Sport pictures of the year 2017: Stunning images from 2017

Peugeot’s pilot Sebastien Loeb and co-pilot Daniel Elena compete during the 2017 Dakar Rally Stage 1 in Argentina

A black and white image of a group of runners making their way into the fog at Chepstow Racecourse

Lincoln City beat top flight Burnley 1-0 to become the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the FA CUP quarter-finals

Grand National winner, Rule The World, stops off at Abbey Road Studios on his way The Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Sand engulfs Luisa Bodem as she competes during the women’s long jump event at the German indoor athletics in Leipzig

Bradley Lowery struck up a friendship with Jermain Defoe as he bravely battled cancer but sadly lost his life to Neuroblastoma

Slovenia’s Peter Prevc soars through the air in the mixed event at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti in Finland

Tony Bellew (right) defeated David Haye in a hard-hitting fight at the O2 Arena and the pair will have a re-match in May 2018

Patric Hornqvist of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores past Cory Schneider of the New Jersey Devils in the NHL regular season

Sergio Garcia celebrates winning his first Major title after he beat Justin Rose in a playoff at the Masters at Augusta National

Anthony Joshua continued his remarkable rise as he overcame Wladimir Klitschko in front of a sold out Wembley Stadium

Antonio Conte won the Premier League title with Chelsea in his first season as he led his team through a 13 match winning run

Conte is launched in the air by his Chelsea players as they celebrate winning the Premier League title against West Brom

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos poses in front of photographers after winning the Champions League final against Juventus

American golfer Jordan Spieth glances at the trophy after winning the 115th US Open Championship at Chambers Bay

Kieran Read (left) and Sam Warburton share the trophy after a drawn Test series between New Zealand and the Lions

Chris Froome descends the Col du Galibier on stage seventeen of the 2017 Tour de France, which he went on to win

Aleksandr Dimitrenko (red) kicks Bulgaria’s Aleksandar Petrov into the air at the men’s kickboxing event at The World Games

Neymar smashed the transfer world record when he left Barcelona to join big-spending Paris Saint-Germain for £198million

Sir Mo Farah celebrates winning gold in the men’s 10,000m final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London

Justin Gatlin of the United States raises a finger to his lip after the 100m world champion was heavily booed by supporters

Usain Bolt pulled up during the anchor leg of the men’s 4x100m relay as Jamaica were bidding for gold in his last ever race

Bolt kneels at the finish line during his retirement ceremony after his career saw him win 8 Olympic and 11 World titles

Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring his goal for Everton since returning to his boyhood club from Manchester United

Chelsea’s title defence got off to a woeful start as Cesc Fabregas (pictured) and Gary Cahill were sent off in a defeat to Burnley

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr met in a boxing match in one of the sporting spectacles of the year in Las Vegas

Canada’s Darcy Sharpe crashes in to an official after competing in the men’s slopestyle finals at the Winter Games NZ

Ferrari duo Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen dramatically collided at the start of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix

Cristiano Ronaldo retained his FIFA men’s player of the year crown beating Lionel Messi and Neymar to earn the accolade

Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster celebrates at full-time of England’s 5-2 Under-17 World Cup final win against Spain

Manchester City starlet Phil Foden lies in confetti after the victory capped a remarkable summer for England’s youth teams

Lewis Hamilton is surrounded by the world’s media after the Mercedes man won his fourth F1 World Drivers Championship

Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Pele as Diego Maradona kisses his head prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw in Moscow

Harlequins and Ulster were forced to play their European Rugby Champions Cup match in snowy conditions in London