Nominees for the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards have been announced in seven categories following a vote by the world’s sports media.

Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka, Norway’s teenage 1,500 metres and 5,000m European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Sprint finishes earned Norway’s Filip Ingebrigtsen and Yasemin Can of Turkey the men’s and women’s senior

A large crowd turned up to the Beekse Bergen Safari Park on a rainswept day when the 25- year -old Ingebrigtsen

year-old brother Jakob, who took the European 1500m and 5,000m titles in Berlin this year.The elder Ingebrigtsen

This is for sure not my distance," admitted Ingebrigtsen."

It was a tough race," said Ingebrigtsen."

Ingebrigtsen felt his rival’s mid-race antics had only added to the fun."

This year’s edition of the European Cross Country Championships promises to take place on a beast of a course as it is being held at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park in Tilburg. 

 France's Jimmy Gressier in the men’s under-23 race and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the men’s

 The 18-year-old Ingebrigtsen, winner of the 1,500 and 5,000 metres at this year's European Championships

If I was a betting man - and my bank manager, among others, should be duly grateful I am not - I would put money on Eliud Kipchoge stepping up to the stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco next Tuesday (December 4) to take possession of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athlete of the Year award.

Norway’s Jacob Ingebrigtsen, who turned 18 in September, won 1500m silver and 5,000m bronze at the World

Armand Duplantis, Selemon Barega and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are among the five finalists named by the International

Duplantis - nicknamed Mondo - set eight world under-20 records or bests, indoors and out.Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen

titles.He also finished the season by lowering his 1500m personal best to 3min 31.18sec.Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen

World decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer of France and European 100 metres, 200m and 4x100m champion Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain were awarded the men's and women's European Athlete of the Year prizes.

world and European 200m champion Ramil Guliyev, Norway's European 1,500m and 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

pic.twitter.com/OwPx4JzsQk— Dina Asher-Smith (@dinaashersmith) October 27, 2018Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen

award.Eighteen-year-old Duplantis won gold in the pole vault at the European Championships, while 17-year-old Ingebrigtsen

Caterine Ibarguen completed her second major triple jump/long jump double of the season here today to help Team Americas take over the title of Continental Cup champions from Team Europe.

top in a tactical men's race, holding off the European challenge from Marcin Lewandowski and Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Conseslus Kipruto found a way to retain his International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League title despite losing his shoe during the first lap of the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase here today.

1500m unfortunately lacking the presence of Norway’s 17-year-old European 1500 and 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

A sell-out crowd of 25,000 will pack into Zurich's Letzigrund Stadium tomorrow night for the first of two International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League Finals on successive dates - and the action promises to be memorable.

champions, 12 world champions and 11 European champions.Will Norway's 17-year-old wonder-boy Jakob Ingebrigtsen

off hard it will surely be hard for him.Norway's 17-year-old European 1,500 and 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

evening ©Getty Images  But he will have some moral support in the form of his elder brother Filip Ingebrigtsen

For Jakob Ingebrigtsen, read Armand Duplantis. 

Athletics Championships - witnessed another huge night of athletics here as Norway's 17-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Sandra Perkovic became the first athlete to win five European titles in the same discipline.The youthful Ingebrigtsen

years old, and already have two European titles at senior level," said Jakob.Norway's 17-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Norway’s 17-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen transformed himself from prodigious junior to astounding senior

history to defeat Sergey Shubenkov by two thousandths of a second in the 110m hurdles.When the youngest Ingebrigtsen

stride, pinned his ears back and set off for the gold like a dog fetching a stick.Norway's Brothers Ingebrigtsen

 But the story was not to be changed, and Family Ingebrigtsen was able to celebrate its third European

with Lewandowski clocking 3:38.14 and Wightman claiming himself another major medal in 3:38.25.Henrik Ingebrigtsen

went to Spain’s Olympic silver medallist Daniel Ortega in 13.34.While his younger compatriot Jakob Ingebrigtsen

The men's javelin will be one of the marquee events at the 24th European Athletics Championships that get underway here tomorrow - which offer in many disciplines an Olympic level of competition.

distance.In the men's 1,500m there is a huge family focus given the involvement of 2012 champion Henrik Ingebrigtsen

Sixteen-year-old Briana Williams, the surprise women's 100 metres champion at the World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, today became an even more unlikely double champion as she set a Championship record of 22.50sec in the 200m.

Stanley Waithaka earning silver in 13:20.57 and bronze going to Norway's 1,500m silver medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen

World 60 metres record holder Christian Coleman, back after a month's injury lay-off, re-staked his claim to be considered the fastest new sprinter on the block as he won the men's 100m in Rabat in a season's best time of 9.98sec that equalled the meeting record.

delighted the home crowd by winning in a personal best of 3:33.22 from Norway's European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen