The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 award will be presented at Salford's Media City this evening, with the six names in contention announced earlier this week.
It is an event designed to commemorate the successes of Great British athletes and sports teams, held annually around Christmastime at the channel's headquarters. This will be the 69th presentation of the award, which began in 1954.
Adding to the feel-good factor for the athlete who manages to take home the prize is also the fact it will the first time a live studio audience have been allowed to experience the show since 2019. Here, the Manchester Evening News provides the key details of who is nominated and what each athlete has achieved this calendar year in order to be up for the award.
