1 hour ago Ellie Kildunne could quit England and blow rugby world apart after SPOTY nomination

Ellie Kildunne could spark controversy after SPOTY is concluded

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2 h. ago Hannah Hampton: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including Lionesses payday

Sports Personality of the Year contender Hannah Hampton's career milestones and England payday after helping the Lionesses retain their Euros title

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2 h. ago Hannah Hampton: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including Lionesses controversy

Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton is one of six British sports superstars vying for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Thursday evening

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2 h. ago Lando Norris: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including huge F1 contract

Lando Norris is one of six BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees

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2 h. ago Rory McIlroy: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including divorce and net worth

Rory McIlroy has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year after a successful 2025

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2 h. ago Luke Littler: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including girlfriend and mansion

Luke Littler has swiftly become the face of modern darts and has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year after his World Darts Championship triumph

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2 h. ago Chloe Kelly: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including huge net worth

England and Arsenal winger Chloe Kelly is in contention for the top prize at the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards following her Euro 2025 heroics

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2 h. ago Ellie Kildunne: 13 things you need to know about SPOTY contender including partner and net worth

Ellie Kildunne has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

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4 h. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 live: Rory McIlroy battles Chloe Kelly and Lando Norris for prestigious BBC award

Darts world champion Luke Littler and England’s Rugby World Cup-winning star Ellie Kildunne are also in the running for the main award, which will be decided by public vote

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10 h. ago How to vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 tonight

Favourite Rory McIlroy faces competition from Lando Norris, Chloe Kelly, Luke Littler, Ellie Kildunne and Hannah Hampton

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25 h. ago SPOTY shortlist shows women’s sport is here to stay, says Chloe Kelly

Kelly is one of three women on the six-person shortlist for the main award

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26 h. ago SPOTY shortlist shows women’s sport is here to stay – Chloe Kelly

Kelly is one of three women on the six-person shortlist for the main award.

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31 h. ago How to vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 as Lando Norris battles Rory McIlroy for top prize

Luke Littler is on the shortlist once again along with Hannah Hampton, Chloe Kelly and Ellie Kildunne

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4 d. ago Love Island's Hayley Hughes engaged and shows off huge rock after lavish Dubai proposal

Love Island star Hayley Hughes has announced she's engaged to her partner, sharing photos from the lavish proposal including her engagement ring and son Cody

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7 d. ago Who will win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025? All 6 SPOTY contenders' chances ranked

The bookies reckon it’s a three horse race - with one hot favourite.

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7 d. ago BBC SPOTY 2025 contenders confirmed with Rory McIlroy to soon learn his fate

Rory McIlroy has been confirmed as a BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 nominees with five world champions joining him

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1 week ago ‘What’s my life like away from rugby? Chaos’: Red Rose superstar Ellie Kildunne on confidence, cowboy dances and why it’s cool to be different

Kildunne is known for her startling speed and audacious tries, but there’s more to the talented full-back than rugby, from a passion for photography to a sideline in DIY tattooingEllie Kildunne says it’s not quite sunk in yet. A couple of months on from winning the Rugby Union World Cup with her England teammates, she’s still on a high. I ask if she slept with her winner’s medal by her bed the night they won. “That night?” She gives me a look. “It’s still by my bed. Every day. I wake up and the medal’s next to my bed. And it’s, like, as if!”But Kildunne is not resting on her laurels. She says the medal is also a reminder of what’s left to achieve – for her, and for women’s rugby in general. “Your heart’s telling you that you’ve done it, but I need to refocus. So it’s about how can we win the prem, how can we win another Six Nations, more World Cups? How can we keep fans coming to games? We’ve sold out Twickenham, so how do we do it again?” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rookie cop banned from police for life after 'giving drug dealer boyfriend inside information'

Maryam Ilyas is reported to have shared information with her partner, including intel on a plain-clothes operation, after failing to declare that she was in a relationship with him

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last month World Cup winner to be voice of Heathrow Airport this Christmas

Ellie Kildunne, who won the Rugby World Cup with England this autumn, will tell passengers that "the world feels a little brighter at Christmas"

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