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BBC Sports Personality of the Year set to be moved from normal Sunday slot for first time to avoid World Cup final clash

by Philippa Kaur 13 May 2022, 08:54

THE BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards are set to be moved from its traditional Sunday slot – to avoid a clash with the World Cup Final.Beeb executives are considering holding the prestigious event a few days before Christmas because the football finale in Qatar is on Sunday December 18.
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award date looks set to be movedCredit: PA:Press Association
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year date may change to avoid clashing with the World CupCredit: BBC
The annual awards do has been held on a Sunday evening in December since 1982 — with 2011 the only exception to that weekend ritual.
But TV bosses have been left with a major headache with the timing of a first football World Cup to be held in the winter.
Hosting the show on the same evening as this year’s World Cup final in Lusail would be a logistical nightmare, especially if England make it all the way for the first time since 1966.
The danger of broadcasting it any earlier in December would mean missing out if there is any potential Three Lions success.
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The national team has been in top form under Gareth Southgate as they made it to the World Cup 2018 semi-finals and Euro 2020 final.
By staging it midweek – a delay to the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday before Christmas – would enable host Gary Lineker to fly back from the Middle East for presenting duties.
At the 2021 Awards, Southgate received the Coach of the Year accolade and England were named as Team of the Year following their run to the Euro 2020 final at Wembley where they were defeated on penalties by Italy.
The BBC declined to comment but SunSport understands top execs are back in the Salford HQ next week to discuss the latest plans.
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Michael Owen congratulates Raducanu on SPOTY win with photo of HIMSELF in 1998 sparking hilarious throwbacks from fans
by Philippa Kaur 21 December 2021, 13:05
MICHAEL OWEN bizarrely congratulated Emma Raducanu on her Sports Personality of the Year win… by posting a photo of HIMSELF in 1998.And that opened the floodgates to a barrage of hilarious throwback replies from fans.
Emma Raducanu was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021
Michael Owen tweeted his message of congratulations in a strange way
Raducanu, who turned 19 in November, was crowned BBC SPOTY champ on Sunday night in a public vote following her scintillating US Open victory.
But in typical Owen fashion, the former striker made it all about him.
For some reason, he decided the best way to mark the occasion was to use a picture from 1998 – four years before Raducanu was born – when he won the prestigious gong after his World Cup heroics aged 18.
Self-centred Owen, now 42, wrote: “Congratulations to Emma Raducanu who thoroughly deserves to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2021.
“Makes me feel very old that she’s the same age as I was waaaaay back in 1998.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, led to literally THOUSANDS of sensational responses mocking Owen with their own random achievements from yesteryear.
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Alex: “Congratulations Emma, here’s a picture of me winning the best tame tawny owl in Ferndale competition in 1982.”
Connor: “Congratulations, Emma. Reminds me of the village fete waaaaay back when my mum decided to enter me and my sister as items [of] stationery in the fancy dress.”
Nicole: “This is me when I won the Hotel Rosamar in Ibiza darts tournament in 2015 but there were only two of us in it!”
Richard: “Congratulations Emma, here is my neighbour winning the biggest marrow competition in 1998, can’t believe how quick time flies, only seems 2 minutes since my dad who finished 2nd was smashing it over his head for cheating.”
Marc: “Congratulations Emma, this is a picture of the trophy I bought myself after my daughter announced I was the worst parent ever during a tantrum.”
Dan: “Congrats Emma. Here’s me after accidentally ordering two kilograms of fries in Japan.”
Paul: “Congratulations Emma. Here’s a picture of a Daewoo Nexia, similar to the one my mum won in a prize draw in 1996.”
Alex: “Congratulations Emma, here’s a picture of my dog after winning his first British amateur canine boxing title in 2006.”
V Twin: “Congratulations Emma! Here’s a picture of me which was taken in a cupboard about an hour before I won a hide and seek contest when I was your age.”
Sammy: “Congratulations Emma, here’s a picture of me winning the hotel darts tournament in Mallorca in 2013.”
