Sports Personality of the Year LIVE: Latest updates and results as Beth Mead wins award ahead of Ben Stokes
Beth Mead was voted ahead of Ben Stokes, Eve Muirhead, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Eve Muirhead, Jessica Gadirova and Jake Wightman to become the first female footballer to win the award
England footballer Beth Mead has been voted 2022’s Sports Personality of the Year after playing a starring role in the Lionesses’ stunning European Championships victory this summer.
Mead becomes the first female footballer to win the award following England’s first major international title in 66 years, with the Lionesses defeating Germany in a thrilling final in front of 86,000 at Wembley Stadium.
Mead scored six goals at the Euros, picking up the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament awards, and was the overwhelming favourite to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year prize.
Ben Stokes finished second with Eve Muirhead in third.
“This is for women’s sport and women’s sport heading in the right direction,” Mead said. “Let’s keep pushing and let’s keep doing the right thing.”
England were named Team of the Year while manager Sarina Wiegman won Coach of the Year, as the Lionesses completed a clean sweep.
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Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Eve Muirhead
“My dad was a world class curler and I always wanted to be like him,” says Muirhead. “I was just obsessed with the sport. I think to be a successful skip you need to have the leadership side of it, but that’s just my nature. I definitely have had a lot of low points in my career. I needed to train harder, I needed to practice harder if I wanted to be anywhere near the top of the podium. To be standing on the top of the podium after it all was very, very special.”
After going so close at the Pyeongchang Games, there was a glorious redemption for Muirhead in Beijing. ,
Sports Personality of the Year 2022
Back to the start of the year we go, as the show begins with the Winter Olympics in Beijing. A controversial Olympics, there was gold for Great Britain as Eve Muirhead led a new team of curlers to glory...
Sports Personality of the Year 2022
Here’s a reminder of tonight’s nominees. Voting will open later this evening.
Beth Mead - Football
Ben Stokes - Cricket
Ronnie O’Sullivan - Snooker
Eve Muirhead - Curling
Jessica Gadirova - Gymnastics
Jake Wightman - Athletics
Sports Personality of the Year 2022
“Time will stand still, just for a moment.”
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is underway in Salford.
“What an incredible 12 months it’s been,” says Gary Lineker. “We’ve been from the Winter Olympics to the winter World Cup”.
The ceremony is back in front of a studio audience, full of sports stars, for the first time in three years.
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Who are the presenters?
Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Scott return as hosts of the Sports Personality of the Year award - which get underway in just under 10 minutes!
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Who are the nominees?
Beth Mead
The Lionesses will figure prominently in the BBC One show and it would be a huge surprise if Mead does not walk away with the main prize. The Arsenal forward was named player of the tournament in England’s Euro 2022 success and also won the golden boot after scoring six goals and adding five assists. Her international goal tally for the season of 20 was a new England record.
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Who are the nominees?
Jessica Gadirova
The 18-year-old gymnast has had a stellar 2022, capped by becoming only the fifth British athlete to win an individual world title in artistic gymnastics. Gadirova achieved that with her floor routine in Liverpool in November, having previously claimed team silver and all-around bronze. A team bronze medallist at the Olympics last summer, Gadirova also retained her European floor title.
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Who are the nominees?
Eve Muirhead
A difficult Winter Olympics in Beijing for Britain had a golden ending as skip Muirhead led her curling rink to glory. The GB women only just made it through the round-robin stage before edging past Sweden and then romping to a final win over Japan. Muirhead completed her collection of major titles with gold at the World Mixed Doubles Championship before announcing her retirement.
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Beth Mead arrives on crutches
The favourite for tonight’s main award Beth Mead has arrived at the red carpet on crutches, alongside team-mate and partner Vivianne Miedema and the rest of the Lionesses.
Mead ruptured the ACL in her knee last month, with Miedema suffering the same injury just weeks later. Both players are doubts for the World Cup next summer.
Sports Personality of the Year 2022: Who are the nominees?
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Snooker’s biggest star claimed his seventh World Championship title in 2022 with an 18-13 win over Judd Trump, equalling Stephen Hendry’s record and becoming the oldest winner of the crown at 46. O’Sullivan is ranked world number one and also won the Champion of Champions and Hong Kong Masters titles this year. He has never won the SPOTY title.
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