Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Lewis Hamilton has been appointed an MBE in the New Year Honours list for services to motor racing after becoming the sport's youngest-ever Formula One world champion this year.
The Daily Dust (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Chris Hoy wins a Knighthood for services to sport along with other Beijing medal winners and many sports stars In China this summer, Hoy became the first British athlete in more than 100 years to win three gold medals at one Games. “To become a knight from riding your bike, it’s mad,” he said. “But it is, [...]
Sky News (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Britain's sporting heroes have dominated the New Year Honours List with Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy and racing driver Lewis Hamilton topping the bill.
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
The Olympians and Paralympians whose triumphs in Beijing earned them an invitation to tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace in October will be back in the New Year.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Cyclist Chris Hoy is to be made a knight for his Olympic heroics while every gold medallist from the Beijing Games is rewarded in the New Year Honours.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
FANTASY author Terry Pratchett is now a real-life knight after being awarded the highest recognition in the Queen's new year honours list.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Britain's Olympic and Paralympic champions dominate the New Year's Honours List, taking 55 awards, among them a knighthood for the triple gold medal-winning cyclist, Chris Hoy, and an OBE for the double-gold swimmer, Rebecca Adlington.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Rarely, if ever, have British sports men and women dominated their discipline the way the country's cyclists did in Beijing this summer.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
CHRIS Hoy's knighthood tops the New Year's Honours list that gives every British Olympic champion an award following the country's best medal haul in a century.
nicolaswebb.com (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
As previously stated, these are my awards so I can be biased :-). This has been the best year of sport I've known and as a result this award has a lot of contenders. Before I run down the top five here are a few of the other sporting moments, the Olympics were simply so good I've had to leave a lot out or this blogpost would be far too long! New York Giants break the New England unbeaten
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
Tom Daley is a star in his own right as Britain's youngest competitor at the Beijing Olympics and his Dad Rob took some snaps at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist cyclist Chris Hoy raced to another victory last night when he was crowned BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
Hoy, triple gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics, won a phone vote by TV viewers during the live programme on BBC1.
F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008
He may be the youngest ever Formula 1 world champion but the British public snubbed Lewis Hamilton in the voting for Sports Personality of the Year 2008. Hamilton was beaten by cyclist Chris Hoy, who was supposed to be racing Hamilton in the Race of Champions at Wembley today. That event was cancelled due to safety [...]
The Sun (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008
CYCLIST Chris Hoy beat Lewis Hamlton to BBC Sports Personality of the year gong
