1 in Ostersund, Sweden.29.11.2017#3246154
From left: Lea Johanidesova (Czech Republic) and Anais Bescond (France) during a training session of women's teams at the IBU World Cup Biathlon 1 in Oestersund, Sweden.28.11.2017#3245024
Avangard's goalie Oleg Shilin during the Kontinental Hockey League regular championship match between Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk Region.27.11.2017#3244371
Anais Bescond (France) during a training session at the IBU World Cup 1 of the 2017/18 biathlon season in Ostersund, Sweden.25.11.2017#3243290
CSKA's head coach Alexander Gancharenko during the UEFA Champions League group stage match between CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Benfica Lisbon (Portugal).22.11.2017#3241612
Konstantin Raush (Russia) during the football friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Argentina.11.11.2017#3232645
Lionel Messi (Argentina) during the football friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Argentina.11.11.2017#3232614
Lionel Messi (Argentina) during the football friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Argentina.11.11.2017#3232560
A fan on the stands of Luzhniki Stadium waves a Russian flag during the football friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Argentina.11.11.2017#3232506
Arsenal's Gia Grigalava during the 15th round match of the Russian Premier League between Arsenal (Tula) and CSKA (Moscow).09.11.2017#3231189
Lokomotiv's Manuel Fernandes and Sheriff player Josip Brezovec (right) in the group stage match of the UEFA Europa League between FC Lokomotiv (Moscow, Russia) and FC Sheriff (Tiraspol, Moldova).02.11.2017#3227391
European champion in artistic gymnastics Nikita Nagornykh during a rehearsal of Alexei Nemov's show 'Legends of Sport: The Ascent' at the Megasport sports palace, Moscow.28.10.2017#3224178
Italy's Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek perform their free skate during the pair skating competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's Rostelecom Cup in Moscow.21.10.2017#3219241
Betina Popova and Sergei Mozgov of Russia perform their free dance program in the ice dancing competition at the 2017-18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow.21.10.2017#3218845
Darya Kasatkina (Russia) in the 2nd round women's singles match of the VTB Kremlin Cup against Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic).18.10.2017#3215955
Spartak's Luiz Adriano celebrates a score during a group stage match of the UEFA Champions League between Spartak (Moscow) and Sevilla (Seville, Spain).17.10.2017#3215364
Maria Sharapova (Russia) in the 1st round women's singles match of the VTB Kremlin Cup against Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia).17.10.2017#3214749
Spartak's goalie Artyom Rebrov at the UEFA Champions League group stage match Spartak Russia vs. Liverpool England.26.09.2017#3200568
Racers take part in the Asia Pacific D1 PrimRingGP 2017 international drifting competition at the PrimRing site near Vladivostok.17.09.2017#3194708
Rubin's Maksim Kanunnikov, right, and Spartak's Lucas Fernando during the Russian Football Premier League's round 9 match between FC Spartak (Moscow) and FC Rubin (Kazan).09.09.2017#3189496
Shardul Vihan (India) during the men's double trap finals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in the Fox Lodge sports shooting complex outside Moscow.05.09.2017#3185569
Members of the Russian national team perform during the exhibition gala at the 2017 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pesaro, Italy.03.09.2017#3183902
Bulgaria's national rhythmic gymnastics team performs a ball exercise in the group all-around event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, Italy.02.09.2017#3182958
Italy's national rhythmic gymnastics team performs a hoop exercise in the group all-around event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, Italy.02.09.2017#3182947
Dina Averina (Russia) performs the clubs routine in the individual event at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro, Italy.31.08.2017#3181554
Liana Garcia (Spain) performs the ball routine in the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships qualifier in Pesaro, Italy.30.08.2017#3180679
CSKA's Georgy Shchennikov, left, and Young Boys player Miralem Sulejmani during the UEFA Champions League's playoff round match between CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Young Boys Bern (Switzerland).23.08.2017#3176758
CSKA players Georgy Shchennikov, bottom, Viktor Vasin and Bibras Natkho, center, celebrate the victory in the UEFA Champions League's playoff round match between CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Young Boys Bern (Switzerland).23.08.2017#3176754
Participants in the Russian Paragliding Championship in Yutsa, Stavropol Territory.12.08.2017#3170703
Participants in the 2017 SnowaveFest festival at the shore of the Pacific Ocean in the Kamchatka Territory.31.07.2017#3168507
Participant in the 2017 SnowaveFest festival at the shore of the Pacific Ocean in the Kamchatka Territory.31.07.2017#3168504
Renaud Lavillenie (France) during the men's pole vault finals at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London.08.08.2017#3168321
