Sports Personality of the Year

Lionesses and Arsenal forward is the bookies' pick for the BBC crown after England's Euro 2022 win, with Ben Stokes also expected to attract votes.

[the women’s curling team to success](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/20/eve-muirhead-leads-team-gb-to-first-beijing-winter-olympics-gold-with-victory-in-womens-final). As England’s Test captain Stokes has also set about revolutionising the team’s style of play, with an aggressive all-action approach leading to [a clean sweep in the Test series](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/20/pakistan-v-england-third-test-day-four-report) against Pakistan. However, Mead is a doubt for next year’s World Cup [after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/22/england-and-arsenals-beth-mead-set-for-long-absence-due-to-knee-injury) in a WSL game against Manchester United last month. The World Cup winner Lionel Messi has already been named as the international sports personality of the year. Now level with Stephen Hendry as the most successful player in the tournament’s history, he was also ranked the world’s best player in 2022. The forward was instrumental in

The Arsenal forward won the Golden Boot for leading scorer and was named player of the tournament during England's Euro 2022 victory in the summer.

O’Sullivan could claim the gong for the first time at the age of 47 after equalling Stephen Hendry’s record by winning a seventh World Snooker Championship. Mead, who is the bookmakers’ heavy favourite for the award, is joined on the shortlist by England cricket captain Ben Stokes, snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan, gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curler Eve Muirhead and runner Jake Wightman. England star Beth Mead leads the six nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

The pick of the dark, devious and downright dumb sporting stories – and the antiheroes behind them.

For the first time this year an award was given specifically for a leader of the fight against corruption in sport; among the guests for the ceremony, They have a guy whose job is to put pressure on the ice maker to change the ice for the benefit of the Netherlands. The jurors were unable to reach a verdict and a retrial has been scheduled for next summer. However the best ice for me is when the ice is bad. It has been an epic year for cheating controversies and conspiracies, a year in which the concept of vibrating anal beads in chess, for better or worse, leaped irreversibly into the public consciousness. “It’s been hard on the people who are playing by the rules and I think for people who just like to hear about catching big fish.” “This has been terrible for fishing as a sport,” said Ron Taylor, a semi-pro bass fisherman. In September he was sent home from a tour of Argentina after reports emerged of him leaving the team hotel and checking into a different one with the team’s dietician, Zeenat Simjee. It was not the first time the pair’s integrity had been questioned – after they won the Fall Brawl on Lake Erie last year Cominsky failed a mandatory polygraph test, meaning they were denied the first prize of a $125,000 boat (happily they passed the tests for another competition they won that same weekend, sailing home with a $152,000 boat). If I had my stomach pumped I don’t remember that either.” The bump on the head can’t have damaged him too badly – after 27 years as a professional in which he had never got his hands on a trophy, he won his next tournament – the Gibraltar Open. A few weeks later he was banned for another four years, if such a thing is possible, having allegedly “run away from the venue without informing anyone” after being summoned for a dope test. “I’m the best defender to ever play this game,” he says.

Arsenal player Beth Mead is the favourite to take home the trophy.

Voting is free but each BBC account is only permitted to cast one vote. To cast your ballot online, log in to your BBC account or create one, then choose your preferred candidate. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year event takes place on Wednesday, December 21 and will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

It was announced that Beth Mead, Ben Stokes , Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jessica Gadirova, Eve Muirhead and Jake Wightman have been nominated for the prize, ...

I'm simply assuming it's an upload to the website problem but be great to see it corrected speedily. While @markg0366 commented: '#Spoty22 just seen the shortlist I think you've omitted @MattFitz94. Matthew Fieldsend wrote: 'How on earth is @MattFitz94 not included in the nominations! Clearly 1 on US soil just isn't good enough apparently.' Matt Fitzpatrick has been snubbed in the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year [BBC](/news/bbc/index.html) Sports Personality of the Year for omitting Matt Fitzpatrick from their shortlist for the award.

Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Six nominees revealed · Jessica Gadirova, Beth Mead, Eve Muirhead, Ben Stokes, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jake Wightman were ...

Stokes was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 2019 and is in the running again after a hugely successful year. The Scot completed his set of medals at the other major championships over the summer, taking European silver and Commonwealth bronze. Snooker’s biggest star claimed his seventh World Championship title in 2022 with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump, equalling Stephen Hendry’s record and becoming the oldest winner of the crown at 46. A difficult Winter Olympics in Beijing for Britain had a golden ending as skip Muirhead led her curling rink to glory. Her international tally for the season of 20 goals was a new England record. Gadirova achieved that with her floor routine in Liverpool in November having previously claimed team silver and all-around bronze.

