Ten moments to remember in 2009

From Jenson Button's amazing Brawn GP journey to Roger Federer's marathon Wimbledon match against Andy Roddick. Here are the top 10 moments of 2009.

1 JENSON BUTTON: Button took a pay cut to join the new Brawn team for the start of the 2009 Formula One season and his impact was spectacular: he won six of the first seven races which proved enough to sweep him to the world drivers' title.

2 THE ASHES: In the aftermath of the Kevin Pietersen captaincy controversy, Andrew Strauss cajoled his England squad into wresting the Ashes back from Australia via a narrow 2-1 series victory.

3 BETH TWEDDLE: Britain's favourite gymnast looked to have blown her chance of a world medal on home soil when she failed to reach the final of the uneven bars. She responded by clinching historic gold with a perfect floor routine.

4 TOM DALEY: Daley proved the profile afforded him since he appeared at the Beijing Olympics at the age of 14 was justified as he claimed an unexpected gold medal in the 10m platform competition at the World Championships in Rome.

5 USAIN BOLT: The Jamaican sprinter achieved the seemingly impossible at the World Championships in Berlin when he lowered his 100m world record to 9.58 seconds. Days later he also set a new mark of 19.19 for the 200m.

6 DAVID HAYE: The British puncher breathed new life into boxing's heavyweight division by cleverly outpointing Russian giant Nikolai Valuev to earn the WBA title in Nuremberg, Germany.

7 KIM CLIJSTERS: The Belgian returned from an extended absence from the sport to revive a flagging women's game by making her Grand Slam return at the US Open in New York - and promptly sailed to the title, defeating both Williams sisters along the way.

8 FA CUP FINAL: Fears the 2009 FA Cup final between Chelsea and Everton could be too one-sided were shattered after just 25 seconds when Louis Saha swept home the fastest ever final goal, although the Londoners fought back to win the match.

9 WIMBLEDON FINAL: One year after his epic defeat to Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer got the better of another awesome Wimbledon final against Andy Roddick, winning a marathon match 16-14 in the final set.

10 GRAND SLAM: The 2009 Six Nations boiled down to a last-second penalty which Welshman Stephen Jones kicked short, enabling Ireland to celebrate their first Grand Slam in 61 years in dramatic scenes in Cardiff.