The 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year is MARY EARPS!! Earps’ success on Tuesday night made her the third successive female winner of the award, after US Open champion Emma Raducanu in 2021 and Earps’ England team-mate Beth Mead last year. Earps was voted best goalkeeper in the world in FIFA’s 2022 awards and has been shortlisted again for the 2023 prize. In accepting the award, Earps told the BBC: “I am honoured and humbled because I think this is the ultimate all-round sporting accolade. The 37-year-old hit a six off his final ball and took the final wicket as England won the match to level the series, although Australia retained the urn.

Source: BBC December 19, 2023 21:20 UTC