Summary

  • Sir Mo Farah wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

  • Motorcyclist Jonathan Rea second, Para-athlete Jonnie Peacock third

  • Jessica Ennis-Hill wins Lifetime Achievement award

  • England women cricketers named Team of the Year

  • Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm named Coaches of the Year

  1. The vote is...CLOSEDpublished at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017
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  2. In case you need reminding...published at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Lifetime Achievement award 2017

    This is why we love Jess.

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    How Ennis-Hill inspired a nation

  3. 'Get involved and join in'published at 20:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Unsung Hero award

    Unsung Hero award winner Denise Larrad is overwhelmed with the reception she receives by the SPOTY crowd:

    "Thank you so much everybody. To the people at Hinckley and Bosworth borough council who listened to want I wanted, to Liz and Tariq who give me support all the time.

    "Also, to Graham who nominated me and Paula...just for being Paula!"

    Denise has a strong message for anybody who wants to get active:

    "One thing I would like to say is: inactivity can be more detrimental to your health than smoking and there's thousands of people around the country, like me, doing a spectrum of sports that you can go and get involved in and join in."

    Denise LarradImage source, BBC Sport
  4. 'A worthy winner'published at 20:41 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Lifetime Achievement award

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  5. Lifetime Achievement award: Jessica Ennis-Hillpublished at 20:37 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017
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    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018

    Olympic gold medallist, Olympic silver medallist, three-time world champion heptathlete and general all-round sporting hero.

    Congratulations to Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill - this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award!

    What an introduction from Michael Johnson, with a bit of Elbow 'Lippy Kids' mixed in for her film. Spine-tingling.

    Jessica Ennis-HillImage source, BBC Sport
  6. Postpublished at 20:34 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Anna Thompson
    BBC Sport at the Echo Arena

    A nice moment after Noel Gallagher headed off stage after singing the Beatles classic...he was straight to Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson for a huge hug.

  7. 'Wrecking ball Tongans and a final that was a game of inches'published at 20:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Rugby league review

    Paul Fletcher
    BBC Sport

    Picking out a highlight from this year in rugby league? Where to start – because the recently completed World Cup offered so many.

    Perhaps the hymns cascading down from the stands in Auckland, as the wrecking ball Tongans mounted a stunning semi-final comeback that almost – almost – felled England. The Hakas and the hits, the singing and the smashing of the Pacific Island nations that showed there is life in the international game.

    It would be great to be talking about a World Cup win for England but they pushed Australia to a painful place in that brutal, draining final, a final that was a game of inches, a game about an ankle tap.

    And domestically, spare a thought for poor old Castleford. So brilliant, so entertaining, all season and then blitzed 24-6 by a brilliant Leeds in a Grand Final that saw Danny McGuire superbly bring down the curtain on his 16-year Leeds career.

  8. Vote nowpublished at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

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  9. get involved

    Get Involved - #SPOTYpublished at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

    Jane Elizabeth: Love how normal and recognised disabled sport is #allyouneedislove

    Eden: SPOTY makes me cry without fail every single year!

  10. Postpublished at 20:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Unsung Hero Award 2017

    Oh bless her. Denise has gone. The Echo Arena has gone. We've all gone.

    Man, I love an awards ceremony.

    Denise Larrad - the unsung hero award winner
  11. Unsung Hero award: Denise Larradpublished at 20:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017
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    Congratulations to volunteer Denise Larrad, who has been named the BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award winner!

    After being chosen to carry the Olympic Torch at the 2012 Games for her fundraising work, the 55-year-old had one sole aim - to get the people of Hinckley in Leicestershire active.

    Despite working night shifts in a warehouse, she finds time to help lead walking, orienteering, running and general fitness classes for children, families and the elderly.

    The mother of two leads a host of different activities and exercises, including a beginners running group where she motivates and nurtures participants to run a 5k race.

    She is a trained walk leader, putting on weekly sessions for the elderly on behalf of the charity Age UK and also organises orienteering courses across the borough in town parks, woodlands and schools.

    Basically, she's Superwoman.

    Denise LarradImage source, BBC Sport
  12. Postpublished at 20:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

    At the end of his All You Need is Love performance, Noel Gallagher has a few words on his beloved Manchester City, currently running away with the Premier League title:

    "Greatest team on the planet, what can I say?"

  13. Always a winnerpublished at 20:27 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

    Frank Keogh
    BBC Sport at the Echo Arena, Liverpool

    Mary PetersImage source, BBC Sport

    Winning Sports Personality never gets old - even 45 years on. The 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion Dame Mary Peters, SPOTY winner in the same year, points out her name on the trophy and says: "It's still here."

  14. Get Involved - #SPOTYpublished at 20:26 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

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  15. Vote nowpublished at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

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  16. Postpublished at 20:23 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Look out, Noel Gallagher's back! This time with a cover version of the Beatles classic 'All You Need Is Love'.

    Altogether now...do do do dooo do dooo.

    Remember, if you want to listen again to any of the music from tonight's show, you'll find it on BBC Music's dedicated playlist.

  17. 'I'll die trying'published at 20:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

    Liverpool-born Bianca Walkden comes on to a warm Scouse welcome - so what makes the back-to-back world taekwondo gold medallist unbeatable?

    "I never give up and I've got a motto: no matter what happens I'll die trying and my dad always texts me before competing and says: 'no mercy', so I've literally got to give them it as much as I can.

    "So I've got no choice really but to go out there and kick someone in the face and knock them out!"

    After missing London 2012 Olympics through injury, do her achievements mean more now?

    "I think If I didn't go through all of that, then it wouldn't have made me who am I today and I wouldn't go out there and die trying because everything I've been through has been so hard."

    Bianca WalkdenImage source, PA
  18. Joshua targeting Parkerpublished at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

    WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been on stage and starts by talking about his thrilling heavyweight fight with former champion Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in April.

    "It was tough, a lot tougher than I expected. The stage was set and we came together and it gelled well," he says.

    What's he aiming for next year?

    "Definitely, we have to get our hands on another championship belt. Joseph Parker is being realistic and that's a fight that can potentially happen in March or April."

    Anthony Joshua
  19. 'Drawn series a fine achievement for Lions'published at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    Lions tour review

    Chris Jones
    BBC Radio 5 live rugby union reporter

    New Zealand captain Kieran Read and Lions captain Sam Warburton lift the 2017 series trophy togetherImage source, Getty Images

    The main event of 2017 was the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand - a gruelling seven-week, 10-game rugby examination that concluded in thrilling, albeit controversial, style at Eden Park.

    Owen Farrell made it 15-15 in the final Test with a late penalty, while referee Romain Poite controversially reversed a decision to award the All Blacks an even later penalty just over 30 metres from the tourists' posts before changing it to a scrum.

    Given the lack of preparation, the brutal schedule, and the class of New Zealand, a drawn series was a fine achievement by the Lions players, led by Sam Warburton, and the coaching team, headed by Warren Gatland.

  20. The numbers to call via phonepublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2017

    BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

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