• 2 years ago
England and Arsenal football star Beth Mead is the odds on favourite to pick up the Sports Personality of the Year award this year.
Doing so would make her the sixth footballer and first female footballer to win the prize since it was first awarded in 1954 - following in the footsteps of Bobby Moore, Paul Gascoigne, Michael Owen, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs while also blazing her own trail.

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