BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 nominees and who is favourite to win

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The annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year takes place on Tuesday night as six high-profile athletes aim to take the prestigious trophy home.

It has been a year that saw the men's England football team reach the finals of Euro 2024, Team GB win 65 medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and 124 medals at the Paralympics, Manchester City win a historic fourth Premier League title in a row and a teenage darts player take the sport by storm.

As a result, plenty of people are in with a chance of winning this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. The winner will be decided by a public vote and announced during a live ceremony presented by Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Clare Balding. READ MORE: Inside the dark and dangerous underground nightclubs of Manchester's lost 'Soho' The ceremony will also see Sir Mark Cavendish receive the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award after ending his record-breaking 19-year career last month.

Cavendish, 39, postponed retirement last winter to have another crack at claiming a record 35th Tour de France stage win and some 16 years after he claimed his first success in his favourite race, Cavendish delivered number 35 in style on stage five into Saint-Vulbas.