Adrian: I’m in bits! I was emotional at the start of #SPOTY, external now I’m a wreck!

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Manchester City wrapped up their third Premier League title in four years in May.

It capped off a season like no other – where Covid restrictions meant games were played behind closed doors in eerie stadiums.

There was success for Leicester City in the FA Cup for the first time too, while Chelsea went all the way in Europe, beating Manchester City in the final.

Fulham, West Brom and Sheffield United suffered relegation, while Liverpool recovered from an extensive injury crisis to secure Champions League qualification.

Tottenham sacked two managers in 2021, Manchester United waved goodbye to legend Ole Gunnar Solksjaer and *9,789,769 fans tweeted BBC Football to discuss VAR.

*(a guess)

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Here's what Jennifer Beattie had to say after receiving the Helen Rollason award:

"Getting told you have cancer is a life-changing moment," she said.

"It was horrific, there is no other way to describe it, especially in the middle of a pandemic when you don't have your friends and family there with you.

"Even being able to say the words 'cancer free' is just the best feeling.

"I can honestly say that getting checked is one of the most important things. If you feel anything that feels out of the norm, go get checked. It definitely saved my life."

Jen Beattie was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2020 after discovering a lump, yet she continued to play for her club and country.

Now cancer-free, the 30-year-old has since used her platform to speak about her experience and to encourage others to get screened.

Unable to be at the Sports Personality show, Beattie was presented with her award by Arsenal team-mate Leah Williamson.

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The winner of the Helen Rollason award for 2021 is...

Arsenal and Scotland defender Jen Beattie!

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More from Tom Daley: "Seeing how far I've come from that little kid - and my dad would take me to every training session, every competition with that giant British flag. I'm so sad he didn't to see me win Olympic gold, I think he would be so proud. I knew that I could win it, but I'd almost settled with the fact that it was never going to be me.

"Matty Lee is one of my best friends. Being able to go through an Olympic journey with someone else - I was a blubbering mess on that podium! I couldn't breathe I was crying so much. To be able to share that moment with a friend was really special.

"I'm married, I have a kid, to be able to say that I'm a gay man that was able to compete at an Olympic Games, there are so many people around the world that aren't comfortable enough to be able to do that, they need our help.

"It's important that we make sport accessible and inclusive for everyone and that everyone has a space."

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Tom Daley speaking to BBC One: "My dad was my biggest cheerleader. After all those years, he never got to see me win an Olympic medal.

"That kid [Tom's nine-year-old self] had a very, very big dream of what he wanted to achieve.

"I thought Rio was my chance and I crashed out monumentally.

"Going into Tokyo was the first time I truly believed we could win an Olympic gold.

"It was like a moment of a flashback of everything I'd done, the highs and lows."

Our next award this evening is the Helen Rollason award.

This award recognises outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.

It was introduced in 1999 in memory of BBC Sport journalist and presenter Helen Rollason, who died of cancer that year at the age of 43.

Last year, it was won by Captain Sir Tom Moore.

A reminder for those who are yet to do so that now is the time to make sure you're able to take part in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year vote once it opens a little bit later on.

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A Tokyo triumph for Tom Daley! I think it's safe to say he couldn't quite believe it...

At his fourth Games, Daley finally became an Olympic diving champion, alongside Matty Lee in the synchronised 10m platform event.

A household name since competing on the world stage as a schoolboy, the public has watched as he won major titles, shared his grief when he lost his father to cancer, and his joy when he married and later became a father.

Then aged 27, and 13 years after his Olympic debut, he claimed an emotional triumph at the Games in Tokyo.

Daley also won bronze in the men's 10m platform to become the first British diver to claim four Olympic medals.

Back to the Olympics now. I think we all held our breath as Tom Daley and Matty Lee held their nerve to clinch diving gold in what was a nail-biting final in Tokyo...

Lynne: Best sporting moment of 2021? The final moments of the Olympic Men's High Jump.

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Qatar's Mutaz Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi decided to share the title of Olympic champion in Tokyo instead of having a jump-off.

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And here's a bit more from Emma Raducanu: "Sport gave me an inner-belief and confidence from a young age.

"Everyone near me is keeping me in my place, 100%, but nothing's really changed in my mindset.

"My parents are never ones to make a big deal of anything I do that's good. So we'll see. Nothing too big, that's how they've always been as I've grown up.

"I want to improve and learn, I have a lot of learning to do, it might take longer to recover but I'm looking forward to getting started next year."

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Here's what Emma Raducanu had to say, speaking on BBC One: "I was five years old when I first started playing. When I realised I could beat the boys that's when I figured out 'Okay, I'm quite good.'

"After Wimbledon, I knew exactly what I needed to do. Each match that went by, I thought 'Why can't I win this? It's me or her so why not me?'

"I just zoned out [in the US Open final]. It was surreal. I just wanted to hit an ace because I was too scared to hit the ball."

Siobhan: Congrats to Sky Brown for winning young sports personality of the year. SO well deserved. I watched her in the Olympics and she was OUTSTANDING! Definitely a future gold medallist and British star.

"It's something that's very difficult to fully comprehend."

Here's US Open champion Emma Raducanu reflecting on an eventful 2021...