Ex-Liverpool Star Bags Integrity Award

Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has bagged the Integrity and Impact Award at the BT Sport Industry Awards.

The former Liverpool player was rewarded for his fight against racism on and off the pitch.

He was presented with the award by his England manager Gareth Southgate.

Raheem Sterling is also in line for two other awards after he was named amongst the list of nominees for both the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the PFA Players’ Young Player of the Year.

He made the Player of the Year nominees shortlist alongside Manchester City teammates Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero as well as Virgil Van Dijk, Sadio Mane (Liverpool) and Eden Hazard (Chelsea).

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Others on the Young Player of the Year nominees list are Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) and David Brooks (Bournemouth).

Sterling was also named in the PFA Team of the Year.

He was one of six Manchester City players on the list alongside Fernandinho, Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero.

Others on the PFA Team include the Liverpool quartet of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Sadio Mane and Dutch international Virgil Van Dijk.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba was the controversial name on the PFA Team of the Year.