A LINGERIE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN 14 April 2013Gwinnett, Georgia, USA Members of the Omaha Heart football team dance before a match with Atlanta Steam, on 13 April. The Heart lost 42-6. Members of the Legends Football League hope to help establish American football for women not only in the US, but in Australia and Europe as well. The league was (...)
FREE DIVING WITH SHARKS17 May 2013Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii Conservationist and dive safety officer Ocean Ramsey surfaces while free diving off the coast of Haleiwa. Free diving is done without scuba gear, and requires divers to hold and control their breath for extended periods. Ramsey dives without a cage among sharks. She hopes to change public (...)
DAILY EXERCISE27 June 2013Zhuhai, Guandong, China Table tennis, in the shade under hot sun. People taking their daily exercise, viewed from a drone. STORY KUNRONG CHENNATIONALITY: ChinaABOUT: Kunrong Chen (b. 1986) is a self-taught photographer who learned about photography while studying pedagogy at South China Agricultural University. After graduation, he began working at Southern Metropolis Daily. (...)
KITE SKIER ON THE MOUNTAIN13 January 2013Mount Vitosha, Bulgaria A kite skier catches the wind on the slopes of Mount Vitosha, south of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The driving force for kite-skiing comes from the kite, and the sport has more in common with cross-country than with downhill skiing, where gravity provides the main impetus. It can take place on snow, ice, land or water. ANASTAS TARPANOV (...)
NADJA CASADEI - HEPTATHLON AND CANCER02 September 2012Gothenburg, Sweden Nadja Casadei sets a personal best for long jump, in a contest between Finland and Sweden, in 2012. Heptathlon athlete Nadja Casadei participated in both World and European Championships in athletics, before being diagnosed with lymphatic cancer, in the summer of 2013. Casadei was determined to continue (...)
SLEDDING RACE FROM ABOVE18 January 2013Megève, France Mushers compete in a stage of La Grande Odyssée sledding race, on 18 January. La Grande Odyssée Savoie-Mont Blanc is the most important stage race in the world, and is intended for experienced mushers. Some 25 mushers from around the globe compete for two weeks, covering over 750 kilometers through France and Switzerland, (...)
Thut Ti Gym07 November 2012Yangon, Myanmar Let Wei is an unarmed Burmese martial art, similar to the forms of kickboxing popular in Thailand and Cambodia. In addition to punches, kicks, and knee attacks, Burmese boxers make use of head-butts and knuckle strikes. National champion Lone Chaw (36) is a folk hero in Myanmar and in 2007 began teaching at the Thut Ti Gym to pass on his (...)
Sumo Wrestlers15 February 2012Tokyo, Japan Sumo wrestler Mitsuhiko Yamamoto Sumo wrestling in Japan has a tradition that dates back centuries, yet the sport—which demands total dedication and extreme rigor—is attracting the lowest number of young recruits for more than half a century. Trainee sumo wrestlers lead a regimented life, sleep in dormitories, and carry out chores, (...)
I Just Want to Dunk21 February 2012Mogadishu, Somalia Women’s national basketball team captain Suweys Ali Jama readies herself for afternoon training, and says goodbye to her mother, at home in Mogadishu. Young women risk their lives to play basketball in Somalia. Even though Somalia’s UN-backed government has regained control of the capital Mogadishu, al-Qaeda-linked (...)