2 h. ago Rory McIlroy WINS SPOTY: Golf superstar dedicates victory to wife Erica and daughter Poppy after capping incredible 2025 to claim prestigious award after ending snub of ceremony

Rory McIlroy has won Sport Personality of the Year, capping off an incredible 2025 in which he won the Masters in dramatic fashion and helped Europe to the Ryder Cup. 

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3 h. ago BBC Sports Personality of the Year RECAP: Rory McIlroy wins award ahead of Ellie Kildunne and Lando Norris

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog as the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year is named, with Rory McIlroy, Lando Norris and Chloe Kelly all in contention. 

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3 h. ago BBC Sports Personality of the Year LIVE: Rory McIlroy wins award ahead of Ellie Kildunne and Lando Norris

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the year is named, with Rory McIlroy, Lando Norris and Chloe Kelly all in contention. 

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3 h. ago BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 LIVE! Winners and reaction as Rory McIlroy named SPOTY

Golf star the favourite for prestigious award after winning Masters and Ryder Cup

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3 h. ago Rory McIlroy WINS SPOTY: Golf superstar caps off incredible 2025 after Masters win and Ryder Cup triumph to claim prestigious award after ending snub of ceremony

Rory McIlroy has won Sport Personality of the Year, capping off an incredible 2025 in which he won the Masters in dramatic fashion and helped Europe to the Ryder Cup. 

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5 h. ago BBC SPOTY: Thierry Henry reflects on career after lifetime achievement honour

Thierry Henry reflected on winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award as he encouraged people to “believe in yourself”.

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7 h. ago BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 LIVE! Winners and results as Rory McIlroy tipped for SPOTY

Golf star the favourite for prestigious award after winning Masters and Ryder Cup

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10 h. ago ‘Why isn’t everyone talking about Domhnall Gleeson?’ Irish actor wins first Hollywood award

The US-Ireland Alliance will give the actor the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in MarchAfter a varied career in which he has played a psychopath, a romcom heart-throb, an intergalactic warlord and a plucky newspaper editor among others, Domhnall Gleeson has won his first Hollywood award.The US-Ireland Alliance announced that Gleeson will receive the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March in the run-up to the Oscars. It honours a body of work rather than a particular performance. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago What time is BBC SPOTY on tonight? Who is nominated for the award and favourites to win

A year of unforgettable drama and elite performance culminates tonight as the BBC prepares to crown a sporting icon

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40 h. ago Aled Jones insists he has 'nothing to do' with his daughter Emilia's Hollywood success and reveals she still lives at home

The singer, 54, revealed his daughter, 23, who starred in the Academy Award winning film CODA, still lives at home and has no career help from him.

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40 h. ago Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year revealed

Thierry Henry, Arsenal’s record goalscorer and Premier League legend, to be recognised at Sports Personality of the Year

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42 h. ago MIT grieves shooting death of renowned director of plasma science center

Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his home, and no details about a suspect or motive have been releasedThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community is grieving after the “shocking” shooting death of the director of its plasma science and fusion center, according to officials.Nuno FG Loureiro, 47, had been shot multiple times at his home in Brookline on Monday night when police said they received a call to investigate. Emergency responders brought Loureiro to a hospital, and the award-winning scientist was pronounced dead there Tuesday morning, the Norfolk county district attorney’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago FIFA Best award winners and team of the year as Erling Haaland rejected

The FIFA awards, widely regarded as one of football's most prestigious events, took place in Doha, Qatar on December 16, though a lot of Premier League players were snubbed

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54 h. ago Dembélé and Bonmatí crowned at Fifa Best 2025 as Wiegman and Hampton win awards

Four England, seven Spain players in women’s world XIDonnarumma is men’s goalkeeper of the yearThe France forward Ousmane Dembélé and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí were crowned the Fifa Best men’s and women’s players of 2025 respectively at the world governing body’s awards ceremony in Doha.Paris Saint-Germain’s Dembélé won the trophy for the first time after his club’s maiden Champions League triumph, while Barcelona’s Bonmati won for the third consecutive year, after her club reached a Champions League final and Spain were Euro 2025 runners-up. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Ousmane Dembele wins FIFA Best award as PSG star beats Lamine Yamal again

The FIFA Best ceremony has taken place, with Ousmane Dembele winning the men's award after an outstanding season with Paris Saint-Germain in which they won the Champions League

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55 h. ago Why PSG superstar Ousmane Dembele is only choice to win FIFA Best award

Ousmane Dembele is among the contenders to win tonight's FIFA Best award and our man John Cross voted for the PSG superstar - here's why

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56 h. ago Gianluigi Donnarumma wins FIFA award after Man City changed plans

Gianluigi Donnarumma has been awarded a prestigious goalkeeping award from FIFA, after completing a mega money move from Paris Saint-Germain this summer and impressing under Pep Guardiola

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57 h. ago Volunteers at Wishaw park win Keep Scotland Beautiful award for conservation work

The group’s efforts have been recognised with an It’s Your Neighbourhood Award.

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60 h. ago Fifa Best 2025: Hannah Hampton and Gianluigi Donnarumma win goalkeeper awards

Keeper saved two penalties in Euro 2025 finalHampton also helped Chelsea to domestic trebleHannah Hampton has won the Fifa Best women’s goalkeeper 2025 award, completing a global goalkeeper award double after she received the Ballon d’Or ceremony’s equivalent prize for keepers in September.Hampton, 25, saved two penalties in the European Championship final as England beat Spain in July. The Fifa Best award for this year takes performances between 11 August 2024 to 2 August 2025 into account, and therefore acknowledges not only Hampton’s shootout heroics but also her helping Chelsea win a domestic treble of major trophies last season. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Anthony Geary dead: General Hospital icon dies as family and friends are left in 'shock'

General Hospital star Anthony Geary has died at the age of 78. The stateside star had played the role of Luke Spencer on the award-winning soap for over four decades

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