{"id":97660,"date":"2025-10-01T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97660\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:38:10","slug":"canon-doubles-down-on-its-sports-legacy-and-sponsors-world-sports-photography-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97660\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon Doubles Down on Its Sports Legacy and Sponsors World Sports Photography Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AThe featured photo is \u2018Golden Moment\u2019 by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Brouillet. Brouillet won the Gold award in the Aquatic category and was named the Sports Photographer of the Year for 2025. PetaPixel covered<\/a> the viral sports photo when it was captured during the 2024 Paris Olympics. <\/p>\n

The World Sports Photography Awards, the world\u2019s foremost sports photo competition, has announced Canon as its Official Imaging Partner for the upcoming 2026 edition of the contest. <\/p>\n

The World Sports Photography Awards 2026<\/a> is officially open for entry, and photographers can enter up to 10 images taken between December 2024 and November 2025 across a selection of 24 categories. The competition, judged by leading figures in sports, media, photography, and the creative industries, is open to all and entirely free to enter. <\/p>\n

Canon\u2019s sponsorship of the awards is a big deal. Canon is a renowned name in sports photography, and many of the world\u2019s leading photographers rely on Canon cameras and lenses to capture the action. <\/p>\n

\"A\u2018The Shadow by Bruce Bennett, Gold Winner in the Ice Hockey category of the 2025 World Sports Photography Awards \"A\u2018Push with Lights\u2019 by Thomas Lam, Gold Winner in the Formula 1 category of the 2025 World Sports Photography Awards <\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s one name synonymous with sports photography, it\u2019s Canon. We couldn\u2019t be more honored or excited to welcome Canon to World Sports Photography Awards,\u201d says Simon Burton, World Sports Photography Awards Co-Founder. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible year for sport around the world, and we are eager to see the images submitted this year across sports and geographies.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Canon\u2019s participation in the awards, a new category is being added to the mix for 2026: the Canon Emerging Talent award. This dedicated category will recognize young and upcoming talent in the world of sports photography who are under 30 years old. The Canon Emerging Talent award will go to someone who demonstrates unique creativity, passion, and skill when capturing the drama and aesthetics of sport. <\/p>\n

\"A\u2018To the Pylon\u2019 by Kevin Sabitus, Gold Winner in the American Football category of the 2025 World Sports Photography Awards \"A\u2018Eyeing a Punch\u2019 by Mohd Rasfan, Gold Winner in the Boxing category of the 2025 World Sports Photography Awards <\/p>\n

\u201cCanon has a proud legacy of supporting professional sports photographers and helping them capture some of the most iconic moments in sporting history,\u201d adds Richard Shepherd, Product Marketing Senior Manager, Imaging at Canon Europe. \u201cWith the introduction of the \u2018Canon Emerging Talent\u2019 award, we\u2019re building on that heritage by extending our support to the next generation of visual storytellers. This new category celebrates the creativity and passion of up-and-coming photographers and reflects our ongoing commitment to providing the tools and opportunities they need to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entries for the World Sports Photography Awards 2026, sponsored by Canon, are open until November 24, 2025. For inspiration, sports photographers can look to last year\u2019s spectacular winners<\/a>, some of which are featured in this article.<\/p>\n

Image credits:<\/strong> World Sports Photography Awards, Canon. Individual photographers are credited in the image captions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The featured photo is \u2018Golden Moment\u2019 by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Brouillet. Brouillet won the Gold award in the Aquatic category…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[365,362,363,364,34873,62487,428,7512,366,18,117,19,17,7515,132,62488],"class_list":{"0":"post-97660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-canon","13":"tag-canonworldsportsphotographyawards","14":"tag-competition","15":"tag-contest","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-eire","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-ie","20":"tag-ireland","21":"tag-photocontest","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-worldsportsphotographyawards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}