BBC Sports Personality of The Year 2013

[ChesterDave]

There are surely only 3 that could possibly win - Murray, McCoy, Froome

[Shaggy]

The bit in bold is quite true, but Murray has had more cash thrown at him by the LTA then everyone else combined - At one point they were paying his previous coach something like £750k a year. He was also had is Spanish stay funded by the LTA when he was a junior.
That said, to beat Djokovic in 3 straight sets was a massive plus point when you consider the pressure.

He has, yeah, and I know he'd gone to Spain by about aged 14. But it was only his immense talent that earned those privileges. I still think, as things stand, for any British tennis player to make it at absolute elite level is a pretty amazing achievement.

[Boogs]

For me what A P McCoy has achieved is outstanding and doubt it will ever be repeated so should win, but Murray will win hands down

[Red_Polo]

Passed over for having already won it, maybe?

[Daniel 7]

Andy Murray by a considerable distance. Its a bit of a black hole this year compared to last, when he could easily have won it then too. His achievements mean there aren't any real challengers. Mo Farah and Chris Froome would be next for me, but Chris Froome is too distant and spiky to be a contender, isn't he?

.....and cue the boring snipers who say Andy Murray doesn't have a personality so how can he be sports personality of the year and he hates England football club so why should he get an award for hating England and everything the country stands for, I love the queen and my bulldog and immigration is a real problem.

[RichC]

Murray should walk this, amazing achievement winning Wimbledon.

[ChesterDave]

Januzaj nominated for young sports personality of the year. What a ****ing piss take to young people who have been performing well for 12 months that some diving scroat gets shortlisted for about 8 games of football

[Sarb]

Januzaj nominated for young sports personality of the year. What a ****ing piss take to young people who have been performing well for 12 months that some diving scroat gets shortlisted for about 8 games of football

[Gibbo]

They can **** right off with that.

Absolute bollocks.

[Kenneth]

[Shaggy]

One of the reasons he should win. Incredibly dedicated and hard-working, no way would he risk his prep for the Aus Open by pissing around attending this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2521220/Andy-Murray-wont-attend-Sports-Personality-Year-award.html

[Buzzo]

One of the reasons he should win. Incredibly dedicated and hard-working, no way would he risk his prep for the Aus Open by pissing around attending this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ten...ear-award.html

I had wondered about that. Definitely a wise decision.

[Phoenix07]

Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams, who died in April, is to be honoured at Sunday's BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.

Anne fought tirelessly for a new inquest into her son Kevin's death in the 1989 football tragedy.

The Helen Rollason Award will be accepted on her behalf by her daughter Sara, son Michael, and brother Danny.

"My mum embodied the very reason this award was created - strength, determination and passion," said Sara.

Anne, who had been suffering from cancer, died aged 60 just days after the annual Hillsborough memorial service at Liverpool's Anfield stadium.

She battled for more than 20 years to overturn an inquest verdict of accidental death on her 15-year-old son.

He was one of 96 Liverpool fans who died in April 1989 at the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground.

The BBC award - named after TV presenter Helen Rollason, who died aged 43 in 1999 after fighting cancer - is given for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.

It will be presented as part of the Sports Personality show, which will be broadcast live on BBC One from the First Direct Arena in Leeds from 19:40 GMT.

"Her tireless campaigning was driven by the love she had for her son Kevin and her dedication to seeking a new inquest," added Sara. "If anyone triumphed over adversity, it's my mum."

Anne's perseverance, along with fellow campaigners, prompted the creation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which led to the original verdicts being quashed by the High Court in December 2012, with new inquests ordered for all who died. The new hearings are due to begin next spring.

At an inquest in 1991, jurors heard that Kevin and 94 others were dead by 15:15 BST, a verdict which his mother never believed and, as a result, she refused to accept his death certificate from the coroner.

Anne, who lived in Chester, tracked down witnesses, one of whom suggested Kevin uttered the word "mum" at about 16:00 BST.

Her calls for a fresh inquest were rejected by attorney generals and the European Court of Human Rights.

But following publication of the panel's report(external) in September 2012, a further appeal by the families of the victims to quash the verdicts was upheld.

Anne, who said she "was never going to give up", travelled to the High Court a year ago to hear the ruling, despite being terminally ill.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/25357425?SThisFB

[Leyton388]

A fitting tribute.

[Daniel 7]

Anyone watching?

Terrible into and there's a young lad singing too loudly and the soundmix had the vocals too high.