This year's Sports Personality of the Year award will be handed out this weekend in the annual ceremony that looks back on the sporting events of the past 12 months.
It's been a big year with the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as well as the European Championships, while there were stand-out performances elsewhere.
Manchester's own Tyson Fury secured a thrilling victory over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas in October, retaining his WBC world heavyweight title in a bout widely recognised as one of the best ever.
Elsewhere, tennis sensation Emma Raducanu came through the qualifying stages in the US Open to go all the way to lifting the trophy at the age of just 18.
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