Maria Kameneva (Russia) during the women's 50-meter back final at the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 #1 in Moscow.03.08.2017#3165569
Gabriele Detti (Italy) competes in the men's 400m freestyle final at the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 #1 in Moscow.03.08.2017#3165479
An athlete during a warm-up session before the men's 27m platform diving competition at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.30.07.2017#3163042
Yulia Yefimova of Russia during the women's breaststroke 50m event at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.29.07.2017#3162125
Vladimir Morozov (Russia) during the men's 50m freestyle event at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.28.07.2017#3161373
A participant during the Round 2 of the Siberian Federal District's motocross championship in the village of Azovo, Omsk Region.22.07.2017#3158145
Participants of the Round 2 of the Siberian Federal District's motocross championship in the village of Azovo, Omsk Region.22.07.2017#3158118
Spartak's Ze Luis, right, and Ufa's Denis Tumasyan during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 2 match between Ufa and Spartak Moscow.23.07.2017#3157903
The European Beach Fives Rugby Championship match between the women's national teams of Belarus and Georgia.22.07.2017#3157529
Pilot Martin Sonka (Czech Republic) performs at the Master Class contest during the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Kazan.22.07.2017#3157190
Pilot Nicolas Ivanoff (France) during Master-class training flights on Kazan Ring airfield as part of preparations for the Red Bull Air Race stage in Kazan.21.07.2017#3156803
A competitor during Challenger-class training flights on Kazan Ring airfield as part of preparations for the Red Bull Air Race stage in Kazan. From left int he background: Annunciation Cathedral, Qual Sharif Mosque.21.07.2017#3156260
Players during the Russian Professional Football League Zone Center's Round 1 match between Zorky Krasnogorsk and Ararat Moscow.19.07.2017#3154804
Italy's Linda Cerruti performs solo free routine in the synchronized swimming finals at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.19.07.2017#3154381
Athletes of the DPRK team during training session in the finals of the technical routine of group competitions in synchronized swimming at the 17th FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest.18.07.2017#3153837
From left: Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (Russia), who won the Wimbledon women's doubles tournament, during the awards ceremony.15.07.2017#3152081
Lokomotiv fans during the Russian Super Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and FC Lokomotiv Moscow.14.07.2017#3151356
Russia's Alyona Mikhaltsova during the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championships Grand Prix series final match between Russia and Ireland.09.07.2017#3148866
Mexico's goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa during the warm-up before the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal match between Germany and Mexico.29.06.2017#3143119
From left: Chile's Mauricio Isla and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal match between Portugal and Chile.28.06.2017#3141880
From left: Russia's goalie Igor Akinfeyev, Mexico's Hirving Lozano and Russia's Viktor Vasin during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup match between Mexico and Russia.24.06.2017#3139432
Kazan Arena after the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup match between Mexico and Russia.24.06.2017#3139357
Mexican fans after the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup match between Mexico and Russia.24.06.2017#3139343
Russia's player Denis Glushakov, right, celebrates a goal at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup match Russia vs. New Zealand in St. Petersburg.17.06.2017#3132377
Dominic Thiem of Austria faces off Rafael Nadal of Spain in a semifinal match during the men's singles at the French Open.09.06.2017#3126204
Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay during a French Open women's singles match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.05.06.2017#3122567
Bianca Pascu (Romania) during the women's individual championship at the 2017 Moscow Saber fencing tournament.04.06.2017#3121543
Real Madrid team members during the awards ceremony following the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League final match between Juventus (Turin, Italy) and Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain).03.06.2017#3120959
Luca Curatoli (Italy) who defeated Gu Bongil (Hungary) in the men's singles final match at the Moscow Sabre 2017 international fencing tournament.03.06.2017#3120782
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) in the 2017 French Open men's singles match against Joao Souza (Portugal).31.05.2017#3116676
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) against Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) during the women's singles at the French Open.28.05.2017#3113785
Arsenal player Federico Rasic, left, at the playoff match for promotion to the Premier Football League in the 2017-18 season between FC Arsenal Tula and FC Yenisei Krasnoyarsk.28.05.2017#3113748
