The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 17 December 2017 at the

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in Liverpool. It was the 64th presentation of the

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The ...

. Awarded annually by the

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(BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a twelve-person shortlist. The event, broadcast live on

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, was hosted by

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Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcast journalist and author. She currently presents programmes for BBC Sport and Channel 4, and previously for BT Sport. She also formerly presented ''Good Morning Sunday'' on BBC ...

and

Gabby Logan Gabrielle Nicole Logan (''née'' Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted '' Final Score'' for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She h ...

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opened the ceremony and later performed a cover of " All You Need Is Love" to celebrate camaraderie in sport during 2017.

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sang "

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" in honour of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Rag'n'Bone Man performed ''

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'' during the ''in memoriam''.

Nominees

The nominees for the award were revealed by Gabby Logan on 27 November 2017, during BBC One's ''

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''.

Controversy

Paradise Papers

In November 2017, Hamilton was named in the

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. It was reported that Hamilton had avoided paying £3.3 million of Value Added Tax on his private jet worth £16.5 million. The leasing deal set up by advisers was said by the BBC to appear to be artificial and not to comply with an EU and UK ban on refunds for private use. Host of the BBC Sports Personality of the year

was also named in the Paradise Papers in November 2017.

Asthma medication

On 13 December 2017, the UCI announced that Froome had returned an "Adverse Analytical Finding" for twice his allowed dose of

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, a medication against

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. Both the A and B samples proved positive. The test was taken after stage 18 of the

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. In a statement, Froome commented: "My asthma got worse at the Vuelta so I followed the team doctor's advice to increase my Salbutamol dosage. As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose." Froome later reiterated these comments during the ceremony. The UCI officially closed the investigation on 2 July 2018, stating that Froome had supplied sufficient evidence to suggest that his "sample results do not constitute an AAF".

Other awards

In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards will also be presented: * Overseas Personality:

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was announced as the winner for the fourth time * Team of the Year:

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* Lifetime Achievement: Jessica Ennis-Hill * Coach of the Year: Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and

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* Helen Rollason Award: Bradley Lowery * Young Personality: Phil Foden * Unsung Hero Award: Denise Larrad

In Memoriam

* Graham Taylor *

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Germaine Mason Germaine Mason (20 January 1983 – 20 April 2017) was a Jamaican-born track and field athlete competing in high jump. In 2006, he switched sporting allegiance, and then represented Great Britain. As a Great Britain competitor, he won the si ...

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* Janette Brittin Megan Lowe * Sharon Laws * Peter Walwyn Mary Reveley Geoff Wragg * Tim Gudgin * Arthur Bunting Colin Hutton * David Parry-Jones Kevin Cadle Ralph Dellor * John Hampshire Peter Richardson Doug Insole * Rachael Heyhoe-Flint * Jana Novotna * Roger Becker Alan Little *Mike Smith Betty Cuthbert Philippa Roles * Cheick Tiote Freddy Shepherd * Elli Norkett John Gwilliam * Dermot Drummy Tommy Gemmell *Roger Self Dame Di Ellis * John Jacobs Roberto De Vicenzo *Jamie Hodson Gavin Lupton Mark Fincham *Jim Munkley Claire Robertson * Mick Adams

Tom van Vollenhoven Karel Thomas van Vollenhoven (29 April 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a South African rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He enjoyed a prolific rugby league career with English club St. Helens after switchi ...

*Caroline Facer Jamie MacDonald * Colin Meads Dan Vickerman John Graham * Joost van der Westhuizen * Ronnie Moran Alex Young *Ryan McBride Izzy Dezu Billy Simpson * Michele Scarponi Mike Hall Stephen Wooldridge * Tommy Carberry John Buckingham

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* Errol Christie Jake LaMotta Terry Downes *Daniel Hegarty

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References

External links

Official website
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