MO-MENT TO TREASURE
Sir Mo Farah, who won the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. He was not at the ceremony at the Liverpool Echo Arena, and appeared by video link from St Mary’s University, London. Dame Jessica EnnisHill received the Lifetime Achievement award.
MO FARAH brushed aside heavyweight competition to be crowned 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, as a host of sporting stars past and present packed out Liverpool’s Echo Arena.
The distance runner ended his career on the track after a year which saw him retain his 10,000 metres world title in London.
Farah, a 2012 and 2016 Olympic medalist, beat off competition from heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua to scoop the coveted award.
Other nominees for the top gong on Sunday included 2014 award winner Lewis Hamilton, Chris Froome and England and Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
Manchester City star Phil Foden was named the BBC Young Sport Personality of the Year at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on Sunday. The award caps a remarkable year for 17-year-old from Stockport, who was named player of the tournament at the Under-17 World Cup, which England won.
Meanwhile, Bradley Lowery’s parents thanked the British public for “helping them get out of bed” as they deal with their son’s death during an emotional night. The Sunderland fan died in July after a brave fight with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer.
His parents, Carl and Gemma, were presented with the Helen Rollason award. Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill received the Lifetime Achievement award, after her stunning 2012 Olympic championshipwinning heptathlon performance.
Roger Federer picked up the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year for a record fourth time. The award for Coach of the Year went to Benke Blomkvist, Christian Malcolm and Stephen Maguire – who helped GB’s men’s 4x100m team to gold at the IAAF World Championships in London.
England’s Women’s cricket team scooped the Team of the Year accolade.