Benjamin Bonzi of France faces off Daniil Medvedev of Russia at the French Open men's singles match.28.05.2017#3113485
Russia's Nikita Kucherov, foreground, scores a goal during the 2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medal match between the Russian and Finnish national teams.21.05.2017#3106171
Russia's Viktor Antipin, bottom, and Finland's Atte Ohtamaa during the 2017 IIHF World Championship bronze medal match between the Russian and Finnish national teams.21.05.2017#3105929
Spartak fans after the Russian Football Championship award ceremony after the Russian Football Premier League's Round 29 match between Spartak Moscow and Terek Grozny.17.05.2017#3101555
Spartak's goalkeeper Artyom Rebrov after the Russian Football Premier League's Round 29 match between Spartak Moscow and Terek Grozny.17.05.2017#3101530
Spartak fans on the field after the Russian Football Premier League's Round 29 match between Spartak Moscow and Terek Grozny.14.05.2017#3101464
Fireworks above the Otkrytiye Arena stadium at the Russian Football Championship award ceremony after the Russian Football Premier League's Round 29 match between Spartak Moscow and Terek Grozny.17.05.2017#3101417
Spartak players at the Russian Football Championship award ceremony after the Russian Football Premier League's Round 29 match between Spartak Moscow and Terek Grozny.17.05.2017#3101385
Latvia's goalie Elvis Merzlikins, center, during the 2017 IIHF World Championship group stage match between the German and Latvian national teams.16.05.2017#3100439
From left: Slovakia's Eduard Sedivy, Russia's Nikita Kucherov, and Slovakia's goalie Julius Hudacek and Slovakia's Andrej Stastny during the 2017 IIHF World Championship group stage match between the Russian and Slovak national teams.13.05.2017#3098261
Athlete Yury Sannikov carries the windsurfing sail near windsurfing station "Bumerang" on the shore of the reservoir of Novosibirskaya Hydropower Plant. The windsurfers are opening the season at a temperature of about zero degrees.03.05.2017#3089897
Lokomotiv's goalkeeper Guilherme Marinato celebrates the team's victory in the 2016-2017 Russian Football Cup final match between Ural Yekaterinburg and Lokomotiv Moscow.02.05.2017#3089596
CSKA's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev, left, and Spartak's Ze Luis during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 26 match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow.30.04.2017#3088279
Laura Siegemund (Germany) in the finals of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2017 in the singles category against Kristina Mladenovic (France) in Stuttgart.30.04.2017#3088089
Spartak's head coach Massimo Carrera celebrates the team's victory in the Russian Football Premier League's Round 26 match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow.30.04.2017#3088004
Laura Siegemund (Germany), winner of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2017 in the singles category, at the awards ceremony in Stuttgart.30.04.2017#3087996
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, winner of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix race in Sochi, at the awards ceremony.30.04.2017#3087912
Players in action during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 26 match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow.30.04.2017#3087873
Toro Rosso team driver Daniil Kvyat competes in the qualifying session at the Russian Grand Prix of the Formula One World Championship.29.04.2017#3087002
McLaren's driver Fernando Alonso during the third free practice session at the Russian Grand Prix of the Formula One World Championship.29.04.2017#3086762
Ferrari technicians prepare a racecar for the first session of free races at the Russian stage of the Formula One World Championship.28.04.2017#3085838
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) in the first round singles match against Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) in the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2017 in Stuttgart.25.04.2017#3082936
From left: Spartak's Roman Zobnin and Zenit's Alexander Kokorin and Hernani during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 23 match between Spartak Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg.16.04.2017#3075658
Spartak's Quincy Promes, left, and Zenit's Luis Neto during the Russian Football Premier League's Round 23 match between Spartak Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg.16.04.2017#3075586
A participant on a track during the Shabalin Memorial 2017 sport tourism championships in whitewater sports held on the Shipunikha river in Iskitimsky District, Novosibirsk Region.15.04.2017#3075086
Yevgenia Medvedeva (Russia), gold medalist in the women's singles competition, during the exhibition gala of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.02.04.2017#3063304
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy perform their short program at the ISU Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki.31.03.2017#3061688
Russian goalie Igor Akinfeyev at the football friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Belgium.28.03.2017#3058887
Spartak fans during the Russian Football Premier League championship's round 20 match between FC Lokomotiv (Moscow) and FC Spartak (Moscow).18.03.2017#3052641
