The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 took place on 16 December 2018 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. It was the 65th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker,

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and Gabby Logan. Des Clarke and Jazmin Sawyers provided the pre-show entertainment. George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Freya Ridings performed during the show. The Lightning Seeds along with David Baddiel and

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performed " Three Lions" whilst a montage of England's run to the football World Cup semi final was played.

Nominees

The nominees for the award were revealed during the ceremony. Geraint Thomas - Deutschland Tour 2018

Other awards

In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards will also be presented: *

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribut ...

: Gareth Southgate *

BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award The BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the sportsperson who has made a substantive yet unrecognised contribution to sport. Spor ...

: Kirsty Ewen

BBC Sports Personality Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year

On 3 December 2018 the nominees for the inaugural Greatest sporting moment of the year were announced. The winner was decided by public vote (online only) between the 3 December 2018 at 18.30 GMT and 14 December 2018 at 20.00 GMT. It was announced that England netball's last second win over Australia for the Commonwealth games title had been voted sporting moment of the year. * England's historic netball gold * England win penalty shootout * Alastair Cook's farewell century * Tiger Woods' first win in five years * Tyson Fury fights back from knockdowns

BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year

Formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the nominees for the award were announced on 3 December. People from outside of the UK could participate in the voting for the first time. Voting took place online between the 3 December 2018 at 15:00 GMT and 15 December 2018 at 14:00 GMT. The winner was Italian golfer, Francesco Molinari.

BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year

The Nominations for Team of the year were announced on the night of the ceremony. The nominees were: * England Football * Ireland Rugby Union * Celtic F.C. *

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* European Ryder Cup * Manchester City F.C. * Mercedes F1 * Team Sky England Netball team was announced as the winners of the team of the year award.

BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award

Billie Jean King Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...

became the third woman and third tennis player to be given the Lifetime achievement award. King had won 39 Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles competitions throughout her career, with 20 coming at Wimbledon. In 1961 King and

Karen Hantze Susman Karen Susman (née Hantze; born December 11, 1942) is a retired female tennis player from the United States. She won the 1962 women's singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Věra Pužejová Suková in the final 6–4, 6–4, but did not defend he ...

became the youngest pair to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. Throughout her career King was world singles number one in six years and won 129 singles titles in total, with the very last one coming in Birmingham where the award was presented. King also won 7 Fed Cup titles as a player and a further 4 as a captain. Away from the court King founded the Women's Tennis Association and was an advocate of gender equality defeating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes match. King was inducted into the

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in 1987 and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. King used her speech to remind people to continue to influence and inspire others.

BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year

The original 10 were shortlisted to Adenegan, Anderson and Bowen. At the

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in October 2018 it was announced that

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had won the award.

Helen Rollason award

The Helen Rollason award was given to racing driver

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. Monger had both his legs amputated after an accident during a Formula 4 race in April 2017. He returned to racing in March 2018 in the British Formula 3 Championship (F3). He took his first

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in F3 upon his return to the scene of the accident. Monger finished sixth overall in the championship, with three podium finishes and another pole position to his name.

In Memoriam

Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and ...

* Peter Thomson

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Alan Oakman Alan Stanley Myles Oakman (20 April 1930 – 6 September 2018) was an English first-class cricketer. He had a long career for Sussex, playing 538 first-class matches over a 21-year period, and played two Test matches for England. He also umpir ...

John Murray * Kevin Beattie Paul Madeley * Bob Matthews Matt Campbell * Mick O'Toole John Dunlop *

Neale Cooper Neale James Cooper (24 November 1963 – 28 May 2018) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston V ...

Alan Gilzean * Maria Bueno * Enzo Calzaghe

Brendan Ingle Brendán Îngle (19 June 1940 – 25 May 2018) was an Irish boxing trainer, manager and former professional boxer based in Sheffield, England. Ingle trained four world champions in total at his Wincobank gym, including Johnny Nelson, "Prince" ...

* Jimmy McIlroy Roy Bentley * Carol Mann Anne Donovan Celia Brackenridge * Ray Wilson *

Norman Sheil Norman Leslie Sheil (22 October 1932 – 25 October 2018) was a racing cyclist who won world pursuit championships for Britain in 1955 and 1958 and rode the Tour de France in 1960. He became national coach of the British Cycling Federation and ...

Paul Sherwen *

Geoff Gunney Geoffrey Gunney (9 November 1933 – 7 June 2018), also known by the nickname of "Mr. Hunslet", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s. He played at representativ ...

Harold Poynton Cliff Watson * Ray Wilkins * Jimmy Armfield *

Scott Westgarth Scott Westgarth (10 July 1986 – 26 February 2018) was a British light heavyweight boxer. He died on 26 February 2018 at the age of 31 after sustaining injuries following a victory in a 10-round light heavyweight bout during a Saturday night cla ...

Dean Francis Dean Temius Francis (23 January 1974 – 25 May 2018) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2014. He held the British super middleweight title from 1997 to 1998; the EBU European super middleweight title in 1997; the Commo ...

Chris Edwards *

Mike Tucker Michael Tucker may refer to: *Michael Tucker (actor) (born 1945), (''L.A. Law'' and ''Hill Street Blues'') *Michael Tucker (baseball) (born 1971), Major League Baseball outfielder * Michael Tucker (basketball) (1954–2012), Australian Olympic baske ...

Tim Stockdale *Ian Williams John Mantle

Harry Walker Harry William Walker (October 22, 1918 – August 8, 1999) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. Known by the nickname "Harry the Hat", he played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball between 1940 and 1955, ...

Liam Miller Liam William Peter Miller (13 February 1981 – 9 February 2018) was an Irish professional footballer. Miller began his career with Celtic and was later loaned to Aarhus in 2001. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the first-team squ ...

Jlloyd Samuel Jlloyd Tafari Samuel ( , 29 March 1981 – 15 May 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he was raised in England and played for England up to under-21 level. He played two ful ...

Davide Astori Davide Astori (; 7 January 1987 – 4 March 2018) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a central defender. After playing youth football for Pontisola and AC Milan, Astori started his senior career at Serie C clubs Pizzighettone ...

* Eric Bristow *

Paul Alcock Paul E. Alcock (27 October 1953 – 29 January 2018)

Doug Ellis Sir Herbert Douglas Ellis, (3 January 1924 – 11 October 2018) was an English entrepreneur. He was the chairman of Aston Villa Football Club from 1968 to 1975, and again from 1982 until 2006. Ellis was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours ...

* Angus Black Gareth Williams Haydn Morgan *

Albert Sewell Albert Sewell (1927 – 2018) was an English football statistician best known for his work with Chelsea F.C. and BBC Sport. Sewell left school at 16 and his first job was in the sports section at the ''Daily Sketch''. After World War II he becam ...

Peter Brackley * William Dunlop

Dan Kneen Daniel Richard Kneen (26 June 1987 – 30 May 2018) was a professional motorcycle racer from Douglas, Isle of Man. Kneen was a race winner at the Manx Grand Prix (three times) and the Ulster Grand Prix, and finished on the podium at the 2017 Isl ...

Adam Lyon *

Ellie Soutter Ellie Soutter (25 July 2000 – 25 July 2018) was a British snowboarder. She won a bronze medal representing Great Britain at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in the snowboard cross. Early life and education Soutter was born ...

Tazmin Pugh * Cyrille Regis

References

External links

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