Bradley Wiggins stands proudly together with his youngsters at his aspect as he and favorite Keely Hodgkinson lead glam arrivals on the BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months awards

Former British skilled bicycle owner Sir Bradley Wiggins stood proudly together with his youngsters in tow as Britain’s greatest sportsmen and ladies arrived on the BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months Awards final night time.

The Olympic biking legend attended one of many largest sporting occasions of the yr alongside his youngsters Isabella and Ben Wiggins. 

The delighted father smiled in his pinstriped black swimsuit couple with a white t-shirt, as his son placed on a proper show in an all-black swimsuit and tie. 

His daughter Isabelle donned a satin black gown, slicing a glamorous determine together with her seaside blonde tresses hanging over her shoulders. 

The bicycle owner and his brood weren’t the one ones to steer yesterday’s glamorous occasion in celebration of a formidable yr for sport, with the Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Paris earlier this yr, in addition to Wimbledon, the EUROs and several other World Cups. 

Keely Hodgkinson, who gained was voted BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months additionally units coronary heart racing as she donned a classy black backless gown, with glamorous sheer sleeves overlaying her fingers.

Hogkinson topped off her look with a modern scarped again ponytail, coupled an understated make-up look with a hanging smoky-eye. 

The athlete was the favorite to win the historic title and is now the fourth lady in a row to win SPOTY after Emma Raducanu, Beth Mead and Mary Earps.

Former British skilled bicycle owner Sir Bradley Wiggins stood proudly together with his youngsters in tow as Britain’s greatest sportsmen and ladies arrived on the lavish occasion

The delighted father smiled in his pinstriped black swimsuit couple with a white shirt, as his son placed on a proper show in an all-black swimsuit and tie

Keely Hodgkinson Olympic 800 metres champion was the odds-on favorite to be topped SPOTY in Salford on Tuesday night time forward of 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler

Nice Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson celebrating profitable the Ladies’s 800m ultimate on the Olympics in Paris earlier this yr

The athlete was up in opposition to some stiff competitors after a formidable yr of sports activities with the Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Paris earlier this yr, in addition to Wimbledon, the EUROs and several other World Cups.  

The sensational sportswoman beat out famous person darts participant Luke Littler, triathlete Alex Yee, footballer Jude Bellingham, para-cyclist Sarah Storey, and cricketer Joe Root for the historic title. 

The Olympic 800 metres champion had an astonishing yr, with the 22-year-old hanging gold on the Paris Olympics in addition to defending her European title. 

Not solely did she carry house a number of medals, she additionally grew to become the sixth quickest lady in historical past setting a brand new British file of 1 minute and 54.61 seconds. 

While on the crimson carpet, she revealed how it might be an important win not just for her however her sport, to ‘showcase’ not solely herself ‘however all of the unimaginable athletes’. 

‘It could be wonderful to win. You have a look at the names down the listing, not simply observe and area, you’ve got Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton, British icons,’ she added.

‘So it might be nice to place my identify up there as nicely, so fingers crossed.’

In the course of the ceremony, the sportswoman spoke of her expertise and fervour for observe and area, including that life had been ‘wonderful’ since Paris. 

‘I get the most effective out of my self when I’ve one thing to purpose for.’ she defined. 

‘I took nice inspiration from Jessica Ennis-Hill at London 2012. You begin to dream into your teenage years.

‘There’s positively a distinction. It has been wonderful ever since Paris, I’ve had individuals come as much as me with such wonderful messages saying their youngsters love to observe it.’

She beforehand stated that it might carry her extra pleasure to see her mentor and coach Trevor Painter win Coach of the 12 months – a class which incorporates Wigan Warriors boss Matt Peet and USA’s ex-Chelsea girls’s supervisor Emma Hayes.

Not solely has Painter led Hodgkinson to gold in Paris, he additionally guided Georgia Bell a bronze medal within the 1500m in addition to Lewis Davey to a bronze within the males’s 4x400m relay.

‘It could be even higher than me profitable it,’ stated Hodgkinson when requested concerning the prospect of Painter triumphing in his class. ‘I believe he deserves it a lot.

‘I am undecided of some other coach this yr that has put ahead as a lot as he has in getting three Olympic medals inside our coaching group.

Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Scott holding the historic trophy for Sports activities Persona of the 12 months 

Keely Hodgkinson chatting with Gabby Logan in the course of the 2024 BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months Awards

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson leads the nominees for the 2024

Gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson of Group Nice Britain celbrates with coach Trevor Painter on the Paris Olympic Video games

Keely Hodgkinson arriving for the 2024 BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months Award

‘He simply creates such a enjoyable surroundings for us all that makes us need to maintain coming and maintain working onerous. 

‘He is acquired a extremely good work ethic and he believes in all of us. That is what has helped us obtain a lot on the observe.’ 

An in depth contender for the Sports activities Persona of the 12 months, Luke Littler got here second within the publicly voted award. 

Though he missed out on the primary award, the 17-year-old did walked away with the Younger Sports activities Persona of the 12 months trophy, beating out Paralympian swimmer Will Ellard and Olympic skateboarder Sky Brown. 

In his speech to the group, the teen stated the title signified how a lot he had achieved within the final yr.  

‘I do know the quantity of academies which were introduced up in several areas, how massive the game has acquired. It simply goes to indicate how a lot I’ve modified it [darts],’ he stated.

Littler was launched to stardom originally of the yr when he reached the Darts World Championship ultimate. 

He later went on win the Premier League – in addition to his first main Grand Slam of Darts again in November all on the tender age of 17. 

In the course of the awards, he gave viewers a glimpse of his lifetime obsession with darts, quipping that his dad ‘determined to hold up’ his soccer boots for him. 

‘Our lives have modified and we have needed to get on with it,’ he stated: ‘Once you’re enjoying darts for that lengthy, continuously throwing on the identical phase, all of it provides up.

‘I do know myself, if I would like it then I can positively do it for one more 25 or 30 years.’

Additionally hoping to bag the title, England batter Joe Root has continued to ship prime cricket on the worldwide stage. 

In October, Root surpassed former team-mate Alistair Prepare dinner’s run tally of 12,472 to develop into the nation’s all-time Check run main scorer. 

He instructed the BBC from New Zealand: ‘It has been nice enjoyable to play in a workforce the place you all get together with one another.

‘It has been a hell of a journey from begin to end. It appears to be getting increasingly satisfying. 

Luke Littler(Pictured)  was additionally among the many nominees after a sensational yr in darts

Littler was launched to stardom originally of the yr when he reached the Darts World Championship ultimate 

He later went on to bag the win within the Premier League – in addition to his first main Grand Slam of Darts again in November all on the age of 17.

‘To go previous Cooky [as England’s highest Test run scorer of all-time], a mentor and a pal, was clearly good and I acquired a name from him as nicely. 

‘We spend a number of time collectively, it is a huge a part of what brings us our success.’

Triathlete Alex Yee spoke of his ardour for sport, after turning silver into gold at this years Olympics in Paris after dramatically passing Hayden Wilde within the closing phases of the triathlon.

‘It is all about not giving up, significantly in that second after I wasn’t having my greatest day,’ he instructed Alex Scott.

‘For me, I would come such a good distance and labored so onerous. I acquired the silver medal in Tokyo and that was wonderful however I did not need to settle.’ 

Dame Sarah Storey took to the stage on crutches after breaking her ankle in an ice-skating mishap after a sensational efficiency in Paris 2024. 

The Paralympian gained two gold medals on the Paralympics this yr, each within the Ladies’s C5 time trial after which one other within the Ladies’s C4-5 street race. 

‘I’m not used to being this sluggish! I used to be coaching to do some ice skating and I tripped and broke my ankle. I used to be coaching and I tripped and broke my ankle.’ she instructed BBC One.

‘I did it two weeks in the past, however I’m doing rehab like a loopy lady. I completely find it irresistible [cycling]. It’s one thing about what sport offers you, about what it offers different individuals. 

