As I gazed into the bright December sunshine outside of my window and contemplated what I have watched, seen and covered over an indelible 12-month period of sport and politics, a Twitter notification popped up on my screen.

Britain's Chris Froome sealing a second consecutive Tour de France crown and a third overall or Serbia's Novak

Djokovic completing the career Grand Slam by winning the French Open?

Andy Murray and Mo Farah are among the Olympic gold medallists from Britain who feature in the New Year’s Honours list – both receiving knighthoods.

and claimed the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals trophy by beating rival Novak

Djokovic of Serbia in straight sets.On December 18, Murray also set a record by winning the BBC Sports

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and sportscotland have announced a £15 million ($18.5 million/€17.7 million) ‎joint-funding agreement to start in 2017.

Roger Federer with 17 Grand Slams, Rafael Nadal with 14, Novak Djokovic with 12 and Pete Sampras with

Britain’s Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber of Germany have been named as the 2016 men’s and women’s world champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

Janeiro and the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour Finals.His victory over Serbian rival Novak

Djokovic at the Tour Finals in London last month also saw him end the year as world number one for the

Eleven athletes from the world of sport have joined the Peace and Sport "Champions for Peace club" - becoming role-models, heroes and a source of inspiration for young people throughout the world as they use their fame to serve projects which use sport to tackle social issues.

more than 90 athletes from 45 countries who are personally involved with Peace and Sport.They include, Novak

Djokovic, Chris Froome, Paula Radcliffe, Sergey Bubka and Sébastien Loeb.

Serena Williams has hit out at gender inequality and criticised how she is described as one of the "world's greatest female athletes" in an open letter, published by the Women’s Tennis Association.

inaccurate", with Moore ultimately resigning from his post as a consequence of the controversy.Serbia’s Novak

Djokovic had claimed the statements were "not politically correct", but suggested that men could be

Stephane Houdet of France and Great Britain’s Gordon Reid will be aiming to finish 2016 at the top of the men’s singles wheelchair tennis standings with the 2016 NEC Masters, the final chance to gain important ranking points, beginning in London tomorrow.

I have watched Novak [Djokovic] and Andy [Murray] at the ATP World Tour Finals fighting for this too

Britain's Andy Murray claimed a superb straight sets victory over Novak Djokovic to win the Association

3, 6-4 to win the prestigious season-ending event for the first time in his career.After overtaking Djokovic

It’s a very special day, playing against Novak in a match like this," said Murray after his win on the

 "I’d like to congratulate Novak on everything he has achieved this year."

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will square off in the final of the Association of Tennis Professionals

Britain's Murray overtook Serbian Djokovic at the top of the world rankings earlier this month but he

twice unable to serve out the match and he squandered three match points in the second tiebreak.Novak Djokovic

I started off very well and got a 4-0 lead," said Djokovic, the defending champion."

World number one Andy Murray booked his place in the last four of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals as he produced a superb display on his way to a straight sets win over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka at the O2 Arena.

Murray’s triumph over Wawrinka enabled him to replicate the three wins recorded by Serbian Novak Djokovic

Canada's Milos Raonic battled past rising star Dominic Thiem of Austria to reach the last four at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals for the first time in his career at the O2 Arena in London.

earlier this year, took the opener on a tie break before he closed out a 7-6, 6-3 victory as he followed Novak

Djokovic into the semi-finals.The Canadian has been in superb form throughout 2016 and will be bidding

Novak Djokovic completed the group stage with a 100 per cent record as he beat Belgium's David Goffin

©Getty ImagesIn the other match in the Ivan Lendl Group, Djokovic ensured he progressed to the semi-finals

Belgium's David Goffin, who stood in for Gael Monfils after the Frenchman withdrew from injury, 6-1, 6-2.Djokovic

World number one Andy Murray proved his champion credentials with a superb win from a set down against Kei Nishikori during the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals at the O2 in London.

was also Murray's 21st victory in succession as the Briton seeks to match the result of Serbian rival Novak

Djokovic in order to remain ahead of him in the rankings."

on trying to win my own matches, get through as many as I can and make it as tough as possible for Novak

Defending champion Novak Djokovic became the first man to book his place in the semi-finals of the Association

through to the last four with two victories from two in the Ivan Lendl group.Raonic has never beaten Djokovic

eight players.If he wins the event, he will reclaim his number one ranking from Murray.In the first set Djokovic

second set saw the Canadian twice recover breaks of serve, before he squandered a set point.This allowed Djokovic

Other than a couple of loose service games, I thought it was a good performance," said Djokovic."

 Monfils will play Djokovic in his final match, while the John McEnroe group will resume tomorrow

New world number one Andy Murray opened his campaign at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals by easing past Croatia's Marin Cilic at the O2 in London today.

players in the standings, and will be hoping to stay as world number one in front of Serbian rival Novak

Djokovic, who he replaced at the summit earlier this month.His ascent to the top followed consecutive

Novak Djokovic came from behind to open his Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Finals

, eighth seed Thiem had three set points at 6-3 but then served two double faults in a row to allow Djokovic

lasted an hour and 16 minutes with a fine forehand into space.Dominic Thiem won the first set against Novak

Djokovic but was then blown away ©Getty ImagesHis joy was short-lived though as Djokovic roared through

victories in Beijing, Shanghai, Vienna and Paris.However, he could relinquish the position back to Djokovic