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  BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The award is organised by the BBC and is voted for by the public, and was conceived by the BBC producer Paul Fox.
Despite the existence of a separate "Overseas Sports Personality of the Year Award", non-British nationals are not exempt from the main prize.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award
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 Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Awards are often signified by trophies, certificates, plaques, medals, badges, pins or ribbons.
One common type of award in the United States is the 'employee of the month.' award, in which typically the recipients' names are listed in a prominent place in the business for that month.
A lifetime achievement award is an award given to an individual to honor his or her life-long contributions.
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 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Ashes hero Flintoff voted Sports Personality of the Year
Andrew Flintoff was roused from his slumbers in Pakistan last night as he became the first cricketer for 24 years to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
While the Ashes-winning team carried off the team of the year trophy, Flintoff, the talismanic figure who scored 402 runs and took 24 wickets in the series, triumphed in the public vote, beating off a strong challenge from second-placed Ellen MacArthur and the Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in third.
Flintoff was presented with the award in England's team hotel in Lahore at 3am, eight hours before he was due to play in the second one-day international against Pakistan.
sport.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,10488,1665260,00.html   (368 words)

  
 Amateur Swimming Association : Full Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Overseas Personality of the Year is Roger Federer.
To be eligible for this, an athlete must be under 17 years of age on 1st January the year of the awards (so under 17 on 1st Jan 2004 last year, and 2005 this year).
Andrew Murray is the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, selected from nominations made to CBBC and the Youth Sports Trust.
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 BBC - Devon - Sport - BBC honours South West sports stars
The event culminated in the unveiling of the BBC South West Sports Personality of 2005.
Plymouth boxer Scott Dann was crowned BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year for the second time at an awards ceremony in Plymouth.
The award for Young Sportsman of the Year went to 11-year-old Plymouth diving prodigy Thomas Daley.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/content/articles/2005/12/02/bbc_sports_personality_2005_feature.shtml   (542 words)

  
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The Sports Personality and Team of the Year awards will be decided by viewers of the programme, who will be invited to vote by phone, text and interactive digital TV.
The evening will also feature awards for Overseas Personality of the Year, Coach of the Year, Young Personality of the Year, a Lifetime Achievement award, Unsung Hero of the Year and the Helen Rollason Award for courage in the face of adversity.
Sports Personality of the Year will be broadcast on BBC One at 8pm on Sunday December 12 2004.
www.london2012.org /en/news/archive/2004/december/2004-12-10-11-45.htm   (348 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Sports Personality 2002
Sports Personality of the Year Paula Radcliffe says winning the London Marathon sparked her sensational 2002.
Paula Radcliffe is a deserving recipient of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Sports Personality of the Year showcases the achievements of the UK's biggest stars, but for some 2002 will be a year they wish to forget.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/special_events/sports_personality_2002/default.stm   (301 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | World Cup winners scoop prize
This year's Overseas Personality of the Year was American Lance Armstrong, who claimed his fifth consecutive Tour de France title, becoming only the second rider to win five Tours in a row.
The Helen Rollason Award, presented for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity, was awarded to former boxer Michael Watson.
The Unsung Hero award, new to the competition this year to honour an individual who has given time and talent for free to enable others to participate in sport, was won by Nobby Woodcock, 63, for his work at Real Bettws Football Club in Newport.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/12/15/sobbc15.xml   (478 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com > Breaking News > Kelly Holmes is BBC Sports personality of the year
Holmes was presented with the trophy for being the sports personality who most captured the UK public's imagination this year.
Matthew Pinsent accepted the award, which was presented by Otto Rehhagel, the coach of the Greek national football team.
Andrew Murray is BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/dec/dec114.htm   (312 words)

  
 Holmes is BBC Sports Person of the Year
Holmes is BBC Sports Person of the Year
Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday.
Holmes had been the hottest favourite ever to win the award after her exploits in Athens where victories in the 800 and 1,500 metres made her a national heroine back home in Britain.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/dec/13kelly.htm   (208 words)

