THURSDAY 4 – MONDAY 8
Australia v England, Sydney
MONDAY 15 – SUNDAY 28
Australian Open, Melbourne
Sports Personality of the
Year 2017: Mo Farah
World 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah
has been voted BBC Sports Personality of
the Year 2017.
The 34-year-old, a four-time Olympic
champion, won his third successive
world 10,000m gold medal in London in
August - despite almost falling twice late
in the race. He becomes the first long-
distance runner to win the Sports
Personality award since Paula Radcliffe
won it in 2002.
Farah, who could not be at the ceremony
in Liverpool, was presented the award on
video link by stepdaughter Rhianna.
later introduced the Unsung Hero award
with a cover version of the Beatles classic
All You Need Is Love.
Rea arrived on stage on his superbike,
while, like Farah, contenders Johanna
Former Liverpool and Scotland striker
Kenny Dalglish announced the award at a
sold-out Echo Arena after a public vote.
Farah, who was at the Sir Mo Farah
Track in London, looked genuinely
surprised to be named the winner before
the video link cut out.
Farah, one of 12 contenders for the
award, has been shortlisted five times
before with his previous highest finish of
third in 2011. He took the prize with
83,524 votes - 2,957 more than second-
placed Rea, while Peacock took third
with 73,429, just 18 more than boxer
Anthony Joshua.
A memorable night in
Liverpool
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
opened the show in Liverpool and then
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World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea
Konta, Lewis Hamilton and Chris
Froome joined on video link.
However, Farah’s son Hussein stole the
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