Peter: “Congratulations Emma. Here’s me when I was mascot for Crystal Palace in the 1989 play-off final first leg, away at Blackburn. We lost 3-1 but won the second leg 3-0, so I consider myself a winner, just like you. PS – I’m the small one in yellow.”
Daniel: “Congrats Emma! Here’s a photo of me when I was probably 16 or 17. I had a Paul Merson style curtains haircut. Paul Merson played alongside Michael in the 1998 World Cup.”
Matthew: “Congratulations Emma, here’s a picture of me with the Sky Bet Championship trophy in 2019. I didn’t actually win it, but thought you’d like it…”
Ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara: “Congratulations @EmmaRaducanu on winning sports personality of the year, here’s a picture of me when I was 6 winning my first egg and spoon race.”
Tim: “Congratulations on the win, Emma. Here I am with my Ransomes hat I won in May for a lawn completion called Patch of the Day.”
HgteCook: “Congratulations Emma. Here is me aged 16 with the Barclays Bank Fastest Goal Award. I didn’t win it though it belonged to York City player Ian Blackstone.”
Coombsy: “Great achievement @EmmaRaducanu. Here’s me as Shirt Collar Champion of Wansdyke Primary in the 70s. How times flies.”
Tim: “Congratulations @EmmaRaducanu. Thoroughly deserved as was my players player, supporters player and top goalscorer awards at Kingstonian FC in 2002. Interesting fact – I wasn’t the same age. Here’s a picture.”
Matthew: “Many congratulations Emma…and thank you Michael for enriching my life. Just so you feel involved in mine, here’s a picture of a chipolata I recently cooked that looks like a dog. I called it a hot dog…how we laughed…”
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Tyson Fury snubs SPOTY awards as he posts snap from New York totally blanking ceremony despite being shortlisted
by Aurelia Butler 19 December 2021, 20:45
TYSON FURY showed his disregard for the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award by IGNORING the entire ceremony.The Gypsy King, 33, was shortlisted for the award after knocking out Deontay Wilder in October to retain his WBC heavyweight world title.
Tyson Fury poses with his wife Paris in Central Park, New York CityCredit: Instagram @Gypsyking101
Fury completely blanked the SPOTY ceremony
Fury instead took in the sights of New York, including Times Square
Fury has been nominated for the award three times without winning
But he reacted angrily to receiving a nomination for SPOTY and even threatened to sue the BBC for his inclusion on the six-person shortlist.
So it was no surprise that he did not turn up to the ceremony, with winner Emma Raducanu also missing.
Instead, during the BBC ceremony the boxer shared some snaps on Instagram of a work trip he took to New York City.
He captioned the post: “Had the best work trip ever to New York City with Paris Fury, James Ward, Brendan Lyondsen and SugarHill Steward … Christmas time special. #worksdo2021”
Fury believes he is the true sports personality after the event he put on to wow fans in Las Vegas – twice hitting the canvas before coming back to beat Wilder.
He told The Telegraph: “It (SPOTY) means nothing to me and I don’t need it or want it.
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“In fact, they will hear from my solicitors if they do put me on the list. Give it to someone who needs it. I don’t.
“And, anyway, we know who the sports personality of the year is anyway – it’s me.
“I am the sports personality. Who does what I do, goes through a war in Las Vegas, entertains the fans, and then sings to the audience?”
This year was the third time Fury has been nominated for the award, following 2015 and 2018, but once again he was unsuccessful.
Raducanu won the popular vote after winning the US Open as a qualifier – Olympic champions Tom Daly and Adam Peaty came second and third respectively. More
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Gareth Southgate named SPOTY coach of the year as England win team award after thrilling summer run to Euro 2020 final
by Philippa Kaur 19 December 2021, 19:47
ENGLAND boss Gareth Southgate has scooped the coach of the year award at this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. Southgate landed the prize after leading England’s footballers during their brilliant run to the final of Euro 2020, with his team also scooping the SPOTY team of the year gong.
