Postpublished at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2020
It's the first part of the yearly review now, looking at January to March, voiced by I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star Jordan North (aka "Turf Moor is my happy place").
Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020
Jordan Henderson second; Hollie Doyle third
Team of the Year: Liverpool FC
Coach of the Year: Jurgen Klopp
Expert Panel special award: Marcus Rashford
Unsung Hero: Sgt Matt Ratana
Helen Rollason award: Captain Tom Moore
Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero: Tobias Weller
Young Sports Personality of the Year: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
World Sport Star of the Year: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Emma Sanders
It's the first part of the yearly review now, looking at January to March, voiced by I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star Jordan North (aka "Turf Moor is my happy place").
It's been another great year for Tyson Fury. Here's some of his story.
First up from our six nominees tonight is Tyson Fury.
Fury, the self-styled 'Gypsy King,' became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a devastating defeat of Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC title in their Las Vegas rematch in February.
Victory for the Manchester-born fighter marked another stage in his remarkable comeback after a battle with depression and drugs.
Now they are chatting with a few past winners. On Zoom, obviously.
Last year’s winner was England cricketer Ben Stokes. He joined a long list of names to pick up the trophy since the award was introduced in 1954.
Here's every recipient of the Spoty award, including this year's nominee Lewis Hamilton, who won it in 2014.
There's a great virtual audience on a huge Zoom screen behind the four presenters. Shoutout to our friend Kate who is there with her family. Hey Kate!
Here's how the Body Coach Joe Wicks revealed the six contenders for the Sports Personality of the Year award.
He's just introduced tonight's hosts - Gabby Logan, Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Alex Scott.
If you're just joining us, make sure you're in a position to vote later in the show. You need to register for a BBC account beforehand if you haven't already got one.
Follow this link HERE to register. It only takes a few minutes.
What a way to kick it off - Captain Tom Moore, my favourite person of 2020, with some lovely words.
Brit Award winner Celeste is now opening the awards ceremony with one of her biggest hits of 2020, Stop This Flame.
In 2019, Celeste won both the Brit Award for Rising Star and the BBC Music Award for Introducing Artist of the Year before being named the number one predicted breakthrough act of 2020 in the annual BBC Sound of 2020.
BBC One
And it's LIVE!
#Spoty
Shell: My favourite night of the year and the night that usually means Christmas is close: SPOTY. I'm not sure what to expect tonight!
Nathan Mcgrory: Love how the entire British and Irish racing community is backing Hollie Doyle tonight for #SPOTY. Incredible year for such a young talent, breaking her own record to having a five-timer on one card! Great achievement.
Terry Moran: OK it’s time for #SPOTY one of the highlights of the year for me since as long as I can remember from being a kid. Always brings fond memories of sitting down with Mum and Dad to watch it together - each trying to be the one to guess who would win the trophy.
Hopefully you enjoyed the Greatest Sporting Moments we published earlier in this live text. To see them again - and to watch a few more - head over here. Some crackers!
Cycling
Nick Hope
BBC Olympic sports reporter
On the track, Elinor Barker (pictured) claimed points race World gold in February and although there were only a handful of other GB success, the squad topped the medal tally at the Europeans in Bulgaria in November.
Barker, Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Neah Evans and Matthew Walls all claimed top honours as they built momentum towards the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
Lizzie Deignan impressed in her first full season on the road since becoming a mother with back-to-back victories at the GP de Plouay and La Course by Le Tour de France before claiming the Women’s WorldTour title.
Dame Sarah Storey added three Para-cycling world titles to her collection, while tandem sprint duos Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott and Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham were also victorious in Milton, Canada.
Five minute warning! Grab a brew and put BBC One on (don't give any spoilers away on His Dark Materials because I'm recording it).
#Spoty
Rhys W: Really looking forward to #SPOTY this evening. I would love to see Jordan Henderson win the award but I do think Tyson Fury is the only worthy winner purely for his comeback story and his achievements
DVHS PhysEd: One of the greatest nights of television #SPOTY tonight. Although Lewis Hamilton seems the favourite, I would love to see Ronnie O'Sullivan win it.
