Sport Personality of the Year shortlist to be announced on 20 December

The 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist volition beryllium announced connected Tuesday, 20 December.

Voting volition unfastened during the Sports Personality show, which volition beryllium shown unrecorded connected BBC One from 18:45 GMT.

Gabby Logan, Alex Scott, Gary Lineker and Clare Balding volition contiguous the show, which celebrates the past 12 months of sporting action.

• Sports Personality - who won the awards successful 2021?
• Sports Personality of the Year presumption and conditions

The categories for 2022 volition include: BBC Sports Personality of the Year; World Sport Star of the Year; Helen Rollason award; Young Sports Personality of the Year; Unsung Hero; Coach of the Year; Team of the Year; and the Lifetime Achievement award.

A shortlist of 3 contenders - skateboarder Sky Brown, gymnast Jessica Gadirova and diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix - has been named for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

Eight finalists person besides been named for the 2022 BBC Sports Personality Unsung Hero of the Year award, which celebrates the champion volunteers successful sport.

A panel, chaired by the BBC's manager of sport, Barbara Slater, and consisting of representatives from the satellite of sport, met successful November to determine connected the main shortlist, arsenic good arsenic the Coach and Team of Year Award winners.

Tennis subordinate Emma Raducanu was voted the 2021 Sports Personality winner aft ending Britain's 44-year hold for a women's Grand Slam singles champion with her triumph astatine the US Open.