England teammates Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton are up in opposition to each other for BBC Sports Personality of the Year on a shortlist that additionally contains Lando Norris, Rory McIlroy, Luke Littler and Ellie Kildunne.
Kelly and Hampton have been at the centre of England’s dramatic penalty shootout win over Spain in the Euro 2025 ultimate, with Kelly scoring the profitable spot-kick after Hampton had made two crucial saves.
For Kelly, it got here after a troublesome interval personally, however after leaving Manchester City for Arsenal inside months she was a European champion and Champions League winner. Hampton’s heroics noticed the Chelsea stopper win the Yashin Trophy for the world’s greatest feminine goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or awards.
Newly-crowned Formula 1 world champion Norris, the eleventh Briton to take the title, has pushed his approach on to the checklist after edging out Max Verstappen and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in a tense finish to the season that noticed the closest end to an F1 season for 15 years.
Littler began the 12 months by changing into the youngest world champion in darts historical past nonetheless solely 17, and went on to grow to be solely the fifth participant ever to finish the PDC Triple Crown with the world championship, Premier League and Matchplay titles, rising to primary in the rankings.
– Norris to run with No.1 on McLaren in 2026
– McIlroy: Tour merger with ‘irrational’ LIV unlikely
– Kelly’s move to Arsenal changed her life
McIlroy, 36, has loved two nice victories in 2025. At the Masters, he emerged from a dramatic play-off in opposition to Justin Rose to grow to be solely the sixth man to finish a grand slam of golf’s 4 majors. Then at the Ryder Cup he contributed three and a half factors to Europe’s dramatic victory over the USA.
Kildunne scored 5 tries as England received the Women’s Rugby World Cup this summer season. Although she missed the quarterfinal with concussion, Kildunne scored two tries in the semifinal win over France, and then added one other in the ultimate over Canada, having already helped seal Six Nations glory.
The Sports Personality of the Year can be awarded at a ceremony in Salford on Dec. 18, with viewers capable of vote stay throughout the present.