Keely Hodgkinson wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 – as it happened
The Olympic 800m champion took the big prize in the BBC’s annual jamboree, with darts star Luke Littler second and Joe Root third
Root has a live chat from his hotel in New Zealand. It’s just gone 8am there, the morning after the Test series ended, and he’s looking a little bleary-eyed. Only once, in 2021, has he scored more runs than he has this year. “It’s been a hell of a journey, but it seems to get more and more enjoyable,” he says.
Jimmy Anderson on Root. You won’t get many better quotes than this.
I can’t think of a better role model for the game of cricket. I’ve got children, I’d love for them to grow up and be that sort of person.