Jessica Ennis News

The 36-year-old beat off competition from Jenson Button, the reigning Formula One world champion who came second, and Jessica Ennis, the world heptathlon champion, who came third.

By Martin Smith IT WAS a perfect Sheffield night. Almost. The mostly South Yorkshire crowd was superb, the venue looked magnificent and the world's top sports stars were queuing up to say how much they loved being in the city.

Manchester United star Ryan Giggs was crowned 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Sunday's award ceremony.

By Graham Walker Digital Editor GOLDEN girl Jess Ennis has every right to feel a nervous excitement about the chances of being crowned Sports Personality of the Year tomorrow, says Dorothy Hyman.

I was made in Sheffield. From the Don Valley Stadium, where the smell of the track can still transport me back to being a ten-year-old girl sitting on the concrete steps, to the Peace Gardens, where I was presented with my own box of Sheffield steel after striking gold at the World Championships, this city is part of me.

KATARINA THOMPSON is desperate to follow in the footsteps of fellow heptathlete Jessica Ennis and line up alongside the world champion at the 2012 Olympics.

WORLD champions Jessica Ennis and Jenson Button have been named sportswoman and sportsman of the year.

Britain's gold medal prospects at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India have taken a further blow after British Gymnastics decided to pull their top names from next October's event.

Ryan Giggs stole many of the headlines again at the weekend when he scored his 100th Premier League goal during Manchester United's win at Portsmouth.

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For world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis 2009 has been as rewarding as 2008 was disappointing.

YOU wouldn't think it were possible for Ryan Giggs to achieve anything which might eclipse his already magnificent sporting roll of honour.

Sports Personality of the Year Venue : Sheffield Arena Date : Sunday, 13 December Time : 1900 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sport website.

Formula One title-holder Jenson Button heads a host of British world champions on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which will be decided by a public telephone vote on Dec 13.

BARRIE WELLS has 2million in his jacket pocket that he wants to hand over to athletes who think they can win gold medals.

For Jessica Ennis, it meant the peace of mind of having her personal physiotherapist alongside her as she pushed her body through seven events to win the heptathlon world title.

YOUNG Sheffield sports stars who are tipped for the top were honoured at a glittering ceremony with an illustrious roll call of previous winners.

Between them, they have won 10 gold medals at sport's highest level. They were the first two women to win the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.

Phillips Idowu and Jessica Ennis crowned a glorious year for the Aviva GB & NI athletics team when they were voted, respectively, the Male and Female Athlete of the Year at the British Athletics' Writers Association annual awards dinner in London on Saturday evening.

Sheffield's Jessica Ennis and Londoner Phillips Idowu were named Athletes of the Year at the British Athletics Writers' Association's 47th Annual Awards Dinner in London on Saturday.