PICTURE SPECIAL: Mail Sport’s Jeff Powell always shoulder to shoulder with sporting greats as our legendary sportswriter receives an MBE
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Sporting giants are lining up to pay their tribute to Jeff Powell after the legendary Mail Sport writer was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honors for his services to journalism.
Powell has worked with legends throughout his illustrious career, including Bobby Moore, Muhammad Ali and Lennox Lewis.
Mail Sport's Jonathan McEvoy has also praised Powell as an inspiration, reflecting on a career that has included countless exclusive stories and peerless writing in locations around the world.
Here, Mailsport takes a look at some of the best photos from Powell's 57-year career in journalism.
Keeping up the pace: Jeff Powell (center) goes for a run with Audley Harrison (left) at California's Big Bear Mountain in 2010
Exclusive: Jeff gets his first interview with Don Revie in Dubai in 1978, after quitting his job in England to take over the UAE. It was a first for the agenda that remains one of the best in the history of British sports journalism
Jeff speaks to former world champion David Haye, who has praised his understanding of the sport and his rapport with athletes
Heart of the action: Jeff, far right, on the bench in the Fulham dugout for the 1975 FA Cup final against West Ham at Wembley
Best friends: Jeff in the stands with his great friend, the late Terry Venables in 1989, who he helped become manager of Barcelona
Legendary Ukrainian heavyweight boxing stars Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko pose next to Jeff during an interview in 2011
Jeff grills former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter in 2014 interview over Qatar-Russia World Cup debate
Along for the ride: Jeff on the back of Nicky Lee in Doncaster as the Mail Sport reporter spent a day learning how to be a jockey
Jeff experienced the downside of life as a jockey, pictured after falling from Nicky Lee and landing on his back on the lawn