The England boss spoke at the Sports Personality of the Year ceremony after winning the awardCredit: PA
Southgate masterminded England’s run to the final of Euro 2020Credit: PA
England’s players scooped the award for team of the yearCredit: Getty
The Three Lions’ journey finally ended in heartbreaking fashion with a penalty shootout defeat to Italy at Wembley.
Reflecting after winning the award, Southgate told the BBC: “The other coaches nominated are outstanding, we’ve got some brilliant talent in this country.
“I can’t do it without Steve (Holland) in particular and all the staff who work with the team. Managing in football is a complex business and I am very fortunate to work with good people who make it easier for me.”
On his team, he added: “I know other teams won trophies, but I think what appealed to people is that this team – from the youngest to the oldest, from those who played every minute to those who played no minutes.
“(They) really pulled together through the whole summer. They represented the country brilliantly on and off the pitch.”
Borussia Dortmund and England starlet Jude Bellingham was also present on the stage, and the 18-year-old praised Southgate for his style of management.
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He gushed: “I think Gareth’s brilliant qualities are more the man-management, the way he makes you feel as part of the squad.
“It’s no secret that you can only play 11 players at a time and the way he makes you feel as a squad member who is maybe not playing every game is really good.
“You always feel like there’s a challenge, you always feel loved and that there are people in place to support you.”
Southgate showed his class after a heartbreaking final defeatCredit: AFP
Southgate had the nation believing football was well and truly ‘coming home’ during a superb summer of football.
Finally beating old enemies Germany 2-0 at Wembley was a tournament highlight, and means Southgate’s name will go down in English football history.
His efforts were rewarded as he signed a new £6million-a-year-contract last month that runs until 2024.
The SPOTY coach of the year award goes to the person who has made the biggest contribution to British sport over the last 12 months.
And the 51-year-old certainly made his mark this calendar year.
2021 also saw Southgate lead England to securing qualification for next year’s World Cup.
A place in Qatar was guaranteed following a record-breaking 10-0 win against San Marino in November.
An excellent World Cup campaign could well see Southgate scoop coach of the year once again in 12 months time.
This year is the second time Southgate has been named coach of the year at SPOTY.
He first earned the prize in 2018 after England’s historic run to the World Cup semi-finals.
And Southgate and Co wowed the nation yet again at the Euros in the summer.
Their efforts meant he and his players were recognised at SPOTY as they were named coach and team of the year.
Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu won the main award, with shortlisted Raheem Sterling finishing outside the top three. More
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Why has Tyson Fury fallen out with BBC over SPOTY nomination, and why isn’t boxer at ceremony?
by Aurelia Butler 19 December 2021, 17:49
TYSON FURY is nominated to win the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year tonight.But Fury will not be in attendance, and has threatened the Beeb with legal action for including him on the shortlist despite his protestations.
Tyson Fury – and wife Paris – attended in 2015 weeks after Fury’s controversial comments emerged
Why has Tyson Fury fallen out with the BBC over SPOTY nomination?
Fury’s feud with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards stretches back to his nomination in 2015, the year he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become Britain’s first heavyweight world champion for six years.
A petition to have Fury removed from the 2015 shortlist generated over 140,000 signatures after the boxing champ had made homophobic and sexist comments in an interview.
He finished that year in fourth place, and attended the awards where he made a speech. Fury also attended the 2018 version.
Fury was nominated again last year after beating Deontay Wilder, but made a similar threat like this year to be left off the shortlist. He finished in sixth place as F1 star Lewis Hamilton triumphed.
BBC ignored his threat, and like this year, kept him on the shortlist.
Fury told the Daily Mail: “The BBC would never let me win even if I knocked out King Kong.
“I will be relaxed in the Florida sunshine while the BBC get on with their SPOTY in winter. Even if they did want to give me another Special Award, which they did once, I won’t be making another speech for them.
