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Sharp shooters: the best sports photos of 2025 and the stories behind them

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From long exposures of motor racing to remote-operated cameras at football matches, here’s how our favourite sports images were made

We’ve received more than 500,000 sports photographs in the past year, with some absolute belters among them. Here are some of the fleeting moments, wild celebrations and creative compositions that caught our eyes – accompanied by explanations and technical info from the photographers themselves.

Chloe Kelly celebrates by Florencia Tan Jun (1/200th sec, f/2.8, ISO 2500)

Continue reading…From long exposures of motor racing to remote-operated cameras at football matches, here’s how our favourite sports images were madeTom Jenkins’s best sport photographs of 2025How one of the best tennis photos was takenWe’ve received more than 500,000 sports photographs in the past year, with some absolute belters among them. Here are some of the fleeting moments, wild celebrations and creative compositions that caught our eyes – accompanied by explanations and technical info from the photographers themselves.Chloe Kelly celebrates by Florencia Tan Jun (1/200th sec, f/2.8, ISO 2500) Continue reading…