Pictures of the year: Sports

A general view of athletes in action as rain falls during the Women's 400m Hurdles semifinals at the Tokyo 202more

Zsuzsanna Tomori of Hungary in action against Brazil during their Group B Handball match at the Tokyo Olympicsmore

Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her third round match against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at the Australian Openmore

Runners and riders compete in race 6 during the annual one-day Laytown races held on the beach under official more

Karsten Warholm of Norway reacts after crossing the line to win gold in the Men's 400m Hurdles Final at the Tomore

A general view during stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, Neom to AlUla, Saudi Arabia, January 13. REUTERS/Hamad Imore

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo crashes during practice at the British Grand Prix in Silverstomore

Anita Blaze of France in action against Arianna Errigo of Italy during the Women's Team Foil Fencing Semifinalmore

Simone Biles of the United States during the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team final at the Tokyo Olympics, Julmore

Ieda Guimaraes of Brazil falls from her horse during the Modern Pentathlon Women's Riding competition at the Tmore

Kiran Badloe of the Netherlands gets into the water to celebrate winning gold after the Men's Sailing RS:X - more

Megu Uyama of Japan warms up for the Women's Individual Trampoline Final at the Tokyo Olympics, July 30. more

Yona Knight-Wisdom of Jamaica in action during the Men's 3m Springboard Diving Final at the Tokyo Olympics, Aumore

Birmingham City's Emily Ramsey in action with Brighton and Hove Albion's Katie Robinson in Birmingham, Britainmore

Members of the China team during their performance in the Artistic Swimming Women's Team Free Routine Final atmore

Tara Davis of the United States in action during the Women's Long Jump Final at the Tokyo Olympics, August 3. more

Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in action against Lauren Price of Britain during the Women's Middleweight Bmore

People play football at Powerleague under floodlights on the first day that outdoor sport was allowed again fomore

Hungary's Ioulia Chtchetinina and Mark Magyar in action during the ice dance, free dance at the ISU Grand Prixmore

Italy's Jorginho celebrates after scoring the winning penalty during their shootout versus Spain in the Euro 2more

Locals play soccer on a dusty pitch in Soweto, South Africa, September 15. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain celebrates after match point against Maria Sakkari of Greece on day eleven of tmore

Soufiane Elbakkali and Mohamed Tindouft of Morocco in action during the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final at the more

Max Irving of the United States in action during their Group A Water Polo match against Hungary at the Tokyo Omore

Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia in action during the Women's Triple Jump Qualification at the Tokyo Olympics, Jumore

Kyle Blignaut of South Africa in action during the Men's Shot Put Qualification at the Tokyo Olympics, August more

Gold medallist Julio Cesar La Cruz of Cuba poses for photos after the Men's Heavyweight Boxing Medal Ceremony more

Elisa Balsamo of Italy reacts after Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed of Egypt cycles over her, near Daria Pikulik of Polanmore

Genevieve Gregson of Australia reacts after falling down during the Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final at the Tomore

Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy crosses the finish line and wins gold in the Men's 100m Final at the Tokyo Olymmore

Gold medallist, Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir of Kenya bows on the podium at the Men's 800m Medal Ceremony during thmore

McLaren's Lando Norris in action during practice at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail, Qatar, November 19. more

Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his semi-final match against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz at the Paris Masmore

AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic during their Serie A match against Bologna in Bologna, Italy, October 23. more

Williams' George Russell in action during practice at the F1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Russia, September 24more

Watford's Emmanuel Dennis celebrates scoring their first goal against Norwich City during their Premier Leaguemore

A France flag is seen as the peloton passes during stage 17 of the Tour De France, from Muret to Saint-Lary-Somore

England fans react outside Wembley Stadium after Italy won the Euro 2020 final against England in London, Julymore

Argentina's Lionel Messi and teammates celebrate winning the Copa America with the trophy in Rio de Janeiro, Bmore

Red Bull's Max Verstappen kicks the wheel of his car after crashing out of the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Bakmore

Denmark players react as Christian Eriksen receives medical attention after collapsing during their Euro Groupmore

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their second goal against Crystal Palace during their Premier Leamore

Members of Team Italy in action during the Cycling Track Men's Team Pursuit - 1st Round at the Tokyo Olympics,more

Flamengo's Gabriel celebrates with the trophy after winning the Brasileiro Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil, more

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina during her first round match against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova during the Austmore

Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa in action during the Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats at the Tokyo Olympicsmore

France's Gael Monfils in action during his group stage match against Italy's Matteo Berrettini at the ATP Cup more

Tyson Fury in action against Deontay Wilder during their WBC Heavyweight Title match in Las Vegas, October 9. more