FC Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui in the round of 16 of the Europa League between FC Manchester United (Manchester, England) and FC Rostov (Rostov-on-Don, Russia).16.03.2017#3051379
SKA's players during a pre-game warmup ahead of the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup playoff quarterfinal match between HC Dynamo Moscow and HC SKA St. Petersburg.14.03.2017#3049170
CSKA's player Jan Mursak and Lokomotiv's player Pavel Kraskovsky, right, at the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup playoff quarterfinal match between PHC CSKA Moscow and HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.08.03.2017#3045317
Andreas Wellinger (Germany) during the men's team large hill event at the Lahti2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland.04.03.2017#3043059
Athletes during the women's mass start race at Lahti2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland.04.03.2017#3042939
The 2017 Siberian and Far Eastern Open Kettlebell Lifting Championship in memory of Bekzad Smagulov and Nikolai Shatov held in Omsk.04.03.2017#3042756
Khimki's Dmitry Sokolov, right, and Valencia's Pierre David Oriola Garriga at the Eurocup Basketball match between BC Khimki Moscow Region, Russia and BC Valencia Basket Valencia, Spain.03.03.2017#3042414
Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) during the men's sprint race at the 2016-17 IBU World Cup Biathlon 7 in Pyeonhchang, Korea.03.03.2017#3042231
Irina Avvakumova (Russia) during the mixed teams' ski jumping final at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland.26.02.2017#3038588
Ben Berend (USA) during the men's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.24.02.2017#3037143
Torpedo's goalie Mikhail Biryukov during the Kontinental Hockey League's play-off quarterfinal between HC Dynamo Moscow and HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.21.02.2017#3035158
Players during a friendly game between the team that won the regional horseball championships and a visiting French team in the Toktogul district, Kyrgyzstan.16.02.2017#3033795
Alex Gough (Canada) during the team relay race at the 2016–17 Luge World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea.19.02.2017#3033619
Riks Rozitis (Latvia) during the men's singles event at the 2016–17 Luge World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea.19.02.2017#3033510
Russian biathletes, winners of the gold medals in the men's sprint at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, during the medal ceremony. From left: Anton Shipulin, Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Alexei Volkov. Right: Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev.18.02.2017#3032536
Athletes at the shooting range during the men's relay race at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.18.02.2017#3032333
Johannes Boe (Norway) during the men's relay race at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.18.02.2017#3032196
Athletes during the men's relay race at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.18.02.2017#3032149
Darya Domracheva (Belarus) during the women's individual race at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.15.02.2017#3029591
Martin Fourcade (France) at the shooting lane of the men's pursuit at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.12.02.2017#3027332
Miho Takagi (Japan) during the women's 1500m race at the 2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.12.02.2017#3027116
Dylan Walczyk of the USA in the 2016-17 Freestyle Skiing World Cup moguls final in Bokwang, South Korea.11.02.2017#3026296
Participants in the Russian nationwide Ski Track of Russia 2017 (Lyzhnya Rossiyi 2017) mass ski race in the Moscow Region.11.02.2017#3026081
Athletes during a training session held prior to moguls competitions of the 2016/2017 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea.11.02.2017#3026014
An athlete races in the women's sprint at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.10.02.2017#3025594
An athlete races in the women's sprint at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.10.02.2017#3025528
An athlete warming up before the Men's individual sprint qualifications round at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Pyeongchang.03.02.2017#3020847
Evgenia Medvedeva (Russia) during the exhibition performances at the European Figure Skating Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic.29.01.2017#3018048
Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) during the women's relay race at the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.22.01.2017#3014171
Athletes at the shooting lane of the women's relay race at the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup 6 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.22.01.2017#3014155
France. From left: Russia's Pavel Ataman plays against Poland's Piotr Chrapkowski during the 2017 International Handball Federation (IHF) World Men's Handball Championship.16.01.2017#3010753
Nikita Tyuterev (Russia) performs in the big air final as part of the Grand Prix de Russie 2017 international snowboard tour in Moscow.14.01.2017#3010241
A participant during the Christmas Ride 2017 sleddog competition. The Novosibirsk Biathlon Complex.07.01.2017#3007494