She is one of just six finalists for the prestigious BBC award.

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Beth Mead leads the six nominees for this year's Spoty — vote below for the athlete you think should win.

The shortlist is selected by an independent panel of experts, which this year included former Olympian Denise Lewis, Paralympian Kelly Gallagher and ex-snooker player Stephen Hendry. Stokes proved he remains one of cricket's greatest competitors in 2022, with his unbeaten 52 pushing England to triumph in the T20 World Cup final. She also won floor gold and team silver at the European Championships this year, and is on the Young Sports Personality shortlist with skateboarder Sky Brown and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix. At 46, he was the oldest player ever to do so. The show is broadcast on BBC One. It remains, for the BBC at least, one of sport’s most prestigious awards.

FIGHT fans have slammed the omission of UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards from the list of BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees.The six no.

Me neither as it wasn’t on the BBC!" [face off for a third time at UFC 286 in London](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20683415/ufc-286-london-edwards-usman-trilogy/) on March 18. [CASINO SPECIAL - BEST NEW CUSTOMER SIGN UP DEALS](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/betting-tips/15779007/online-casino-bonus-offers-sign-up-deals-no-deposit/) [remarkable leg kick to the head of The Nigerian Nightmare](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19571816/ufc-278-leon-edwards-kamaru-usman/), knocking him out cold to win the fight in the most sensational fashion. [Edwards](https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/leon-edwards/), 31. [six nominees for the prestigious award](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20810519/sports-personality-of-the-year-2022-nominees-revealed/) were confirmed on Tuesday.

Edwards landed a stunning head kick to win UFC's welterweight title in the dying stages of a fight he was likely set to lose on points, but instead became ...

Brendan Loughnane wins 4 fights in 8 months to be UK’s 1st PFL champ.' Me neither as it wasn’t on the BBC!' [BBC's shortlist of Sports Personality of the Year nominees](/sport/othersports/article-11557347/Lionesses-star-Beth-Mead-leads-six-nominee-shortlist-BBC-Sports-Personality-Year-award.html), despite securing arguably one of the best last-minute knockouts in MMA history against [Kamaru Usman](/sport/kamaru-usman/index.html) in August.

The English fighter won the UFC welterweight championship with a brutal head kick against Kamaru Usman, but has been ignored by the BBC Sport's Personality ...

He added: "Leon Edwards??? Me neither as it wasn’t on the BBC!" He added: "SPOTY is a joke, @Leon_edwardsmma should be nominated. He tweeted: "Giving the award to anyone other than @Leon_edwardsmma would be a crime. Let us know your thoughts in the Fans were quickly on social media slamming the BBC for failing to recognise Edward's achievements.

Matt Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open in June but was left off the shortlist for BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award.

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"I'm shocked. I didn't expect to win [the award]... this is a massive honour with such strong performances in Welsh sport," said Breen.

The quality of the performance was evident but it was also the way her obvious delight was shared by those lucky enough to be in the stadium - and also by many of the millions watching on television. That's my main goal." "It was a performance which was one of the outstanding highlights of the whole Games. this is a massive honour with such strong performances in Welsh sport," said Breen. "I'm shocked. "Olivia Breen was the unanimous choice of the panel to be Wales' Sports Personality of the Year 2022 for her outstanding performance during Birmingham 2002," Walker said.

OPINION: Mead won the Golden Boot and was player of the tournament at Euro 2022. The Lionesses lifted their first trophy at a major women's tournament after ...

The forward broke Jimmy Greaves' long-held international record of most goals in a season for an England senior side, when hitting 20 in just 19 matches over the campaign. Her personal story is one of resilience and a never-give in attitude. The biggest disappointment of her professional news. This achievement deserves to be recognised at SPOTY which, whatever you think of it, always seems to capture the sporting psyche of the nation. [Mead](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/beth-mead) herself, but it is yet another step of how far the women's game has come in this country. It also has the potential to bring the women's game to a whole new audience and change countless young people's lives, those who might not otherwise have played the game. Naturally Mead, as top scorer, is a fitting nominee to represent the team. In that sense it feels strange for any player to be considered star of the show. This way made clear by the impact of Chloe Kelly, Ella Toone and Alessia Russo as substitutes on a consistent basis throughout the tournament. Wiegman ensured the Lionesses' worked as a team first and foremost, rather than working around one or two talented individuals. It would instead by a symbol what the Lionesses achieved as a unit. Rightly her superb year on the pitch and the impact she had on her national team, has been recognised.

The 69th annual awards show will be presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott. How to watch. The programme will be shown live on BBC ...

