Andy Murray was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time on Sunday regardless of his better half letting him know she was voting in favor of one of his opponents.
The 29-year-old Murray topped a paramount year in which he guaranteed his second Wimbledon and Olympic titles, dismissed Novak Djokovic as world number one and turned into a father interestingly. He beat two-time Olympic marathon champion Alistair Brownlee and Olympic showjumping gold medallist Nick Skelton in general society vote with the outcomes reported at a service in Birmingham.
"Really, I have an issue that remains to be worked out with my better half (Kim) in light of the fact that around an hour prior she let me know she'd voted in favor of Nick Skelton. Not savvy from her with Christmas coming up," said Murray who was given his trophy at his Miami preparing base by previous world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis.
Murray, who likewise won the honor in 2013 and 2015, included: "I'd get a kick out of the chance to thank everybody who voted - I truly value your support.
"Additionally I'd jump at the chance to thank my family. I think my mom is in the group there (in Birmingham). I'd get a kick out of the chance to thank my father as also, who just got hitched 10 days back.
"A gigantic on account of my significant other and my little girl (Sophia) - she won't recognize what this implies yet, however perhaps in a couple of years she will."
Leicester City supervisor Claudio Ranieri was named mentor of the year in the wake of directing the Foxes to the Premier League title. Leicester, 5,000-1 to lift the trophy toward the begin of last season, were additionally voted the group of the year.
Michael Phelps got the lifetime accomplishment grant in the wake of winning five Olympic golds in Rio, taking his aggregate to 23 gold and 28 awards altogether.
American young tumbler Simone Biles was named Overseas Sports Personality of the Year for her four gold awards and bronze in Rio.
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