SPOTY 2013

[Lineker]

Ten contenders have been shortlisted for next month's 60th BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

Athletes Mo Farah, Christine Ohuruogu and Hannah Cockroft are included along with tennis star Andy Murray and cyclist Chris Froome.

Golfer Justin Rose, sailor Sir Ben Ainslie, jockey AP McCoy, cricketer Ian Bell and rugby union player Leigh Halfpenny also make the list.

The public will vote for their favourite on Sunday, 15 December.

Voting for the main award will be by phone and, for the first time, online during the programme, which will be presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.

In front of an expected 12,000 crowd at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, the latest name to join an illustrious roll of honour will be announced.

With an array of candidates to choose from, an expert panel faced some difficult choices finalising the shortlist.

Ainslie helped mastermind an America's Cup sailing victory, Bell won cricket's Ashes with England, and there were World Championship doubles for athletes Cockroft (wheelchair racing) and Farah (5,000m and 10,000m).

Froome ruled in cycling's Tour de France, Halfpenny starred in the British and Irish Lions' triumphant tour of Australia and McCoy rode an unprecedented 4,000th winner.

Murray ended Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's singles winner, Ohuruogu regained her world 400m title and Rose secured his maiden golf major at the US Open.

In addition to the main prize, there will also be seven other awards:

- Team of the Year

- Coach of the Year

- Overseas Sports Personality of the Year

- Young Sports Personality of the Year

- Sports Personality of the Year Diamond Award

- Helen Rollason Award

- Sports Unsung Hero

Three former Sports Personality nominees were on an expert panel which decided the shortlist - and the winner will be decided by the public vote on the night.

Baroness Grey-Thompson, Dame Kelly Holmes and Marcus Trescothick were joined by Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport, and representatives from the BBC and the newspaper industry.

The panel was put together following criticism of an all-male list decided via a different method in 2011.

To see a Vine announcing the 10 nominees for BBC Sports Personality of the Year click here.

For more details on voting terms and conditions, see www.bbc.co.uk/sportspersonality

[METALMAN]

If they want a cricket player in, why Ian Bell? :/

They'll win team of the year anyway.

[MDK]

No David Mooney?

Bullshit.

[Baddar]

Is Mo Farah in contention for the overseas award too?

[METALMAN]

bad

[MDK]

dar

[Lineker]

minus

[Colly]

I'd cock Cockcroft. Otherwise its a pretty underwhelming selection, though I suppose that's to be expected in an 'odd' year (no Olympics, World Cup etc). I'd give it to Murray, but that's largely because I don't give a toss about most of the other sports nominated.

[METALMAN]

Why is McCoy always nominated? Who actually gives a shit about him?

[Colly]

Ladbrokes?

[Starvinho]

No Ronnie O'Sullivan.

[Lineker]

Why is McCoy always nominated? Who actually gives a shit about him?

Probably because he just ran his 4,000th winner this month.

[METALMAN]

don't give a fuck.

[Colly]

They should nominate the horse. They don't nominate the sighted bloke who runs with blind sprinters.

[Chris2K]

Has to be Murray this time surely? I really don't like the whole "Personality" thing, just give it to the person who has achieved the most in the calendar year.

[Lineker]

It'll end up being either Murray or Farah.

[Liam]

McCoy deserves to be there ahead of some others.

[METALMAN]

After Wimbles I thought Murray was the obvious one but Mo Farah has had a good year and he really should have won it last year I think.

But I'd probably still give it to Murray. Farah can have it when he wins the marathon!

[Walker]

It kinda has to be Murray, since we've not been successful in tennis in a long time.

[Gazz]

Has to be Murray this time surely? I really don't like the whole "Personality" thing, just give it to the person who has achieved the most in the calendar year.

I think you're misunderstanding the 'personality' bit, it's not an award for charisma, otherwise Cabaye would win it every year. It really should be renamed Sports Person of the Year.