Intro:

A look back at some of the biggest talking points from the world of sport in 2014.

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2014 has certainly been a year to remember. Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, while on a lighter note Europe retained the Ryder Cup against the United States and Englishman Lewis Hamilton was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year after the Mercedes driver won his second Formula 1 world title:

SOUNDBITE (English): Lewis Hamilton:

"... I wanna fight as hard as possible and try and work and improve on things that are not strong enough and could be better. But overall it has been an incredible year and I have been incredibly blessed to have a great team around me."

In football, Arsène Wenger guided Arsenal to their first trophy in nine years by lifting the FA Cup, while Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the Ballon d'Or after scoring 66 goals in 56 games for Real Madrid and Portugal in 2013.

It wasn't the best of years for English cricket. After being crushed by Australia in the Ashes they faced accusations of bullying culture in the dressing room by sacked England batsman Kevin Pietersen.

Britain didn't fare much better in tennis, with Serbian Novak Djokovic claiming the Wimbledon trophy and American Serena Williams being crowned US Open champion.

But the UK did have reason to celebrate on the links with Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy winning the BMW PGA Championship before back-to-back majors success at the British Open and US PGA:

SOUNDBITE (English): Rory McIlroy, 2014 PGA Championship winner:

"... It's just been an incredible run of golf and I just couldn't be more proud of myself or happier with where my game's at."

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is reportedly paralysed and in a wheelchair after a skiing accident that nearly killed the 45-year-old last December.

Rugby legends Brian O'Driscoll and Jonny Wilkinson, of Ireland and England respectively, retired and we said goodbye to 71-year-old Portugal icon Eusébio, 88-year-old Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stéfano and 25-year-old Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.

An unforgettable year of headlines for 2014; 2015 has a lot to live up to.