OT: PC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2023

Goes to Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps

Mary Earps has been named the 2023 Sports Personality of the Year for her achievements with England and Manchester United.

Earps, 30, becomes the third consecutive woman to win the BBC award after Emma Raducanu's triumph in 2021 and fellow England team mate Beth Reid in 2022.

She said: "First of all I would like to say how humbled I am to be on a list of such incredible athletes.

"For me I feel like this is the ultimate all-round sporting accolade and I think us as Lionesses and United as well we have had an incredible couple of years.

"It has not been the easiest journey and I definitely wouldn't be where I am without the number of incredible people in my corner so I just want to say thank you to them.

"I am so glad that I can bring some of my loved ones with me today who have been with me through the really really not so great times.

"The last two years have been absolutely unbelievable. I have done more than I could ever have imagined and for that I am truly incredibly grateful."

For the 70th edition of the event, the Euro 2022 winner fended off runs from cricketer Stuart Broad, who was the runner-up, and athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who placed third.

Jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewitt and golfer Rory McIlroy were also nominated for the prize.

Apparently, her popularity has been boosted over the last 12 months thanks to England's failed journey to the World Cup final in Australia, keeping three clean sheets along the way but sadly not in the final.

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What the bloody hell was she wearing??

Watched about 15mins and switched over,programme gone down hill in my opinion.If she’s the best in Britain god help us.

It's definitely gone downhill.

Honouring Kenny Dalglish was right but cheesy.

Used to be Sunday night now relegated to Tuesday.

Same old boring presenters ... Logan, Lineker and Balding (sounds like a dodgy law company!)

I'd be interested to know the viewing figures and voting figures. Also M/F viewing ratio.

It's now more woke than a liberal party conference.

Nothing against Mary Earps but who is she? Wyatt Earp is more famous.

I feel a bit sorry for Stuart Broad. A few years ago he would have walked it.

Broad didn’t look best pleased.

What the bloody hell was she wearing??

No idea but I guess we're not "with it" anymore because that's the first thing I thought as well.

More people watched Emmerdale apparently.. the BBC is hastening it's own demise with any luck.

WHO?

So Top Gear, Question Of Sport, SPOTY and Dr Who all now ruined by the BBC who also seem to think that Mrs Browns Boys is the height of comedy. It's sad that a once respected institution has gone down the pan like this, they will struggle when the mandatory fee ends. Even MOTD is irrelevant considering it's format and cost (Lineker et al), there are far better YT channels if you want better analysis and opinion and for free.

I think once the mandatory fee ends, they will struggle as I can't see many people paying for it's content as it stands, so they will have to have ads, much like ITV. A great shame though and another example of go woke, go broke.

Good to see my young snowboarding friend Mia Brookes win the Young SPOTY award.

Simply stop paying the licence tax.

Now has an MBE