Monaco — Caster Semenya did not win at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco on Tuesday night, but the South African still smiled through the biting cold the "beast from the east" has brought to this most glamorous and extravagant of enclaves over these past few days. She had warm words for Serena Williams, who beat her for the Sports Woman of the Year title, on a night when tennis dominated the 18th awards, calling her an icon. There was some small comfort for SA as Roger Federer, born to a South African mother, took home two gongs — Sports Man of the Year and Comeback of the Year — becoming the most decorated athlete in the history of the awards. Semenya was, as ever, already looking forward to a year in which she aims to add two Commonwealth medals to the empty space in her collection, giving her just about every accolade it is possible for her to win without a vote. It will be Semenya’s first Commonwealth Games, having missed Delhi in 2010 because of injury and Glasgow in 20...
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