England goalkeeper Mary Earps has been crowned this year’s BBC Sport Personality of the Year.
Earps, 30, makes it successive years that a member of the Lionesses has claimed the accolade, after last year’s winner Beth Mead. athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson came third while cricketer Stuart Broad came second.
England goalkeeper Earps was shortlisted for the 70th edition of the award alongside Broad, jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett, Johnson-Thompson and golfer Rory McIlroy.
The Manchester United stopper has become one of the most recognisable and high-profile footballers in the last year while cutting herself one of the world’s best women’s goalkeepers in the game.
Named FIFA’s Best Women’s Goalkeeper last year, Earps was England’s standout player as Sarina Wiegman’s side reached an historic Women’s World Cup final at this year’s showpiece event in Australia and New Zealand.
