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A perfect moment of tennis player saving a butterfly wins 2022 World Sports Photography Awards

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The World Sports Photography Awards has published the results of its third annual contest. And just like last year, the winning image captures the perfect moment that shows us a lot more than a sports game.

Sports photographer David Gray took the shot at the 2021 Australian Open. The stunning photo captures a moment of tennis player Naomi Osaka saving a butterfly that had landed on her skirt. With perfect timing, composition, and story, it’s no wonder that David’s image was selected as the best of the best.

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Watch: Super Bowl quarterback walks away after photographer slips off stage and fractures spine

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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford recently got in the spotlight, but not because of his football achievements.

During his team’s Super Bowl victory celebration, a photographer was taking photos of Stafford and his wife. She stepped back and fell off the stage – and Stafford simply walked away. The whole incident was caught on camera, and the public has reacted fiercely.

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NFL cameraman keeps shooting even after getting a ball in the face

Incidents and injuries are pretty much an essential part of contact sports like football. But the thing is – even those outside the field sometimes get hurt. NFL cameraman Don Cornelli recently got a ball straight into his face. Still, he kept his cool and just kept on filming, and it was all caught on camera.

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Watch: Baseball player smashes cameraman’s lens with a foul ball

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Incidents happen in sport in a blink of an eye. And it took precisely that long to leave this photographer with a lens smashed into pieces. Professional baseball player Tyler O’Neill sent a foul ball straight into his lens, and it was caught on the very camera that got hit.

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Mario Balotelli rages out, destroying a photographer’s camera after being benched mid-game

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Incidents happen in sport and sometimes, sports photographers get accidentally involved in them as well. But apparently, some sports players will rage out on photographers even though they did nothing wrong. Football player Mario Balotelli recently got angry over a referee’s decision. So, he took his anger out on a nearby tripod, smashing a photographer’s camera.

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NFL player knocks down a photographer, messages her later to see if she’s okay

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Incidents happen in sports, both small and big ones. As photographers, we may sometimes get involved in them as well. This is what happened to photographer Shelley Lipton at a recent NFL game. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson smashed into her at full speed, and a video of him helping her out and hugging her after the incident quickly went viral.

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