The joy as thousands of soccer fans celebrate Inter Milan’s Serie A title. The drama as the New York Yankees play the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium. The excitement of the Madrid Open tennis. And the blows between Carolina Hurricanes and New York Islanders players during an NHL playoff.
Associated Press photographers have been there to capture some of the most engaging moments from sports stories across the globe over the past week.
The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
China sees fluctuating decline in child respiratory cases at medical facilities
Xinjiang braces for more passenger train suspensions amid extreme weather
Burglar hurled stolen mobile phones at police from the top of 60ft high roof during nine
Former senior soccer official pleads guilty to bribe
China steps up efforts to improve legal services for disabled people
Messi in and Dybala out in Argentina squad for pre
BBC Countryfile star Adam Henson's wife wrote heartbreaking goodbye letters after cancer diagnosis
Multiple places in C.China’s Henan suspend classes, transportation due to continuous snowfall