BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 LIVE WINNERS: Latest updates with Keely Hodgkinson tipped for iconic award
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 will take place TODAY - with some huge names eyeing the iconic award. Olympic gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson is the hot favourite to claim the prestigious accolade after dominating the 800m scene this year. Luke Littler is also in contention to be named Sports Personality of the Year following a meteoric rise to stardom.
The teenage sensation came runner-up at the World Darts Championship in January and has since won ten PDC titles in his debut year on the professional circuit. BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 betting odds. Follow our live blog below... Hello everybody and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
For some it's a night razzle-dazzle and an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding sporting achievements of 2024. For others, it means that EastEnders isn't on TV. Small mercies. Anyway, we'll be here over the next few hours to take you through all the thrills and spills from the 71st awards show in Salford.
Tonight’s huge event will take place at the home of BBC Sport in MediaCity, Salford. Keely Hodgkinson is the hot favourite to take home the iconic award after dominating the 800m scene. The Team GB star stormed to gold in the 800m at the Paris Olympics earlier this year.
The Atherton native also claimed the European title in Rome - two months before competing in France. Hodgkinson broke the British national record and becoming the sixth fastest woman in history. Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler is also in the running for Sports Personality of the Year after finishing runner-up at the World Darts Championship in January catapulted him into stardom and one of the sport's leading competitors.