  
 SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW
Awards are also presented to the best overseas sports personality, best team, young sports personality of the year and occasionally, (four times since 1996), one recipient is bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The BBC tried to cut off any confrontation with Bear by assuring him that their ‘little trophy’ was merely designed to apply to the Sportsview programme and limited to the athletes who had actually been featured on the programme since April.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year by Steve Rider with Martyn Smith.
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 Sports Stories - Jonny Wilkinson awarded BBC Sports Personality
England’s rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson has added the BBC Sports Personality of the year award to his ever-growing collection of accolades.
To most it came as no surprise that he was the most likely candidate to pick up the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the year award for 2003.
The sporting year has very much been centred around Rugby for a change and the results in the polls proved it as Jonny teammate and team captain Martin Johnson trailed just behind in second place.
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 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Athletics | Marathon winner scoops BBC sports award
The accolade completes an outstanding year for the 28-year-old who won this year's London Marathon - on her debut in the event - before shaving 89 seconds off the women's world marathon record in the Chicago race last month.
This year saw a marked improvement in Radcliffe's form, destroying her reputation as a plucky loser after she narrowly missed out on medals in the Sydney Olympics and last year's World Championships in Edmonton.
Everton striker Wayne Rooney was named Young Sports Personality of the Year in an award voted for by a panel of journalists and sports stars.
sport.guardian.co.uk /athletics/story/0,10082,856616,00.html   (317 words)

  
 Award Winners Announced - 1st December 2003 SportFocus news
The Media Coverage Award was presented to David Gordon, Head of BBC Sport and Tony Garrett, Disability Programmes Manager for BBC Sport for the outstanding new BBC Sport Disability Website which since launching in 2003 has consistently and accurately reported on a wide range of disability sports events, issues and personalities.
The Media Award, recognising the outstanding reporting and contribution by a publication or media group to disability sport over a long period and the important role this plays in raising the profile to a wider audience was presented to Gareth Davies on behalf of the Daily Telegraph.
The final Award for Lifetime Achievement recognises the tremendous achievement of an athlete in wheelchair sport over his or her lifetime.
www.sportfocus.com /newspub/story.cfm?ID=6391   (1519 words)

  
 British Triathlon
BBC Sports Personality of the Year is decided by the great British public every year.
Nominations for the 52nd year of this prestigious award open to the public on Saturday 19 November 2005, enabling you to register who you think should be among the winners.
Ian won the Sports Personality of the Year award in 1981 after spearheading ’s famous Ashes victory against.
www.britishtriathlon.org /news/article.php?id=7803   (577 words)

  
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BBC Sports questions whether England's mini-tour of the USA was a success or failure.
BBC sports news correspondent Gordon Farquhar says the London bid must be careful to avoid a run-in with the IOC.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year quiz Pub quiz questions Seasonal Quizzes BBC Sports Personality of the Year quiz BBC Sports Personality of the Year quiz 5 sets of 10 questions featuring winners of the various prizes awarded during the...
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 Independent, The (London): SPORTS AWARDS: Rowers hold off Arsenal to win BBC's team award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
MATTHEW PINSENT may have been beaten to the line by Kelly Holmes in last night's BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, but he and his colleagues Steve Williams, Ed Coode and James Cracknell, winners of the Olympic coxless fours title, still managed to hold off Arsenal to win the Team of the Year prize.
Such was the breadth and depth of achievement by sporting teams that, for the first time, viewers were also invited to vote live during the first hour of the show when it came to choosing Team of the Year.
The Lifetime Achievement award, in recognition of the impact he has made on the game of cricket, and also reflecting his subsequent monumental charity-walking activities, went to Ian Botham.
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 Bbc sports personality 2002: Bbc sport | sports personality 2002 | simply the best. Bbc sports personality of the year ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Kelly Holmes anagrams Rearranging the letters of 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Kelly Holmes' gives: Probably the sleekest.
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2002 - voting opens to the fans to vote for their 2002 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
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 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Betting, Sports Personality 2006 Odds
The BBC Sports Personality of the year award will be shown live on BBC television, in December 2006 with England cricket hero Andrew Freddie Flintoff, the hot favourite to win after such an incredible Ashes Series.
Freddie Flintoff is now such a red hot favourite to win the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Award that William Hill have closed their book and are betting on who finishes second.
The major prize for the evenings awards is the sports personality of the year award.
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 CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS :: Flintoff voted 2005 sports personality in Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff became the first cricketer in 24 years to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday.
The all-rounder had been favourite to win the award after his exploits in the five-test series against Australia helped England seal their first Ashes triumph in almost two decades.
After receiving the award in Lahore from Ian Botham, the last cricketer to win the accolade, a bleary-eyed Flintoff told the audience via a live satellite link: "To receive it from Ian makes it all the more sweeter as he was my hero.
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Holmes, who won both the 800m and 1500m events in Athens, was presented with the award by London 2012 bid chief Sebastian Coe.
Memories of Athens also dominated the Team of the Year award, which was claimed by Team GB's victorious coxless four.
Cricket legend Ian Botham received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger won Coach of the Year and tennis star Roger Federer claimed the Overseas Personality of the Year.
www.london2012.org /en/news/archive/2004/december/2004-12-13-09-50.htm   (394 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | UK Latest | Flintoff bowls over sporting voters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The rest of the side were also recognised too with the Team of the Year award.
Several other awards were also made on the night with Lord Sebastian Coe receiving a special one-off gong for his role in leading London's winning 2012 Olympic bid.
Brazil legend Pele received the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to football, a prize which was presented to him by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, who was named coach of the year.
www.guardian.co.uk /uklatest/story/0,1271,-5473403,00.html   (272 words)

