Category: Sports Picture Story

First Place

Lynsey Addario / for The New York Times
“The Champion Who Picked a Date to Die”

Second Place

Midhat Poturovic / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
“The Superhero Without the Cape”

Third Place

Adam Dean / for The New York Times
“Indonesian Child Jockeys”

Award of Excellence

Cory Morse / MLive Grand Rapids Press
“Muskegon Big Reds football”

Award of Excellence

Lauren DeCicca / Freelance
“The Battambang Roses”

Award of Excellence

Hilary Swift / For the New York Times
“Hockey in Heaven”

Award of Excellence

Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
“Japan’s Veteran Rugby Players”

Award of Excellence

“Hockey in Heaven”

More than 11,000 feet above sea level the Indian Women's Ice Hockey Team practices on frozen ponds and lakes in the mountainous Jammu Kashmir region.

With no government funding and a history of discrimination in sport, the women live and train together for two months in the winter.