[Lionel Messi](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/lionel-messi) is World Sport Star of the Year. [iPlayer](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/iplayer) and the BBC iPlayer app, and will run until 9pm. [BBC](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bbc)’s Sports Personality of the Year Award for 2022 will take place at 6:45pm on Wednesday, December 21 at MediaCity in Salford. [Emma Raducanu](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/emma-raducanu) winning the award [last year](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/emma-raducanu-bbc-spoty-award-25738529#:~:text=Emma%20Raducanu%20wins%20BBC%20Sports,US%20Open%20win%20%2D%20Mirror%20Online&text=Got%20A%20Story%3F), here is all you need to know about SPOTY 2022 as the ceremony draws close to another incredible year of sport. [Barbara Slater](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/barbara-slater), met in November to decide on the main candidates. [BBC Sports Personality of the Year](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/gallery/bbc-sports-personality-year-2913927) (SPOTY) awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday as Britain’s best athletes are celebrated for their achievements over the past 12 months.

In the summer of 2021, Beth Mead was not even deemed to be in the top 18 players in Britain for Team GB's Tokyo Olympic squad.

Her bronze in the all-around was an historic first for Britain. After a dramatic extra-time win against Spain, Mead scored a sublime goal to set England on their way to a 4-0 win over Sweden in the semi-finals, before the Lionesses made history against Germany in the final at Wembley. He was also the first English male winner of any Major for six years. The forward made the difference in a nervy opener at the Euros, scoring the only the goal as England made hard work of a 1-0 win over Austria. Ian Wright has described the 27-year-old as a “goalscoring monster”. While Mead has been the fulcrum of what was a transformative tournament for the Lionesses and women’s sport as a whole, Stokes has flipped the England men’s Test team on its head.

As PGA world number one and winner of the FedEx and DP world titles, many expected Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy to make the shortlist for tonight's BBC ...

A lot of us will be thinking, what on earth is the BBC doing?” But then he is only number 1 in a truly global sport doing all the right things on and off the course and leading a crusade against mega petrol dollars moving in. "For me, and I think for everyone, they will be flabbergasted that he hasn’t made the cut.

Beth Mead leads the six nominees for this year's Spoty — vote below for the athlete you think should win.

She also won floor gold and team silver at the European Championships this year, and is on the Young Sports Personality shortlist with skateboarder Sky Brown and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix. Stokes proved he remains one of cricket's greatest competitors in 2022, with his unbeaten 52 pushing England to triumph in the T20 World Cup final. The shortlist is selected by an independent panel of experts, which this year included former Olympian Denise Lewis, Paralympian Kelly Gallagher and ex-snooker player Stephen Hendry. At 46, he was the oldest player ever to do so. Muirhead, 32, finally claimed her long-awaited gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, her fourth games. Vote below to pick the athlete you believe should win. Her six goals and five assists saw her play a starring role as England won its first major football trophy since 1966, helping women's football break new ground in this country The show is broadcast on BBC One. England star Beth Mead leads the six nominees for Spoty 2022. It remains, for the BBC at least, one of sport’s most prestigious awards. Officially, the award goes to "the sportsperson whose sporting actions have most captured the UK public's imagination during 2022." Gary Lineker will present the show – fresh off his lead-presenter stint at the Qatar World Cup – with Clare Balding, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott alongside him.

England forward Beth Mead has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year following the Lionesses' Euro 2022 triumph.

[Who are the six contenders for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/63887059) England forward Beth Mead has been nominated for the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award following the Lionesses' Euro 2022 triumph. Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Lionesses' Beth Mead nominated for award

England star Beth Mead, from North Yorkshire, leads the six nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

O’Sullivan could claim the gong for the first time at the age of 47 after equalling Stephen Hendry’s record by winning a seventh World Snooker Championship. Mead, who is the bookmakers’ heavy favourite for the award, is joined on the shortlist by England cricket captain Ben Stokes, snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan, gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curler Eve Muirhead and runner Jake Wightman. England star Beth Mead, from North Yorkshire, leads the six nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year host Gary Lineker cannot believe that US open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is not among the 2022 nominees.

[Manchester United hero Mikael Silvestre warns Erik ten Hag to take Carabao Cup seriously ahead of Burnley clash](https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/21/manchester-united-vs-burnley-erik-ten-hag-sent-warning-over-carabao-cup-17974197/?ico=more_text_links) MORE : The last golfer to be on the shortlist was Danny Willett who finished last of 16 nominees back in 2016. [Coral](https://sports.coral.co.uk/event/tv-specials/tv-specials-awards/sports-personality-of-the-year/2022-sports-personality-of-the-year/19805685/main-markets), having won the Golden Boot and been named player of the tournament during the Lionesses Euro 2022 victory in the summer. SPOTY have been criticised in the past for the lack of golf recognition, with the last winner, as voted by the public, being Faldo back in 1989. The six nominees for the 2022 award were announced on Tuesday ahead of the live show on BBC One on Wednesday night.