“Anyhow, I believe my four nominations are a record. But much more important to me is that America have just given me their much bigger ESPY (US boxing award).”
Fury also attended in 2018 but in recent years has asked for his name to be left off shortlist
What is the BBC SPOTY 2021 shortlist?
Emma Raducanu tops the shortlist after her heroics to win the US Open.
Euro 2020 star Raheem Sterling and Olympic diver Tom Daley in his gold medal-winning year also feature.
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SPOTY 2021 winner: Who should win out of six nominees Fury, Raducanu, Sterling, Daley, Peaty and Storey?
by Aurelia Butler 19 December 2021, 16:55
TENNIS sensation Emma Raducanu is the bookies’ favourite to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year.But not everyone agrees.
Emma Raducanu is the favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the YearCredit: PA
Boxing icon Tyson Fury doesn’t even want to be nominated.
And there has been outrage that Sir Lewis Hamilton was left off the shortlist altogether.
Here SunSport reporters give their opinion on who should win and why out of the BBC’s shortlist of Tom Daley, Sarah Storey, Raheem Sterling, Adam Peaty, Emma Raducanu and Tyson Fury.
Martin Lipton
EMMA RADUCANU
There is only one winner, as far as I am concerned. When I watched Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon, I thought I could see a top 20 player in the making.
I could never have imagined she would be a Grand Slam winner within a couple of months. Her victory at Flushing Meadows was magnificent.
Now she will shoulder the burden of carrying British tennis for a decade.
But there is something about her that makes me confident she will handle it.
And even if she cannot, nobody will ever be able to take away her achievement in New York.
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Dave Kidd
EMMA RADUCANU
LISTEN, we all know Emma Raducanu is nailed on for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award — and so she absolutely should be.
But after a shortlist (with an emphasis on the ‘short’) which failed to include Britain’s greatest ever sportsman Sir Lewis Hamilton, after arguably his most impressive year, are the Beeb actively trying to sink their own flagship?
We can talk until the cows come home about how the SPOTY show is not what it used to be, given the BBC’s dwindling sports portfolio.
And we can bang on about whether the word ‘personality’ should even be included, when personality has rarely been a factor.
We can argue that it’s a programme watched by your Nanna, rather than genuine sports fans. Or that it always was a messy apples-and-oranges comparison business.
And, yes, nobody seems able to get anything right any more.
Yet the idea of crowning the nation’s sportsperson of the year remains a worthy one.
Wally Downes Jr
TYSON FURY
WHAT better way to put the final nail in the coffin of the BBC’s poxy SPOTY award than awarding it to a bloke who threatened to sue the Beeb for even nominating him.
WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury is at war with Auntie after Gary Lineker stitched him up on stage at the 2015 version and does not want to use his huge global appeal to help publicise the corporation in any way.
So hopefully the boxing superstar runs away with the voting, snubs his red carpet invite and leaves some poor sap to stumble up on the stage and accept the award without it even being on his behalf!
Tyson Fury has threatened to sue the BBC after they nominated him for SPOTY against his willCredit: PA
Rob Maul
EMMA RADUCANU
What Emma Raducanu accomplished in September — winning the US Open on her debut aged 18 and as a qualifier — was truly astonishing.
Arguably it was the most incredible British sports story of the 21st Century.
I’d be gobsmacked if she doesn’t win the BBC SPOTY Award on Sunday. She is the most deserving winner in my opinion.
I’m surprised cycling’s golden couple, Jason and Laura Kenny, were left off the shortlist but I’d expect fellow Team GB gold medallists Tom Daley and Adam Peaty to receive plenty of backing in the public vote.
Andy Dillon
TOM DALEY
An enduring sporting hero and admirable human being, overcoming deep personal grief to maintain a presence in a discipline which demands immense mental and physical strength, balance, power, co-ordination and sheer courage.
He has not stopped smiling despite standing before the whole world in budgie smugglers for almost 30 years.
