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B. Trevor Bailey; Danny Baker; Clare Balding; Jack Bannister; Eilidh Barbour; Caroline Barker; Sue Barker; John Barrett (tennis) Ian Bartlett; Peter Baxter (radio producer)
The nominees for the main award, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, were announced on 9 December. [5] Voting took place on 17 December during the show. The judging panel included athletes Laura Kenny, Iwan Thomas, Ade Adepitan, Nedum Onuoha and Rory Best, broadcaster Eilidh Barbour, The Athletic's Laura Williamson, PA Media's Eleanor Crooks and CEO of Women in Sport, Stephanie Hilborne.
The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected from a predetermined shortlist. The most recent award-winner is 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson, who won the 2024 award.
She is also a regular presenter on BBC One's The Women's Football Show and Football Focus. [2] Her other BBC roles have included providing coverage of England's progress during UEFA Euro 2020, [7] and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [4] In June 2022, Somers became part of the reporting team for Channel 4's coverage of the UEFA Nations League. [2] [4] [8]
The award is given “for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity”, and BBC Sport selects the winner. [1] The award is named after the BBC sports presenter Helen Rollason, who died in August 1999 at the age of 43 after suffering from cancer for two years. [2] [3] Helen Rollason was the first female presenter of Grandstand.
Murray Walker – BBC Sport 1949–1996, ITV Sport 1997–2001, Network Ten 2006–2007, BBC Radio 2007, BBC Sport Website 2009–2015, Channel 4 2016–2018 Darrell Waltrip – Fox 2001–present John Watson – Eurosport 1990–1997, ESPN 1997–1998, BBC Sport 1998–2001, Sky Sports 2002–present, GT World 2016–present
This is a list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. A number of football players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level such as Dale Rowlinson and Gaz Mallachan, yet they have gone on to become famous ...
The winner is selected by BBC Sport. [2] When football manager Alex Ferguson won the award in 2001, the BBC described the award as "a new accolade" to be presented annually; [3] however, two people had already received the Lifetime Achievement Award.