Hamilton named Sportsman of the Year

Lewis Hamilton's record breaking first season as a Formula 1 driver was acclaimed by Britain's sports journalists yesterday when he was named as their 59th Sportsman of the Year. The awards were the result of a poll of the members of the Sports Journalists Association - writers, photographers, broadcasters - and were presented at a gala lunch in the City of London attended by nearly 300 from the worlds of sport, celebrity, politics and the media