  
 OFF THE TELLY: Reviews/2001/The British Comedy Awards
Given how inept his BBC talk show has been in failing to iron out its many faults, it was ironic that Jonathan proceeded to give a consummate performance working for the opposition, thanks mostly to a cracking script from Jim Pullin and Fraser Steele.
This was a reference to the woman's inebriated ranting at the 2000 Comedy Awards, and actually won some boos from the crowd, though, as Jonathan pointed out, notable for being somewhat delayed in their arrival.
Though "The whole process is more carefully scrutinized than Barrymore's pool filter," the Awards this year were notable for being palpably less relaxed and, somewhat unfortunately, more disciplined than in previous years.
www.offthetelly.co.uk /reviews/2001/comedyawards.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Stars shine at BBC East Midlands Sports Awards
Stars of the sports world were out in force at the this year's BBC East Midlands Sports Awards.
World famous ice dancer Jayne Torvill was there to accept the illustrious lifetime achievement award and the BBC unsung hero of the year award went to Jean Lawrence, Newark Rugby Club.
There are some great sporting stories across the county and there is excellence in many of the things that we do in sport.
www.sportengland.org /eastmidlands_index/eastmidlands_news_media/awards.htm   (374 words)

  
 Manchester United Official Web Site - Club & News - News - Football News - 6:46:09 PM
Best found out that he was to be given the award last week and has told of his delight at learning the news he was to be given the award only previously handed to another Old Trafford legend; Sir Alex Ferguson.
And the United hero also revealed that the award will hopefully mean that he is remembered for his ability with the ball at his feet, rather than his off-pitch troubles.
David Beckham finished second for the main BBC Sports Personality of the Year award behind Paula Radcliffe.
www.manutd.com /news/fullstory.sps?iNewsId=25172&itype=466&icategoryid=120   (336 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Holmes wins BBC top award
Kelly Holmes, the first Briton to win the Olympic middle distance double of 800m and 1500m for 84 years, last night received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award to a standing ovation at a live ceremony in Television Centre, west London.
Ian Botham received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the major impact he had made in the world of sport.
In Coach of the Year category, Arsène Wenger was presented with the award by last year's winner, Sir Clive Woodward, for leading Arsenal to their record-breaking 49-game unbeaten run.
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 Dame Ellen is East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year
Dame Ellen is East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year
Sportsman of the Year was World Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy from Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club won Team of the Year for the second year running.
BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year
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 achievement award bbc lifetime personality sports year plus better Motivational quotes, stories and NLP techniques for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Paula Radcliffe...
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PAULA Radcliffe capped 12 months of personal triumph last night as she was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year...
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