60th BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

 

Ten contenders have been shortlisted for next month's 60th BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.They are -

 

• Athletes Mo Farah, Christine Ohuruogu and Hannah Cockroft
• Tennis player Andy Murray 
• Cyclist Chris Froome
• Golfer Justin Rose
• Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie
• Jockey AP McCoy
• Cricketer Ian Bell and 
• Rugby union player Leigh Halfpenny 

The 10 shorlisted contenders announced during 'The One Show' on Tuesday, 26 November (BBC One, 19:00 GMT)

The public will vote for their favourite on Sunday December 15,2013.Voting for the main award will be by phone and, for the first time, online during the programme, which will be presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan
Voting for the main award will be from a shortlist of 10 contenders presented during the live show on BBC One & BBC One HD on Sunday, 15 December 2013. Voting will be available by phone or via the BBC website. The number to call for each contender will be revealed during the programme.
Online Vote: You can also vote online. In order to vote you will need to be registered with the BBC sign in system, BBC iD. You can register at any time. If you are already registered with a BBC iD, you do not need to do anything but will have to sign in in order to vote on the night.
(Online votes will be limited to one vote per BBC iD account)
In front of an expected 12,000 crowd at the First Direct Arena in Leeds,the award will be announced

In addition to the main prize, there will also be seven other awards:

• Team of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
• Young Sports Personality of the Year
• Sports Personality of the Year Diamond Award
• Helen Rollason Award
• Sports Unsung Hero