Competition

World Sports Photography Awards celebrates sports photography in all its forms, with professional and amateur categories. The Awards are completely free of charge for photographers to enter and are judged by senior international figures from sport, media, brands and photography.

Jockeys riding horses in a race on a wet reflective surface that mirrors the horses and sky with clouds.Male tennis player in blue and white outfit preparing to hit a forehand on a blue court, with shadow of racket and ball visible on the court.Underwater view of a person in a black wetsuit holding a surfboard, swimming beneath a wave with bubbles and turbulent water around.Close-up of a focused female table tennis player watching a ping pong ball near her face while holding a paddle ready to hit.Black and white image of two sumo wrestlers engaged in a match, one with a topknot hairstyle pushing against the other's face while gripping his head.Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car on a racetrack with the photo taken through a narrow gap in a barrier, showing the car's yellow and black livery with visible sponsorship logos including Oracle, Visa, and Esso.American football player wearing a helmet and jersey number 93 with the name Saleapaga II stands in front of a large crowd of fans, all waving white rally towels.A shirtless skateboarder wearing white pants performs a trick mid-air on the steps of a historic, weathered stepped water tank with geometric staircases and arched doorways.Jockeys riding horses in a race on a wet reflective surface that mirrors the horses and sky with clouds.Male tennis player in blue and white outfit preparing to hit a forehand on a blue court, with shadow of racket and ball visible on the court.Underwater view of a person in a black wetsuit holding a surfboard, swimming beneath a wave with bubbles and turbulent water around.Close-up of a focused female table tennis player watching a ping pong ball near her face while holding a paddle ready to hit.Black and white image of two sumo wrestlers engaged in a match, one with a topknot hairstyle pushing against the other's face while gripping his head.Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car on a racetrack with the photo taken through a narrow gap in a barrier, showing the car's yellow and black livery with visible sponsorship logos including Oracle, Visa, and Esso.American football player wearing a helmet and jersey number 93 with the name Saleapaga II stands in front of a large crowd of fans, all waving white rally towels.A shirtless skateboarder wearing white pants performs a trick mid-air on the steps of a historic, weathered stepped water tank with geometric staircases and arched doorways.
Jockeys riding horses in a race on a wet reflective surface that mirrors the horses and sky with clouds.Male tennis player in blue and white outfit preparing to hit a forehand on a blue court, with shadow of racket and ball visible on the court.Underwater view of a person in a black wetsuit holding a surfboard, swimming beneath a wave with bubbles and turbulent water around.Close-up of a focused female table tennis player watching a ping pong ball near her face while holding a paddle ready to hit.Black and white image of two sumo wrestlers engaged in a match, one with a topknot hairstyle pushing against the other's face while gripping his head.Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car on a racetrack with the photo taken through a narrow gap in a barrier, showing the car's yellow and black livery with visible sponsorship logos including Oracle, Visa, and Esso.American football player wearing a helmet and jersey number 93 with the name Saleapaga II stands in front of a large crowd of fans, all waving white rally towels.A shirtless skateboarder wearing white pants performs a trick mid-air on the steps of a historic, weathered stepped water tank with geometric staircases and arched doorways.Jockeys riding horses in a race on a wet reflective surface that mirrors the horses and sky with clouds.Male tennis player in blue and white outfit preparing to hit a forehand on a blue court, with shadow of racket and ball visible on the court.Two fencers in white gear and masks engaged in a match on a metallic piste with colorful light trails above and a scoreboard showing a score of 8 to 6.A large ocean wave breaking with white spray as a surfer rides the wave near the center, with several other surfers and a boat in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.Black and white image of two sumo wrestlers engaged in a match, one with a topknot hairstyle pushing against the other's face while gripping his head.Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car on a racetrack with the photo taken through a narrow gap in a barrier, showing the car's yellow and black livery with visible sponsorship logos including Oracle, Visa, and Esso.American football player wearing a helmet and jersey number 93 with the name Saleapaga II stands in front of a large crowd of fans, all waving white rally towels.A shirtless skateboarder wearing white pants performs a trick mid-air on the steps of a historic, weathered stepped water tank with geometric staircases and arched doorways.

Sport is about action, movement and energy, so why is photography such a compelling medium for sporting narrative?

Because in the moment the full story of the journey to that moment is encapsulated and the full potential of what happens next is contained. Athletes, spectators and photographer were all drawn to this one moment.

World Sports Photography Awards celebrates the finest of those moments, the moments where talent and art combine to reveal profound things about what sport really means.

World Sports Photography Awards

The World Sports Photography Awards is the world’s biggest and most prestigious sports photography competition. Across the seven editions, thousands of professional and semi-professional sports photographers from around the world have submitted more than 60,000 images in 24 sporting categories with the winning images gaining global media coverage.

Nothing has the power to encapsulate the emotion and endeavour of sport like a photograph. The World Sports Photography Awards celebrates the very best in sporting imagery and the incredible photographers who capture these moments. Moments that contain whole stories within them.

Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.
Silhouette of a person on ice holding a hockey stick in one hand and gesturing with the other, with a puck visible on the ice against a blue background.

The Power of Sport

Sport's influence and power is unrivalled. It represents the best of human endeavour. It transcends language and borders. It inspires, it moves, it delights. World Sports Photography Awards celebrates the amazing power of sport to touch our lives and the amazing power of photography to capture and communicate those moments.

How To Enter

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To start your entry, click on the ‘Enter’ button on the home page.

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This will take you to our awards platform where you will be asked to make an account and sign in.

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Once signed in, you will be asked to enter some information about yourself. Please make sure all information is entered accurately, particularly your contact details, as these will be used to communicate with you, and we may feature you in PR, marketing and social media if you are selected as a finalist.

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Follow the instructions and upload your images in the appropriate sporting category. You are permitted to enter 10 images up to 10MB in size, and your photos must have been taken between December 2024 and November 2025.

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It is essential that you provide a name for each image in the file name, and a short description of the image in the metadata.

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Once you have entered your images, you will receive a confirmation email letting you know we have received your entry.

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Once signed in, you will be asked to enter some information about yourself. Please make sure all information is entered accurately, particularly your contact details, as these will be used to communicate with you, and we may feature you in PR, marketing and social media if you are selected as a finalist.

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Follow the instructions and upload your images in the appropriate sporting category. You are permitted to enter 10 images, and your photos must have been taken between December 2025 and November 2026.

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It is essential that you provide a name for each image in the file name, and a short description of the image in the metadata.

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Once you have entered your images, you will receive a confirmation email letting you know we have received your entry.

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