2016 has been a year filled with outstanding sporting events with the Rio Olympics and European Championship in France among the highlights.
However with a new social media generation progressing in their respective sporting fields, certain sportspeople have made headlines for good and bad reasons on Twitter.
Fans have also got involved by posting hilarious tweets at and about sports stars.
Here, Sportsmail picks out some of the best, funniest and entertaining social media posts of the year.
Samir Nasri's Twitter account was recently hacked and he was accused of cheating on his former girlfriend Anara Atanes.