Andy Dillon reckons Tom Daley deserves to be crowned SPOTYCredit: PA
Phil Thomas
EMMA RADUCANU
AS much as I’d love to see Tyson Fury win purely for the chaos that would follow, it has to be Emma Raducanu.
The other candidates have been responsible for some of the most outstanding sporting moments of the year…she produced one of a lifetime.
Duncan Wright
EMMA RADUCANU
For a British female to win a Grand Slam tournament is massive – for a qualifier to do so without even dropping a set is something that may never be done again.
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Tom Daley deserves respect for finally getting the gold after so many years, while Adam Peaty is supreme in his sport.
But due to the magnitude and manner of the win, Raducanu has to get the nod.
NEIL CUSTIS
EMMA RADUCANU
Raducanu was not just the sports story of the year but one of the greatest ever.
When the pressure got to her in the fourth round of Wimbledon last June we thought we were seeing another plucky Brit trier whose 15 minutes of fame was done.
Just a few months later she went from qualifying to lifting the US Open trophy without losing a set.
She also gave us one of the great women’s grand slam finals in beating fellow teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3.
To think just 12 months earlier she had still been hitting the ball against the wall of her house.
She had a wonderful back story too coming from a working class background.
An only child of a Romanian father and Chinese mother both of whom made sure she achieved academically as well as in sport.
She spoke in fluent mandarin and then Romanian in addressing her supporters around the world post-US Open.
And then she showed off a perfect golf swing we began to wonder if there was anything she couldn’t do.
The best thing of all is that in every interview she has done the 19-year-old, who still mixes with the mates she grew up with, comes across as so down to earth.
Not easy in the tennis world.
Jordan Davies
EMMA RADUCANU
Forget about Sports Personality of the Year, try Sports Personality of the Decade.
What Emma did has never and will never happen again in many of our lifetimes, and for that she should be recognised.
Ending a 44-year wait for a British women’s Grand Slam singles champion, as a qualifier, is what dreams are made of not just in tennis, but sport as a whole.
Add to that she was just 18 at the time, with a personality and media presence way beyond those years, this has to be Raducanu’s title at SPOTY.
Nothing else comes close.
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Why has Tyson Fury fallen out with the BBC over SPOTY nomination?
by Aurelia Butler 17 December 2021, 21:19
TYSON FURY is nominated to win the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award this weekend.But Fury will not be in attendance, and has threatened the Beeb with legal action for including him on the shortlist despite his protestations.
Tyson Fury – and wife Paris – attended in 2015 weeks after Fury’s controversial comments emerged
Why has Tyson Fury fallen out with the BBC over SPOTY nomination?
Fury’s feud with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards stretches back to his nomination in 2015, the year he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become Britain’s first heavyweight world champion for six years.
A petition to have Fury removed from the 2015 shortlist generated over 140,000 signatures after the boxing champ had made homophobic and sexist comments in an interview.
He finished that year in fourth place, and attended the awards where he made a speech. Fury also attended the 2018 version.
Fury was nominated again last year after beating Deontay Wilder, but made a similar threat like this year to be left off the shortlist. He finished in sixth place as F1 star Lewis Hamilton triumphed.
BBC ignored his threat, and like this year, kept him on the shortlist.
Fury told the Daily Mail: “The BBC would never let me win even if I knocked out King Kong.
“I will be relaxed in the Florida sunshine while the BBC get on with their SPOTY in winter. Even if they did want to give me another Special Award, which they did once, I won’t be making another speech for them.
“Anyhow, I believe my four nominations are a record. But much more important to me is that America have just given me their much bigger ESPY (US boxing award).”
Fury also attended in 2018 but in recent years has asked for his name to be left off shortlist
What is the BBC SPOTY 2021 shortlist?
Emma Raducanu tops the shortlist after her heroics to win the US Open.
Euro 2020 star Raheem Sterling and Olympic diver Tom Daley in his gold medal-winning year also feature.
