• Lewis Hamilton and Chris Froome in running after shortlist announced
None of England’s Ashes winners are included in the listAndy Murray and Tyson Fury are among the favourites to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for 2015 after being named on the 12-person shortlist Monday and following a weekend of stunning achievements for the pair.
Murray sealed remarkable Britain’s first Davis Cup title in 79 years with a 6-3,7-5, 6-3 victory over Belgium’s David Goffin in Ghent on Sunday. The 28-year-old also won in the doubles on Saturday alongside his older brother Jamie, and that perhaps explains why the world No2 later described winning tennis’s premier team tournament as the “most emotional moment” of a career that has also seen him win Wimbledon,the US Open and Olympic gold medal.
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Source: theguardian.com