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Marcus Rashford honoured for his efforts to end child food poverty with a 'Panel Special Award' during BBC's Sports Personality of the Year as Manchester United star admits he 'didn't expect' reaction to his campaign

Marcus Rashford has been honoured with a Panel Special Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on Sunday night.

The Manchester United star led a successful campaign to extend the provision of free school meals for vulnerable children during the spring lockdown, and continues to work on projects to tackle child hunger.

He said: 'Growing up as a kid I felt if it was a 100 metre race I started 50 metres behind everybody else.

Marcus Rashford has been honoured with a Panel Special Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on Sunday night

'It was more difficult for me to do the basic things like getting to training, eat the right things, it was a nightmare of a situation to be in, but in the end I got to where I needed to get to.