Dame Sarah Storey bicycle owner and swimmer was additionally a giant contender for final night time’s massive award – Sports activities Persona of the 12 months

Sarah Storey. 30 – Paralympic medals for Dame Sarah Storey after her two golds in Paris

Dame Storey profitable the Ladies’s C4-5 Street Race on day 9 of the Paris Olympics 

Alex Yee (Pictured with Olviia Mathias) among the many nominees additionally up for the historic award

Yee turned silver into gold at this years Olympics dramatically passing Hayden Wilde within the closing phases of the triathlon in Paris

 Joe Root of England who was additionally up for the illustrious award (Pictured at a take a look at match between England and New Zealand)

In October, Root surpassed former team-mate Alistair Prepare dinner’s run tally of 12,472 to develop into the nation’s all-time Check run main scorer

Jude Bellingham was not current at yesterday’s occasion, as he’s presently getting ready for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup ultimate with Actual Madrid in Qatar

She additionally revealed that she hadn’t begun to consider LA 2028, earlier than noting that she actually ‘love[d] a problem’. 

‘[My kids] actually like to be a part of a giant workforce, so we’ll hopefully be placing collectively a plan as soon as I am a bit higher, to see what it takes,’ she added.

Jude Bellingham was not current on the occasion and was not interviewed, as he’s presently getting ready for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup ultimate with Actual Madrid in Qatar.

Biking legend Sir Mark Cavendish was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award following a 19-year profession which noticed him break the Tour de France file this previous yr. 

He gained the primary SPOTY award again in 2011, and now 13 years on was handed an equally good one. 

‘I do not actually know what to say. I am not excellent at public talking, that is why I experience a motorcycle for a residing or did experience a motorcycle for a residing,’ he stated.

‘You are able to do what you need with sport, particularly with biking that is what I cherished about it. I do not actually watch biking, I watch every part else.’

‘If we glance again on these few years with COVID as quickly as sports activities began it acquired everybody blissful once more.’ 

Earlier than receiving his award, he instructed the BBC: ‘It’s such an incredible feeling – what an honour. 

‘I’ve been driving for 20 years and I’ve accomplished every part I can so to be awarded that is one thing very, very particular.

‘I’m very lucky I’ve accomplished every part I wished to do, and proud that’s greater than many different individuals have accomplished as nicely. 

He added: ‘I at all times dreamed of getting my identify alongside these greats I grew up watching.’

Different awards have been additionally up for grabs, with Armand Duplantis profitable World Sport Star Award after breaking the Pole Vault world file a number of occasions in 2024.

Dr Mark Prince was honoured with the Helen Rollason award after creating the Kiyan Prince Basis after his son was stabbed to demise in 2006. 

Biking legend Sir Mark Cavendish was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award later yesterday night

Dr Mark Prince (Pictured receiving the award from Barry McGuigan) was honoured with the Heland Rollason award after creating the Kiyan Prince Basis after his son was stabbed to demise in 2006

Different awards have been additionally up for grabs yesterday, with Armand Duplantis (Pictured) profitable World Sport Star Award after breaking the Pole Vault world file a number of occasions in 2024

Jean Paton additionally gained the Unsung Hero award for her contributions to the crusing neighborhood, having volunteered for 40-years at youngsters’s crusing membership 

Rugby membership Wigan Warriors walked away with the Group of the 12 months title final night time (Pictured: Wigan Warrior Champions put up match celebrations following their Tremendous League win)

The programme offers teaching and motivational talks in boxing to maintain youngsters away from knife crime, and has reached 100,000 youngsters to this point. 

He tearfully shared in his speech that he was ‘not typically wanting phrases,’ earlier than including: ‘I’m at all times up and motivating different individuals and that is actually overwhelming for me.’

‘I’m happy with the actual fact I did not give in to revenge,’ he stated.

‘God has given us a alternative and we will select it doesn’t matter what occurs to us we have now an influence of alternative. We are able to select how we cope with it.

‘We’ve got not acquired the selection of what occurs, however the alternative of how we cope with it.’

Jean Paton additionally gained the Unsung Hero award for her contributions to the crusing neighborhood, having volunteered for 40-years at youngsters’s membership – Salt and Crusing inspiring a number of British Olympians.

Rugby membership Wigan Warriors walked away with the Group of the 12 months title. 

Amongst Britain’s greatest sportspeople who graced final night time’s annual occasion is six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy alongside his spouse Sarra Kemp. 

It comes shortly Sir Chris Hoy’s revealed his spouse Sarra is battling ‘very lively and aggressive’ MS within the wake of his terminal most cancers prognosis in October. 

In his bombshell memoir, the Olympian detailed how his spouse’s devastating prognosis was delivered solely weeks after he found he had most cancers. 

