Nominees for the 2008 Laureus World Sports Awards:

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year

Roger Federer (Switzerland) - winner of fifth straight Wimbledon title to equal Bjorn Borg's record

Tyson Gay (US) - winner of 100m and 200m World Championship sprint double

Kaka (Brazil) - leading scorer in 2007 Champions League, FIFA World Player of the Year

Michael Phelps (US) - won seven golds and five world records at World Swimming Championships

Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) - clinched first Formula One World Championship in last race of season

Tiger Woods (US)- winner of US PGA championship and six other US PGA Tour events

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year

Justine Henin (Belgium) - first tennis player to win ten titles in a season for ten years

Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) - winner of World Championship pole vault gold medal

Carolina Kluft (Sweden) - winner of third straight World Championship heptathlon gold

Libby Lenton (Australia) - won five gold medals in World Swimming Championships

Marta (Brazil) - won Golden Ball and Golden Shoe in FIFA Women's World Cup

Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) - top women's golfer in the world, won eight tournaments in 2007

Laureus World Team of the Year

AC Milan Football Team (Italy) - winners of seventh Champions League/European Cup

Australia Men's Cricket Team - winners of third successive Cricket World Cup

Ferrari (Italy) - won Formula One World Championship with their driver Kimi Raikkonen

Germany Women's Football Team - became first team to retain FIFA Women's World Cup

Iraq Football Team - won Asian Cup with a team including Sunni and Shia Muslims

South African Rugby Team - won 2007 Rugby World Cup, going

Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year

Alberto Contador (Spain) - won Tour de France for the first time in 2007

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - at 20, won five times on ATP tour and was runner-up at US Open

Tyson Gay (US) - winner of 100m and 200m World Championship sprint double

Lewis Hamilton (UK) - at 22, became youngest driver to lead F1 World Championship

Oscar Pistorius (Sth Africa) - has carbon fibre limbs, competed in non-disabled races in 2007

Casey Stoner (Australia) - at 21, won World MotoGP Championship, winning 10 races

Laureus World Comeback of the Year

Great Britain Rugby League Team - won a Test series for the first time in 14 years

Christine Ohuruogu (UK) - won World Championship 400m after ban for missing drugs tests

Paula Radcliffe (UK) - won New York Marathon after two years away from competition

Jana Rawlinson (Australia) - won World Championship 400m hurdles eight months after giving birth

Steve Stricker (US) - finished 2007 as World No 4 golfer after recovering from several years poor golf

Jonny Wilkinson (UK) - returned after injury to lead England to Rugby World Cup final

Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability

Daniel Dias (Brazil) - won eight swimming gold medals in the the ParaPanAmerican Games

Darren Kenny (UK) - won two gold and two bronze in the World ParaCycling Championship

Sarah Storey (UK) - collected two cycling gold medals at Paralympic World Cup in Manchester

Michael Teuber (Germany) - won gold for third time in World ParaCycling Championship pursuit

Esther Vergeer (Netherlands) - wheelchair tennis player unbeaten in four years

There are only five nominees in this category

Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year

Daniel Dhers (Venezuela) - at 21, took gold in BMX Park at the Summer X Games

Mick Fanning (Australia) - won the 2007 Surfing World Tour, taking three firsts during the year

Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) - at 19, first surfer to win a World Surfing Championship as a rookie

Aaron Hadlow (UK) - aged 19, won PKRA kiteboarding world tour for fourth straight time

Ryan Sheckler (US) - dominated Park category in skateboarding on Action Sports Tour

Shaun White (US) - won Winter and Summer X Games golds in snowboarding and skateboarding