By Max Winters For MailonlinePublished: 16:19 EST, 20 December 2020 | Updated: 16:59 EST, 20 December 2020Marcus Rashford has been honoured with a Panel Special Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on Sunday night. Marcus Rashford has been honoured with a Panel Special Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on Sunday nightHe was honoured for his work to end child food poverty with a new 'Panel Special Award'Speaking during the ceremony from Media City in Salford on Sunday night, Rashford said: 'Growing up as a kid I felt if it was a 100 metre race I started 50 metres behind everybody else. Rashford attended the ceremony at Media City in Salford to collect the prize for his effortsHe was awarded an MBE in October for services to vulnerable children during Covid-19. Rashford paid tribute to his mother, Melanie Maynard, who has revealed she would go hungry to ensure her children were fed. The BBC will air a special access-all-areas documentary about Rashford's campaign on December 21.

Source: The Nation December 20, 2020 21:56 UTC