Wednesday 15 December 2010

Sports Personality Of The Year




The BBC Sports Personality of the Year top-10 shortlist has been revealed.

It features jockey AP McCoy, golfers Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell, darts legend Phil Taylor and diver Tom Daley.

Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams is also included, along with heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis and England cricketer Graeme Swann.

Boxing's world heavyweight champion David Haye and cycling sprint sensation Mark Cavendish make up the top 10 contenders for 2010.

The nominees will be put to a public vote on the night of the live show, which will be broadcast from the LG Arena in Birmingham at 1900 GMT, Sunday 19 December on BBC One.

The public will be able to choose who they want to see crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year by telephone and details of the numbers to phone will be given out during the programme, which will be presented by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey.

As well as this 2010 BBC Young Sports Personality Of The Year will be decided from the top three who are Double Commonwealth Games diving champion Tom Daley (16), Commonwealth weightlifting bronze-medallist Zoe Smith (17) and World Junior 100m champion Jodie Williams (17).

Tom Daley, Zoe Smith and Jodie Williams


Watch Sports Personality: The Contenders on BBC iPlayer

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