Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
WHO’S UP FOR THE AWARDS
Sportsman of the Year
Lewis Hamilton (GB, left) Forumla 1 Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) Athletics Marc Marquez (Spn) Mtrcycling Lionel Messi (Arg, right) Football Rafael Nadal (Spn) Tennis Tiger Woods (US) Golf
Sportswoman of the Year
Simone Biles (US) Gym’stics Allyson Felix (US) Athletics Shelly-Ann F-Pryce (Jam) Athletics Naomi Osaka (Jpn) Tennis Megan Rapinoe (US) Football Mikaela Shiffrin (US) Skiing
Team of the Year
Liverpool FC (GB) Football Mercedes-AMG (Ger) Formula 1 South Africa Men Rugby Spain Men’s Team Basketball Toronto Raptors (Can) Basketball US Women’s Team Football
Breakthrough of the Year
Bianca Andreescu (Can) Tennis Egan Bernal (Col) Cycling Coco Gauff (US, below) Tennis Japan Men’s Team Rugby Andy Ruiz Jr (US) Boxing Regan Smith (US) Swimming
Comeback of the Year
Nathan Adrian (US) Swimming Sophia Florsch (Ger) M racing Christian Lealiifano (Aus) Rugby Kawhi Leonard (US) Basketball Liverpool FC (GB) Football Andy Murray (GB) Tennis
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
OmaraDurand(Cub) Athletics Diede de Groot (Hol) Wh tennis Oksana Masters (US) Skiing/Cyc Jetze Plat (Hol) Triathlon/Cyc Manuela Schar (Swi) Wh athletics Alice Tai (GB, above) Swimming * Wh: Wheelchair
Action Sportsperson
of the Year
Italo Ferreira (Bra) Surfing
Nyjah Huston (US) Skateboarding Chloe Kim (US) Snowboarding Rayssa Leal (Bra) Skateboarding Mark McMorris (Can) Snowboarding Carissa Moore (US) Surfing
20th anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin tomorrow will honour the greatest sporting triumphs of 2019 and celebrate the power of sport in transforming the lives of millions of young people.