That winning feeling

What she won: 800 and 1500m gold medals at Athens

Who she was up against: Russia8217;s Olympic pole vault winner Yelena Isinbayeva, Sweden8217;s heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Kluft, Holland8217;s Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel, the most successful cyclist in Olympic history, Russia8217;s 17-year-old Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova and Swedish golfing great Annika Sorenstam

Team of they year

Greece, winners of Euro 2004

Spirit of Sport
Boston Red Sox, who last year won baseball8217;s World Series for the first time in 86 years

Newcomer of the Year
China8217;s Liu Xiang, who became the first Chinese man to win a track athletics medal in Olympic history when he won the 110m hurdles

Comeback of the Year
Italian Alessandro Zanardi, who lost both his legs in a racing accident in 2003 but completed a full touring car season last year

Disabled Athlete of the Year
Chantal Petitclerc, winner of five wheelchair golds in Athens. She had lost both her legs when 13

Alternative Sportsperson of the Year
Yatchswoman Ellen Macarthur, who broke the world record for a round-the-world solo voyage AFP