Sir Hoy’s spouse, who has ‘acquired him by way of all of it’ during the last 14-years, was ordered to have a scan by her GP after she started to expertise a tingling sensation in her face and tongue. 

It later emerged she had MS (a number of sclerosis) –  a degenerative illness for which there is no such thing as a remedy. 

The revelation about her tragic well being prognosis got here because the gold-medal bicycle owner has divulged that his most cancers is terminal and that he has simply ‘two to 4 years’ left to reside.

Regardless of receiving her leads to the November, within the midst of the anguish of the 48-year-old’s prognosis, Sarra did inform him of her personal prognosis till December.

Sir Chris Hoy and Sarra Kemp arriving for the 2024 BBC Sports activities Persona of the 12 months Awards

Sir Chris has beforehand praised his senior lawyer spouse, who he says has been there for him ‘by way of all of it’

Sir Chris pictured in 2012 profitable the Males’s Keirin ultimate in Melbourne, together with his spouse Sarra Hoy

The Olympian revealed that the devastating information was delivered solely weeks after he found he had most cancers (Pictured: Sarra and Sir Chris Hoy) 

Sarra, 40, labored as a senior lawyer earlier than the couple, who married in Edinburgh in 2010, had their two youngsters, Callum, 9, and Chloe, six. 

On the harder days, she finds it a problem to suit her key within the door, however has remained optimistic, persevering with to run and attend gymnasium lessons, in line with Sir Hoy. 

‘It is the closest I’ve come to, like, you already know, why me? Simply, what? What is going on on right here? It did not appear actual. It was such an enormous blow,’ he instructed the Occasions of his spouse’s MS prognosis in October. 

‘Once you’re already reeling. You suppose nothing may presumably worsen. You actually really feel such as you’re at all-time low, and you discover out, oh no, you’ve got acquired additional to fall. It was brutal.’

Sarra’s outlook has remained enthusiastic regardless of the intense well being challenges the pair have confronted while elevating their youngsters.

He instructed the publication: ‘She says on a regular basis, ‘How fortunate are we?’ 

”We each have incurable diseases for which there’s some remedy. Not each illness has that. It could possibly be loads worse’.’  

Previous to his interview with the publication final October, only a few individuals knew of his spouse’s situation.

In a more moderen interview with Lorraine final Tuesday, the world-class bicycle owner emphasised the significance of screenings and his marketing campaign to get the age that GPs advocate PSA checks lowered.

He heartbreakingly revealed that he believed if he had been examined earlier, then the illness may have been caught extra shortly.

Mary Earps (Pictured) grew to become the third lady to win SPOTY in a row final yr after being a key member of the Lionesses’ squad

Boxer Barry McGuigan on the awards ceremony yesterday following his sting on I am A Celeb Get Me Out Of Right here

A number of sporting stars additionally graced the carpet together with Alex Scott and her companion Jess Glynne (left) and Sir Mark Cavendish and his spouse Peta Todd

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, who’s the 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion

Eight time gold medal Paralympian Ellie Simmonds at yesterday crimson carpet donning a surprising crimson jumpsuit with a pair of white excessive heels.

Pictured left to proper: Group GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington and British bicycle owner Laura Kenny

He stated: ‘It has been an amazing response, so many individuals getting in contact and going to docs for check-ups. As males we’re a bit responsible of not checking our well being, and that is now altering.

‘Usually the edge is 50, then your physician may ask you to get a PSA take a look at. However for me with household historical past – my grandpa and pa each had prostate most cancers.

‘For my part if I had been screened earlier, then there was an opportunity we would have caught it. Nothing in opposition to my very own GP, my docs have been wonderful, however I believe normally as a nation if we will have the edge lowered, we may save a number of lives.’

Talking about what he has instructed his youngsters, Chris stated: ‘We have instructed them the fundamentals of it. Earlier than I went in to do chemotherapy, we defined what was occurring.

‘We weren’t certain how I used to be going to reply to chemo so it was essential to let the children know that truly I’m going to be unwell however it’s due to the chemotherapy, it is due to the remedy.’

The bicycle owner revealed Sarra had made a drawing of a blossom tree for his or her son and daughter so as to add a blossom to for each chemo remedy he underwent.