Raducanu favourite to win BBC Sports Personality award after stellar year

A shortlist of six nominees has been announced for the 2021 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, with 19-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu the bookies’ favourite to win

A shortlist of half-dozen nominees has been proclaimed for the 2021 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, with 19-year-old lawn tennis participant Emma Raducanu the bookies’ favourite to win.

The awards ceremony, which will take position on 19 December, will control Raducanu turn upwards against Olympic underwater diver Tom Daley, reality hero pugilist Tyson Fury, bather XTC Peaty, footballer Raheem Sterling and Paralympic bicyclist Dame Sarah Storey.

According to Sky Bet, Emma Raducanu, who triumphed at the US Open earliest this year, is the heavy favourite to title the award, boasting odds of 1/14. Tom Daley is second favourite following his golden medal at the Tokio Olympic games. Michael Gerald Tyson Fury, who has previously threatened to sue the BBC if he ever received a nomination, is third favourite after retaining his domain prizewinning position by dramatically knocking come out Deontay Thornton Wilder inwards their scrap before this year.

The main award, which has been presented every twelvemonth since 1954, testament be voted for on the nighttime past members of the public, either through the BBC website or by phone. Last year’s victor was Formula 1 number one wood Sinclair Lewis Hamilton, while tennis player Sir Andy James Murray has won the most awards inward history, with three. Sporting individuals inward the line of business of athletics make been most successful over its 66-year history, winning on 18 occasions.

The observance testament also show window other great sporting individuals from the yesteryear 12 months, with awards for Whitney Young Sports Personality of the Year, Team and Coach of the Year, World Sport Star of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and Unsung Heron also upward for grabs.

Regular sporting commentators and pundits Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Sir Walter Scott will pose the awards ceremony, which will follow filmed at MediaCity in Salford. The case will accept localize without a studio audience for the second yr running due to concerns surrounding Covid-19 safety.