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SPOTY 2021 winner: Who should win award out of six nominees Fury, Raducanu, Sterling, Daley, Peaty and Storey?
by Philippa Kaur 17 December 2021, 11:58
TENNIS sensation Emma Raducanu is the bookies’ favourite to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year.But not everyone agrees.
The six candidates, from left, Tom Daley, Sarah Storey, Raheem Sterling, Adam Peaty, Emma Raducanu and Tyson Fury – Illustration by Lovatto
Emma Raducanu is the favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the YearCredit: PA
Boxing icon Tyson Fury doesn’t even want to be nominated.
And there has been outrage that Sir Lewis Hamilton was left off the shortlist altogether.
Here SunSport reporters give their opinion on who should win and why out of the BBC’s shortlist of Tom Daley, Sarah Storey, Raheem Sterling, Adam Peaty, Emma Raducanu and Tyson Fury.
Martin Lipton
EMMA RADUCANU
There is only one winner, as far as I am concerned. When I watched Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon, I thought I could see a top 20 player in the making.
I could never have imagined she would be a Grand Slam winner within a couple of months. Her victory at Flushing Meadows was magnificent.
Now she will shoulder the burden of carrying British tennis for a decade.
But there is something about her that makes me confident she will handle it.
And even if she cannot, nobody will ever be able to take away her achievement in New York.
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Dave Kidd
EMMA RADUCANU
LISTEN, we all know Emma Raducanu is nailed on for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award — and so she absolutely should be.
But after a shortlist (with an emphasis on the ‘short’) which failed to include Britain’s greatest ever sportsman Sir Lewis Hamilton, after arguably his most impressive year, are the Beeb actively trying to sink their own flagship?
We can talk until the cows come home about how the SPOTY show is not what it used to be, given the BBC’s dwindling sports portfolio.
And we can bang on about whether the word ‘personality’ should even be included, when personality has rarely been a factor.
We can argue that it’s a programme watched by your Nanna, rather than genuine sports fans. Or that it always was a messy apples-and-oranges comparison business.
And, yes, nobody seems able to get anything right any more.
Yet the idea of crowning the nation’s sportsperson of the year remains a worthy one.
Wally Downes Jr
TYSON FURY
WHAT better way to put the final nail in the coffin of the BBC’s poxy SPOTY award than awarding it to a bloke who threatened to sue the Beeb for even nominating him.
WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury is at war with Auntie after Gary Lineker stitched him up on stage at the 2015 version and does not want to use his huge global appeal to help publicise the corporation in any way.
So hopefully the boxing superstar runs away with the voting, snubs his red carpet invite and leaves some poor sap to stumble up on the stage and accept the award without it even being on his behalf!
Tyson Fury has threatened to sue the BBC after they nominated him for SPOTY against his willCredit: PA
Rob Maul
EMMA RADUCANU
What Emma Raducanu accomplished in September — winning the US Open on her debut aged 18 and as a qualifier — was truly astonishing.
Arguably it was the most incredible British sports story of the 21st Century.
I’d be gobsmacked if she doesn’t win the BBC SPOTY Award on Sunday. She is the most deserving winner in my opinion.
I’m surprised cycling’s golden couple, Jason and Laura Kenny, were left off the shortlist but I’d expect fellow Team GB gold medallists Tom Daley and Adam Peaty to receive plenty of backing in the public vote.
Andy Dillon
TOM DALEY
An enduring sporting hero and admirable human being, overcoming deep personal grief to maintain a presence in a discipline which demands immense mental and physical strength, balance, power, co-ordination and sheer courage.
He has not stopped smiling despite standing before the whole world in budgie smugglers for almost 30 years.
Andy Dillon reckons Tom Daley deserves to be crowned SPOTYCredit: PA
Phil Thomas
EMMA RADUCANU
AS much as I’d love to see Tyson Fury win purely for the chaos that would follow, it has to be Emma Raducanu.
The other candidates have been responsible for some of the most outstanding sporting moments of the year…she produced one of a lifetime.
