Andy Murray hot favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
ByThe Courier Reporter
Andy Murray is one of the shortest priced favourites in history after the 10-strong shortlist for the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year was announced.
This year’s Wimbledon champion is a virtual certainty to claim the award, having finished in third place last year behind winner Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis.
The shortlist has been selected by a panel of experts with viewers voting for their winner on the night of the show, which will take place on December 15 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
Other contenders include jockey Tony McCoy, the 2010 winner, who rode his 4,000th career winner this month, and Mo Farah, who won double athletics gold at the World Championships in Moscow.
Tour de France winner Chris Froome and US Open champion Justin Rose have also made the cut.
If successful, Murray will be the fourth tennis player to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, and the first since Greg Rusedski beat Tim Henman to the title in 1997.
Andy Murray hot favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year award