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WEDNESDAY 26
King George VI Chase, Kempton
BBC Sports Personality
of the Year 2018
SUNDAY 16
For the first time the BBC Sports
Personality of the Year 2018 contenders
will be revealed on the night of the show.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby
Logan will present the show - in its 65th
year - live from Birmingham’s Genting
Arena.
The public will also decide the Greatest
Sporting Moment of the Year,
celebrating 2018’s standout memory.
The BBC Overseas Sports Personality of
the Year award has been renamed World
Sport Star of the Year and votes can also
be cast from those living outside the UK
for the first time.
Other awards set to be presented on the
night include Lifetime Achievement,
Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, the
Helen Rollason award -
which recognises an
outstanding achievement
in the face of adversity -
and the BBC Get Inspired
Unsung Hero award to
honour the most dynamic,
forward-thinking and
driven volunteers from
across the UK.
Nominations are already
open for this award.
2018 has been a
memorable year for sport,
with England’s run to the
semi-finals of the World
Cup, Geraint Thomas
storming to victory at the Tour de
France, world heavyweight champion
Anthony Joshua’s win over Joseph
Parker, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith’s gold
medal haul at the European
Championships and England’s netballers
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revelling in their historic, golden
moment at the Commonwealth Games.
With Lewis Hamilton winning a fifth
Formula 1 world title, England’s highest
Test run-scorer Alastair Cook ending his
international career with a century,
Lizzy Yarnold’s successful defence of her
Winter Olympic skeleton title and
Europe’s victory to regain the Ryder Cup
from the United States, this year’s
awards could be the most competitive
yet.