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A shortlist of six candidates for the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award has been announced.
The nominees are cricketer Stuart Broad, jockey Hollie Doyle, boxer Tyson Fury, Formula 1’s Lewis Hamilton, soccer player Jordan Henderson, and billiard star Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Voting will be open to the public during the Sports Personality program on BBC One on Sunday, December 20.
The show is broadcast live from Media City in Salford.
Soccer expert Alex Scott will join the launch poster alongside Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan to commemorate a truly unusual sporting year in front of a huge virtual audience and millions of BBC One viewers.
The ceremony will defend the teams that triumphed despite the pandemic, the sports stars who achieved greatness even with interrupted schedules, and the local coaches and heroes who made it possible.
The public can vote by phone or online overnight for the main prize, with all the details announced during the show.
Other awards to be announced include Team and Coach of the Year, World Sports Star of the Year and Hero Unsung, while Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford will receive a special award in recognition of their work to raise awareness of child food poverty in the UK.
Who are the aspiring Sports Personality?
After being eliminated for the opening game of the summer series against the West Indies, the Nottinghamshire fast pitcher returned for the final two Trials, both won by England, and took 16 wickets averaging 10.93 to pass 500 in his race. He’s seventh on the list of all time trial wicket takers.
She broke her own record for the number of winners ridden by a British woman in a year, rode a historic double on British Champions Day, became the first woman to ride five winners on the same card, and claimed her first win on Royal Ascot. Doyle was named the Sunday Times Athlete of the Year.
The self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a devastating loss to Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC title in their rematch in Las Vegas in February. The Manchester-born fighter’s victory marked another stage in his remarkable comeback after a battle with depression and drugs.
One of F1’s all-time great drivers, he equaled Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles with his fourth consecutive championship in 2020. Along the way, the Stevenage-born driver, who holds the record for most pole positions, surpassed the total of 91 from the German. grand prize wins.
Runaway leaders Liverpool won their first league title since 1990, by a 19-point margin, a year after lifting the Champions League trophy. The Sunderland-born midfielder, who has been caps for England 58 times, was also named Football Writers Men’s Player of the Year.
He won his sixth world title on the Crucible to become the oldest champion for over 40 years and cement his place as one of the best billiard players. ‘The Rocket’ has secured more events (37) and Triple Crown event titles (20) than anyone in history. The Essex Potter is nominated for the BBC award for the first time in his 28-year career.
