Tyson Fury has been named on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award despite threatening legal action if he was announced as a nominee.
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, has suffered a second blow in quick succession, missing out on the shortlist just a day after he was denied a record eighth Formula One world title. Having been pipped to the F1 crown by Red Bull's Max Verstappen in controversial fashion, with Mercedes intending to appeal the results of Sunday's season finale, he then missed out on Monday morning on the shortlist for the award he won last year.
The 2020 title was the second time Hamilton, who is level with Michael Schumacher for the most F1 world titles, won the award.
Instead, the list is comprised of boxer Fury, tennis star Emma Raducanu, Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling and Olympic and Paralympic stars Tom Daley, Adam Peaty and Dame Sarah Storey.
Notably, Fury makes it onto the list despite opposing his inclusion on the shortlist last year and having threatened to sue the BBC if he was named this time.
He told the Daily Telegraph earlier this month: "It means nothing to me and I don't need it or want it.
"In fact, they will hear from my solicitors if they do put me on the list. Give it to someone who needs it. I don't.
"We know who the sports personality of the year is anyway - it's me. I am the sports personality. Who does what I do, goes through a war in Las Vegas, entertains the fans, and then sings to the audience?"
Raducanu is the big favourite to claim the award after her remarkable US Open triumph in New York in September.
There was no place for anyone from the world of rugby to make the cut, perhaps unsurprising given this year's showpiece moment, the Lions tour, ultimately ended in uninspiring defeat for the combined home nations.
The BBC show will be held at Media City in Salford this Sunday without a studio audience because of concerns over rising coronavirus infections amid the emergence of the Omicron variant.