Duncan Wright
EMMA RADUCANU
For a British female to win a Grand Slam tournament is massive – for a qualifier to do so without even dropping a set is something that may never be done again.
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Tom Daley deserves respect for finally getting the gold after so many years, while Adam Peaty is supreme in his sport.
But due to the magnitude and manner of the win, Raducanu has to get the nod.
NEIL CUSTIS
EMMA RADUCANU
Raducanu was not just the sports story of the year but one of the greatest ever.
When the pressure got to her in the fourth round of Wimbledon last June we thought we were seeing another plucky Brit trier whose 15 minutes of fame was done.
Just a few months later she went from qualifying to lifting the US Open trophy without losing a set.
She also gave us one of the great women’s grand slam finals in beating fellow teen Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3.
To think just 12 months earlier she had still been hitting the ball against the wall of her house.
She had a wonderful back story too coming from a working class background.
An only child of a Romanian father and Chinese mother both of whom made sure she achieved academically as well as in sport.
She spoke in fluent mandarin and then Romanian in addressing her supporters around the world post-US Open.
And then she showed off a perfect golf swing we began to wonder if there was anything she couldn’t do.
The best thing of all is that in every interview she has done the 19-year-old, who still mixes with the mates she grew up with, comes across as so down to earth.
Not easy in the tennis world.
Jordan Davies
EMMA RADUCANU
Forget about Sports Personality of the Year, try Sports Personality of the Decade.
What Emma did has never and will never happen again in many of our lifetimes, and for that she should be recognised.
Ending a 44-year wait for a British women’s Grand Slam singles champion, as a qualifier, is what dreams are made of not just in tennis, but sport as a whole.
Add to that she was just 18 at the time, with a personality and media presence way beyond those years, this has to be Raducanu’s title at SPOTY.
Nothing else comes close.
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Emma Raducanu is nailed on for SPOTY but Lewis Hamilton’s omission from shortlist is a sham
by Aurelia Butler 13 December 2021, 21:33
LISTEN, we all know Emma Raducanu is nailed on for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award — and so she absolutely should be.But after a shortlist (with an emphasis on the ‘short’) which failed to include Britain’s greatest ever sportsman Sir Lewis Hamilton, after arguably his most impressive year, are the Beeb actively trying to sink their own flagship?
Emma Raducanu poses with the US Open trophy after her stunning victory in New YorkCredit: PA
Lewis Hamilton missed out on the world title after a dramatic finish in Abu DhabiCredit: Getty Images – Getty
We can talk until the cows come home about how the SPOTY show is not what it used to be, given the BBC’s dwindling sports portfolio.
And we can bang on about whether the word ‘personality’ should even be included, when personality has rarely been a factor.
We can argue that it’s a programme watched by your Nanna, rather than genuine sports fans. Or that it always was a messy apples-and-oranges comparison business.
And, yes, nobody seems able to get anything right any more.
The FIA can’t run a motor race, Uefa can’t run a Champions League draw and our Government certainly can’t run a country.
Yet the idea of crowning the nation’s sportsperson of the year remains a worthy one.
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It’s an idea that still matters. And which the BBC ought to try and get right.
That means Hamilton should clearly be on the ballot.
There is nothing the British love more than a gracious, glorious, hard-done-by loser. And British Nannas love them more than most.
Hamilton was gracious, glorious and hard-done-by when robbed of a record eighth world title in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
He is the only British sportsman who can claim to be the greatest of all-time in a major worldwide sport.
He was part of an exhilarating rivalry with Max Verstappen which revived flagging interest in Formula One.
And if we really are considering the idea of ‘personality’ then Hamilton — a two-time SPOTY winner — has shown more of that quality than ever in the past 12 months, as an outspoken campaigner on human rights issues, often antagonising his sport’s bosses.
If you really believe the BBC are ‘woke’ then how do you square Hamilton’s omission from a list of just six names, which normally extends into double figures?
This was a very good year for British sport with a successful Olympics, England reaching a first major football final since 1966 and Raducanu’s US Open triumph, surely the most astonishing British sporting achievement ever.
