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England teammates chloe kelly And hannah hampton are pitted against each other in a shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which also includes lando norrisRory McIlroy, Luke Littler and ellie kildun,
Kelly and Hampton were at the center of England’s dramatic penalty shootout win over Spain in the Euro 2025 final, with Kelly scoring the winning spot-kick after Hampton made two crucial saves.
For Kelly, this came after a difficult period personally, but within just months of leaving Manchester City for Arsenal he was a European champion and Champions League winner. Hampton’s heroics saw the Chelsea stopper win the Yashin Trophy for the world’s best female goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or awards.
Newly-crowned Formula One world champion Norris, the 11th Briton to take the title, has taken his place on the list by pipping Max Verstappen and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in a tense end to the season, which was the closest finish to an F1 season for 15 years.
Littler began the year by becoming the youngest World Champion in darts history, still aged only 17, and became the fifth player to complete the PDC Triple Crown with the World Championship, Premier League and Matchplay titles, and rose to number one in the rankings.
McIlroy, 36, has enjoyed two impressive victories in 2025. At the Masters, he emerged from a dramatic play-off against Justin Rose to become only the sixth man to complete golf’s four major Grand Slams. Then at the Ryder Cup he contributed three and a half points to Europe’s dramatic victory over the United States.
Kildune scored five tries as England won the Women’s Rugby World Cup this summer. Although she missed the quarter-finals due to injury, Kildun scored two tries in the semi-final win over France, and then scored another try in the final over Canada, helping to seal Six Nations glory in the first round.
The Sports Personality of the Year award will be presented at a ceremony in Salford on 18 December, with viewers able to vote live during the show.