England goalkeeper Mary Earps leads shortlist for Sports Personality of the Year
England goalkeeper Mary Earps is one of six nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award; Retired cricketer Stuart Broad, former jockey Frankie Dettori, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and golfer Rory McIlroy also on shortlist
Tuesday 12 December 2023 08:38, UK
England goalkeeper Mary Earps is one of six nominees on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and could be on course to succeed team-mate Beth Mead as winner.
The 30-year-old goalkeeper helped England reach the Women's World Cup final back in August before losing 1-0 to Spain in the final. Earps was awarded the Golden Glove by keeping three clean sheets throughout the tournament.
The Manchester United stopper is currently the bookmakers runaway favourite to take the award after picking up further accolades.
She was named England Women Player Of The Year, came fifth in the voting for the 2023 Ballon d'Or Feminin award — the highest-ever ranking for a goalkeeper — and kept a Women's Super League record 14 clean sheets for United last season.
Earps is joined on the shortlist by retired cricketer Stuart Broad, former jockey Frankie Dettori, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and golfer Rory McIlroy.
Broad will be aiming to become the first cricketer to win the award since 2019 when Ben Stokes collected the trophy.
He became England's second leading Test wicket taker with 604 before announcing his retirement on the penultimate day of the fifth and final Ashes Test, helping them draw the series against Australia at the Oval by taking a wicket with his final ball bowled and hitting a six off the last ball he faced.
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