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Aquatic category. Team Kazakhstan competes during the preliminaries of the artistic swimming at the 19th Fina World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
Aquatic category. Team Kazakhstan competes during the preliminaries of the artistic swimming at the 19th Fina World Championships in Budapest, Hungary Copyright  AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi
Copyright AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi
Copyright AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi

World Sports Photography Awards 2023: The winners in pictures

By David Mouriquand
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The only global competition for sport photography has unveiled its 2023 winners.

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More than 700 photographers from over 70 countries around the world entered the 2023 World Sports Photography awards.

Here are some of the winners.

2023 Main winner

Patrick Smith/LIV Golf/Getty Images
Sky Drive Patrick Smith/LIV Golf/Getty Images

Sky Drive. Team captain Lee Westwood of Majesticks GC plays a shot during the semi-finals of the LIV Golf Invitational in Miami.

AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi
Aquatic category AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi

Team Kazakhstan competes during the preliminaries of the artistic swimming at the 19th Fina World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. 

Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Superman Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Superman. Gymnastics category. Donnell Whittenburg of the USA competing on the high bar during the men’s qualifications at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.

Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images
Formula 1 category Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images

Formula 1 category. Zhou Guanyu of China crashes during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone.

Phil Noble
Athletics category Phil Noble

Athletics category. B of the bang. Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago celebrates after winning gold in the final of the Men’s 200m at the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander stadium in Birmingham, UK.

Philip Brown/Popperfoto
Cricket category Philip Brown/Popperfoto

Cricket category. Surrounded. James Anderson of England bowls to Mohammad Ali of Pakistan on the fifth day of the first Test at Rawalpindi cricket stadium.

Scott Barbour/Tennis Australia
Tennis category Scott Barbour/Tennis Australia

Tennis category. The shadow cast by Coco Gauff as she serves during Round 1 of the Australian Open on Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park.

Kevin Sabitus
American football category Kevin Sabitus

American football category. The Final Kick. Buffalo Bills place kicker Tyler Bass (2) kicks a game-winning field goal as time expires during the fourth quarter of an NFL match against the Miami Dolphins.

James Ward Breen
Martial arts category James Ward Breen

Martial arts category. Silek Lanyah.

Darren Burns
Boxing category Darren Burns

Boxing category. A flying mouth guard during a bout between Leti Leti and Conor Wallace.

Octávio Passos/Getty Images
Water category Octávio Passos/Getty Images

Water category. Justine Dupont of France rides a big wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal.

Howard Lo
Baseball category Howard Lo

Baseball category. Catcher. Sunday Baseball.

For the full list of winners and their photographs, head to World Sports Photography Awards.

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