The event will be broadcast live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app from 6.45pm. The presenters for this year's edition are Gary Lineker, ...

It is the first time in three years that there will be a live studio audience in attendance. The presenters for this year's edition are Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Clare Balding. - Ben Stokes (cricketer) Usain Bolt has been handed the Lifetime Achievement award for his contribution to athletics. - Jessica Gadirova (gymnast) [Water rugby' leaves 1.6m in awe of new twist on the game](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/water-rugby-leaves-16m-awe-25795109)

Beth Mead will be hoping that the success of the England Women's National Team in Euro 2022 can be the catalyst for her own individual recognition.

Ronnie O’Sullivan sits further back in third with odds of 33/1. Jake Wightman 500/1 The Arsenal striker played a huge part in the success of the England Women’s National Team

Beth Mead is the overwhelming bookies' favourite to be voted as the people's SPOTY champion but England cricket hero Ben Stokes is making a case of his own.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 latest odds BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 nominees [Ronnie O’Sullivan](/topic/ronnie-osullivan-0) is thought to have an outside shot at winning.

Beth Mead and Ben Stokes favourites as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Eve Muirhead, Jessica Gadirova and Jake Wightman round out the nominees.

To be standing on the top of the podium after it all was very, very special.” Blackmore made more history this year as the first female jockey to win the Gold Cup. The king at his table, the greatest at his mightiest. After qualifying for Beijing we did it the hard way but I learned a ton, about how to get myself back from failure. “I have an appetite to love the game, I love competing and when you love what to do you get out of bed in the morning to do it. He has never won the SPOTY title. Snooker’s biggest star claimed his seventh World Championship title in 2022 with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump, equalling Stephen Hendry’s record and becoming the oldest winner of the crown at 46. Manchester City edged out Liverpool in a dramatic Premier League title race, on the final day of the season. Liverpool were Carabao Cup and FA Cup champions, as they won the first two legs of a possible quadruple. Eddie Butler, the legendary rugby commentator and former international known as the “voice of Wales”, died earlier this year at the age of 65. Trust in your mind, in your memory, that on the biggest stage you will find your best performance. “It started with the Commonwealth Games, to come away with team gold was incredible.

With 2022 drawing to a close, it's once again time for awards to be dished out as tonight's SPOTY ceremony takes place in Salford.

Jessica Gadirova, who was also shortlisted for the main award, was named Young Sports Personality of the Year. [Beth Mead](/topic/beth-mead) has been named BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022. I wouldn’t have done it without my dad, my mum and all my family.” “I’m incredibly honoured to win this award. “I’m speechless for once,” she said. Sarina Wiegman picked up Coach of the Year, while the Helen Rollason Award, “for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity”, went to Rob Burrow.

Six names have made the final SPOTY list ahead of the ceremony in Salford with Beth Mead, Ben Stokes, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Eve Muirhead, Jessica Gadirova and ...

Doing so made him the first Brit to win the world title since Steve Cram in 1983. Great Britain's Women's curling team rose above the rest of the world to take the gold medal for only the second time ever, whilst the Men's team took silver. The New Zealand-born all-rounder has transformed the Test team in his role as captain, leading England to series victories against South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan. This will be the 69th presentation of the award, which began in 1954. Football finally came home this year, and one reason for that was Mead's stellar performances for the Lionesses during their Euro 2022 triumph this summer. Here, the

Footballer Beth Mead, cricketer Ben Stokes, gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curling's Eve Muirhead, snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan and athlete Jake Wightman are ...

Mead won the Golden boot leading England to European Championship success and was also named Player of the Tournament. He says his longevity is snooker is from enjoyment of 'playing the game'. "To be floor champion in front of a home crowd (in Liverpool) was amazing. [Beth Mead](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/beth-mead) become the first women's footballer to win the Sports Personality of the Year award. Based in one of Bristol’s most deprived areas, the club is open to anyone of any age and ability, with teams for boys, girls, veterans and disabled players. Except @stokesy has come home with a stomach bug" "Hopefully this Test team will keep striving to break records. Let's keep pushing girls and doing the right things." He's inspired us all to be better friends." "I did my job and scored a few goals but I wouldn't have done it without them (her team-mates). The decision to overlook this year's US Open champion means that golf's barren run at the ceremony will continue, with Nick Faldo the sport's last winner back in 1989. "Without this incredible team we could never have performed how we did.