#Spoty
Sally Orange from Stafford: "This group of women cemented their status as blooming brilliant by becoming the first-ever all female team to trek across one of Norway's most challenging regions.
"They were a five-strong British female team made up of Sally Orange, Kirsty Robb, Eve Armstrong, Brooke Nolan and Maddy Turnbull who all trekked 250km across the Finnmark Plateau, the largest ice plain in Europe.
"They did it unsupported, pulling super heavy pulk in temperatures as low as -40 degrees, over 13 days.
"Having not seen a soul except each other for the duration, they were in for a bit of a shock when they returned to reality and the impact of Covid-19 which they had been blissfully unaware of due to lack of communication with the outside world."
It's a different experience for everyone this year. The athletes are usually getting dolled up, you guys are usually getting dolled up to be in the audience and we usually have pizza in the office.
Instead, I'm typing away on a laptop at home with a handful of chocolates my neighbour gave me earlier, while my colleague Katie Falkingham (yes, I'm naming and shaming) is sat at home in a panda onesie.
2020.
Nick Hope
BBC Olympic sports reporter
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc with final stages of qualifying for the Tokyo Games, but some sports have still managed to complete their line-ups and we know some of the athletes who will represent Team GB next summer.
Defending champions Giles Scott, Hannah Mills (pictured) and Eilidh McIntyre are among a group of 15 sailors who have been selected, with Shauna Coxsey set to be GB’s first ever Olympic climber in the sport’s debut.
Two-time Olympian Jonny Brownlee will look to complete his medal haul with Tokyo triathlon gold, but his brother and defending champion Alistair is yet to meet the selection criteria. GB women Jess Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Vicky Holland are all potential medal contenders.
World record holder Liam Heath leads Britain’s charge in a sprint canoeing team with Mallory Franklin, Adam Burgess, Kim Woods and Bradley Forbes-Cryans making up the slalom line-up.
Swimmers Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Luke Greenbank will also be pre-selected for the Games after British Swimming revised their selection policy.
#Spoty
Mark Douglas, from Newcastle upon Tyne: "Oliver, our son, has additional needs and is non-verbal. At two years of age we had real concerns that he would not walk. He has issues with his balance so riding a bike was not on our radar for Oliver at all.
"During lockdown in April he went all Sir Chris Hoy on us and did this. Excuse the excitable dad and Oliver's less than impressed twin, Maisie. We were in tears but this would simply not have happened without lockdown."
Disability sport
Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport reporter
This year was supposed to be a golden one for Britain’s para-athletes – and it started as just that.
In January, GB’s para-cyclists enjoyed their most successful track World Championships, winning 21 medals in Canada. Eleven of those were gold, with Jaco van Gass winning three rainbow jerseys alone.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid started the year how they would go on, winning the Australian Open wheelchair men’s doubles title, with Jordanne Whiley taking home the women’s equivalent with Japanese partner Yui Kamiji.
And on snow, visually impaired skier Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild won their first World Cup medals in two years, while Para-snowboarder Owen Pick won the Crystal Globe - the overall World Cup title - in the banked slalom.
But then coronavirus interrupted everything, and the long-awaited for Paralympics were postponed on 24 March.
Instead of final preparations for Tokyo, athletes had to find new ways to train in their homes and gardens, while many Para-athletes had to shield throughout lockdown.
Para-sport did slowly start to return towards the end of 2020 though. Despite Wimbledon’s cancellation, tennis was one of few sports to return, with Hewett and Reid going on to win the doubles title at both the French and US Opens.
There was further success too for Whiley in New York, where Andy Lapthorne also won the quad doubles with Australian partner Dylan Alcott.
#Spoty
Kerry from Gloucester: "Our son McKenzie completed the 2.6 challenge by walking 26 lengths of path by our house - this was an epic challenge for him as he is a wheelchair user. Lots of pain but he did it raising money for charity."