The BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist for 2024 has now been revealed, with the nation learning who of its sporting heroes it will be decided from for the prestigious end of year gong.
The public has decided its crown jewel of the sporting world for the last seven decades, and now six fresh hopefuls have been put forward for consideration as the festive votes prepare to roll in.
The shortlist contenders, as now confirmed by the BBC, comprise of England cricketer Stuart Broad, jockey Frankie Dettori, England Womens footballer Mary Earps, wheelchair tennis star Alfie Hewett, athletics icon Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and golf ace Rory McIlroy.
It has been a bustling year for all the sporting names involved, with drama and highs and lows both on and off their respective fields of play.
All eyes will be on early favourite Earps, who was a pin-up name as England surged to the final of the Women’s World Cup.
