BBC SPOTY | Team of the Year: CITY | Coach of the Year: GUARDIOLA | World Sport Star: HAALAND

[Xhavenjoe]

So this is how Frankie Dettori sneaked in

The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected from a pre-determined shortlist

 

[OB1]

There is, although it seems to have changed its name. I found this link:

Sports Personality of the Year: Voting closed for BBC World Sport Star 2023

Voting closes for the BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year 2023 award.

www.bbc.co.uk

Biles (gymnastics)
Bonmati (Spanish footballer, player of the tournament at the World Cup)
Djokovic
Haaland
Kolisi (SA rugby union captain)
Verstappen

Yeah, I just voted for Erling (before seeing your post but thanks for the reply).

So VOTE ERLING folks.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Hows that british ?

I think the teams may not have to be fully "British"
We could win it as a team but Ederson could not win it as an individual.
He is classed as overseas and would be classed in the world individual award.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

So this is how Frankie Dettori sneaked in

The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom. The winner is selected from a pre-determined shortlist

Ten years residency needed now. Dettori has been nominated before in 1996 when he had been based in the UK for 12 years by that stage. Back in the sixties a kiwi speedway rider was nominated but seems to have been in the UK for some time by then. So it might have always been the rule.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I can’t believe someone has had to be told Katarina Johnson-Thompson is mixed-race.
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I don’t have the full list to hand but isn’t one candidate a wheelchair user and another Northern Irish?

Diversity truthfully means all backgrounds and inclusivity of gender, class, age, religion / belief, sexual orientation, ability…

Still, five are white!

81.7% of Brits are.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Ten years residency needed now. Dettori has been nominated before in 1996 when he had been based in the UK for 12 years by that stage. Back in the sixties a kiwi speedway rider was nominated but seems to have been in the UK for some time by then. So it might have always been the rule.

Nominations over 25 years apart must be close to unique!

 

[Kippax77]

Dettori is a reasonable shout. But the BBC don’t cover horse racing so I think that counts him out.

Or plays for the rags

 

[Eccles Blue]

It was a joke; yet that seems to be the only positive article The Daily Heil has ever written about someone non-white and working class. It’s marginally above The Sun in terms of credibility.

Liverpool is well populated by immigrants from the Caribbean, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It’s helped form the unique Scouse accent. Craig Charles and Tony Bellew are both mixed race.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by posting that. I didn't know anything about her and just typed in her name and then got that information. I thought you would be interested that's all. Sorry. :-) I hadn't even realise at first that it was the Fail, it came through Google or whatever.
I'm a terror for looking up people when I am not au fait with them. If I'm watching a film and I see someone that has been in other things I nearly always end up checking them. A quirk of my personality............ oooohhhh maybe I could be entered for SPOTY? I'm into watching some sports and I'm very enthusiastic. *lol*
Sorry @MCFC Wirral

 

[mexico1970]

It looks like a night for abomination and cuckoo chasing.

Here are the nominations, the sporting giants that we have to choose from.

Don't worry, if this line up of commentators and presenters isn't enough to get you on the edge of the seat nothing will.

Gary Lineker, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott will present the 70th edition of the annual awards.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Katarina must have taken the double barrel quota. That’s the only reason why Tront isn’t there.
Sir Phillip of Stockport won the 2017 Young Sports Personality of the year iirc.