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The climax of the Six Nations was also a thriller.

Champions Ireland retained their title on points difference after an extraordinary final day.

The last round of games concluded with England falling agonisingly short of the 26-point winning margin they needed as they beat France 55-35 in an epic.

Ireland made it a double by winning the Women's Six Nations title on points difference from France.

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The best Rugby Union World Cup ever? It has to be to close.

A record 2.4 million tickets were sold for the event, one match attracted a world-record attendance of 89,000 and Japan stunned two-time champions South Africa to cause arguably the biggest upset in rugby union history.

England's calamitous display aside - where they were knocked out at the first hurdle - it was a tournament to remember.

Especially for eventual winners New Zealand.

Earlier we asked you to work out who's who on our grid of contenders as youngsters. Some were easy, some not so easy.

The top row, left to right, is Mo Farah, Lizzie Armitstead, Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Tyson Fury, Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Bottom row, left to right: Max Whitlock, Kevin Sinfield, Chris Froome, Adam Peaty, Lucy Bronze and Greg Rutherford.

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Lizzie Armitstead: 01

Lucy Bronze: 02

Jessica Ennis-Hill: 03

Mo Farah: 04

Chris Froome: 05

Tyson Fury: 06

Lewis Hamilton: 07

Andy Murray: 08

Adam Peaty: 09

Greg Rutherford: 10

Kevin Sinfield: 11

Max Whitlock: 12

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The Davis Cup is covered... kind of.

I wonder whose mantelpiece that lives on?

John Inverdale
BBC Radio 5 live presenter

"One of the things that I thought was amazing about Andy Murray's triumph was that at the moment of victory he went to go and commiserate with David Goffin, his opponent. Not everybody would have done that."

What a way to do it!

Andy Murray's stunning top spin lob was the winning moment as Great Britain won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936  - and you can watch it again above.

The British number one was the dominant force for the fourth Davis Cup tie running as he became only the third man after John McEnroe and Mats Wilander to end a campaign with an 8-0 singles record.  

Murray is on the shortlist for tonight's top award - having won it in 2013 - and the voting details are here.

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Tyson Fury tells Gary Lineker: "I've said a lot of things in the past, it's all a bit of tongue-in-cheek. If I've said anything in the past that's hurt anybody, then I apologise to anyone I've hurt, that wasn't the intention. I could have another thousand fights, nothing would top the Klitschko fight."

Steve Bunce
BBC Sport boxing pundit on Radio 5 live

"Tyson Fury ended one of the finest reigns in boxing: Wladimir Klitschko has been at the top for 15 years. He reduces decent heavyweights to has-beens. Tyson Fury out-Klitscko'd Klitschko."

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That's one way of describing ending the 11-year dominance of Wladimir Klitschko, I suppose. And how Tyson Fury - one of tonight's contenders - summed up his unbelievable and unexpected victory over the giant Ukrainian at the end of last month.

Voting details here.

And, according to his trainer and uncle Peter Fury, the Briton's victory was the best since Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston in 1964. 

"Tyson will be in boxing a long time and will cement his legacy," said Peter. "He is going to enjoy his reign at the top. It has been a hard road but now he has landed at the top of the hill."

Fury's nomination for the award has angered many, with more than 130,000 people signing a petition calling for the boxer to be removed over comments he made about women and gay people.

It seems like Mo Farah's son will be following his dad's love of Arsenal... whether he wants to or not.

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Lizzie Armitstead: 01

Lucy Bronze: 02

Jessica Ennis-Hill: 03

Mo Farah: 04

Chris Froome: 05

Tyson Fury: 06

Lewis Hamilton: 07

Andy Murray: 08

Adam Peaty: 09

Greg Rutherford: 10

Kevin Sinfield: 11

Max Whitlock: 12

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Mo Farah, one of tonight's contenders,enjoyed a gold-laden Worlds with victory in both the 5,000m and 10,000m to ensure he became the first man in history to pull off a distance 'triple-double'.

Brendan Foster, the Olympic medallist and BBC athletics commentator, put victory in the Olympics and two World Championships into perspective as he hailed Farah as "the greatest sportsman Britain has ever had".

Not bad for a man who finished ninth in the English schools cross-country championship at the age of 13...

Voting details here.

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There's no other word to describe AP McCoy's current mood other than: 'chuffed'.

A legend of our times. He fully deserves that trophy.

Golfer Rory McIlroy: "Once I heard SPOTY was going to be in Belfast, it was the first thing in my diary. It is great to have the event here."

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Keith Wood
Former Ireland rugby union captain on BBC Radio 5 live

"AP McCoy has had 20 years of total success, which is extraordinary, yet he's so unbelievably humble. He is revered beyond belief in Ireland. His whole body has been broken by the sport he loves so much, but he has delivered on everything in that sport."

Anna Thompson
BBC Sport in Belfast

"AP McCoy watched his Lifetime Achievement award video next to wife Chanelle."

What a career!

AP McCoy retired in April after a record-breaking career.

He joins a list of lifetime achievement winners that includes Pele and Seve Ballesteros.

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Twenty-time champion jump jockey AP McCoy - another local hero - is awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award.

It's time to hand the Lifetime Achievement award out. Local hero Rory McIlroy is primed to do the business.