It certainly wasn’t one of those barren ‘let’s just give it to Princess Anne or one of her children’ years.
But after Raducanu, are any of the other five SPOTY contenders more worthy than Hamilton?
Tyson Fury had one fight in 2021 and won it less convincingly than we thought he would.
He has also served a drug ban, is connected to a suspected crime lord and doesn’t want to be considered for the award anyway.
Raheem Sterling had an excellent Euros but spent much of the year struggling to get into Manchester City’s starting line-up for the biggest matches.
Lewis Hamilton congratulates rival Max Verstappen on his title winCredit: Getty
Tom Daley was a great story but he finally struck Olympic diving gold in a synchronised event — and I bet you can’t even remember the name of the bloke he was synchronising with? It definitely takes two to synchronise.
Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title. But is he more worthy than several other Team GB members, especially the cycling spouses Jason and Laura Kenny?
Or does Peaty make the cut because your Nanna has recently been ogling him in tight sequined trousers on Strictly Come Dancing?
Dame Sarah Storey is hugely inspiring but comparing any paralympian with those not living with a disability is probably the ultimate in apples-and-oranges.
Anyway, maybe the Beeb just made a deliberate Horlicks of this shortlist so we’d all get talking about it.
Maybe they’ll regard this debate as proof that SPOTY is still relevant.
But while Hamilton has more significant injustices to contend with, his omission will make the public vote a sham.
Fools’ rules
SPORT must have rules, or else football would still be a medieval Pancake Day free-for-all between two villages — lasting all day and with umpteen murders.
But do you watch sport for entertainment, or treat it with deadly seriousness, demandng ultimate justice?
While Formula One race director Michael Masi clearly got it wrong allowing Max Verstappen his chance to land the world title in a final-lap run-off in Abu Dhabi, his instincts were laudable.
FIA Formula One Race Director Michael Masi is under fireCredit: Rex
As Masi said to Mercedes chief Toto Wolff: “It’s called a motor race . . . we went motor racing.”
Masi surely can’t survive Sunday’s chaos but at least he sounds like a decent sort of bloke to have a pint with.
REMEMBER how VAR was going to remove most controversies from football and allow us to enjoy Match of the Day without them obsessing over endless penalty decisions? How’s that idea going?
‘Havin a stinker
WHEN Andrey Arshavin played for Arsenal he told us: “If I had it in my power to introduce a ban on women driving cars and to withdraw all their licences, I would do it without thinking twice.”
I tell you what, though, if women had performed yesterday’s Champions League draw, instead of Arshavin and a couple of Uefa blazers, they would not have botched it to such an extent that they’d need a redraw.
And I bet they wouldn’t keep blaming ‘the software’ either.
Andrey Arshavin helped with the Champions League draw on MondayCredit: Getty
NEWCASTLE needed a manager who would sort out their defence — both before and after they hit the transfer market for the January sales.
Instead they plumped for Eddie Howe, who used to get patted on the head by Pep Guardiola for playing expansive football every time his Bournemouth team got humped by Manchester City at the Etihad.
Newcastle’s 4-0 stuffing by Leicester suggests little has changed.
Teflon Joe’s KO
JOE ROOT is the first Englishman to fail to win The Ashes in his first two attempts as captain and still get a third stab at the job.
So for Root to select the wrong team for the First Test, to win the toss and bat when the conditions screamed ‘bowl!’ — and then to claim he’d make the same decisions all over again — suggests he is very lucky to be in post.
Root is a great batsman but his captaincy has rarely cut the mustard.
England have won one of their last ten Tests and that is likely to read one in 14 by the end of this series.
Teflon Joe is as non-stick as England’s slip cordon.
Joe Root’s England were thrashed in the first Ashes Test last weekCredit: EPA
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Meanwhile, at Arsenal, they are trying to decide whether or not the captaincy should remain with a player who often doesn’t turn up for work on time — and who doesn’t always look very interested when he does. More

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