Sports Personality of the Year returns - with five awards decided by public

The 2026 BBC Sports Personality of the Year show will be held on Sunday, 13 December - with five winners decided by public votes. Clare Balding, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott will again host the programme, which will be hosted in Salford and broadcast live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app from 17:45 GMT.

The show will celebrate another great year of sport, including Team GB's most successful Winter Olympics, England's best finish at a men's Fifa World Cup since 1966, and record-breaking displays at the European Athletics Championships. There will be two new award categories at the ceremony this year - Men's Footballer of the Year and BBC World Service Women's Footballer of the Year.

The latter has been a BBC World Service award since 2015 but will now be presented as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards for the first time. Voting - for global audiences - opens on Tuesday, 10 November.