Sir Alex Ferguson will be honoured with a special Diamond award to mark the 60th anniversary of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show in Leeds tonight.
Ferguson received the Lifetime Achievement award on the show in 2001 but the BBC is keen to mark a year which saw him bring an end to his 26-year reign in charge of Manchester United.
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