In Pictures: The world of sports in 2020

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The faces of sport in 2020, new and old, were familiar.

But the images that most defined this year, on and off the fields, diamonds, courts and courses all over the world, were not.

COVID-19 ravaged and rearranged schedules, shortened seasons and cancelled tournaments.

But after a brief hiatus, sport managed to go on.

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semi-final match at Rod Laver Arena as the sun sets at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia in January. [Andy Wong/AP Photo]
Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the semi-final match at Rod Laver Arena as the sun sets at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia in January. [Andy Wong/AP Photo]

IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan practises on his racing simulator at his home in Indianapolis in March. [Michael Conroy/AP Photo]
IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan practises on his racing simulator at his home in Indianapolis in March. [Michael Conroy/AP Photo]
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks on the scoreboard screen in an empty Sprint Center after cancelling the remaining NCAA college basketball games in the Big 12 Conference tournament due to the coronavirus. [Charlie Riedel/AP Photo]
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks on the scoreboard screen in an empty Sprint Center after cancelling the remaining NCAA college basketball games in the Big 12 Conference tournament due to the coronavirus. [Charlie Riedel/AP Photo]

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Naomi Osaka of Japan holds up the trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka in the women's singles final of the US Open in September. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Naomi Osaka of Japan holds up the trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka in the women’s singles final of the US Open in September. [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto prior to the start of the Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix in Imola, Italy, on November 1. [Rudy Carezzevoli/Pool via AP]
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto prior to the start of the Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix in Imola, Italy, on November 1. [Rudy Carezzevoli/Pool via AP]
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the Olympic rings on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, in Tokyo. The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay after they were removed for maintenance four months ago, shortly after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo]
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the Olympic rings on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, in Tokyo. The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay after they were removed for maintenance four months ago, shortly after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo]

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