Tyson Fury's shock win sees longest ever shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year
TYSON FURY'S shock win against Wladimir Klitschko in Saturday night's world heavyweight battle has resulted in the longest ever shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
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Twelve names will be put to a public vote rather than the usual 10 - but even with the extended candidate list, a few highly popular names have been left off.
Jamie Vardy's ongoing achievement of scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games has not been recognised by the panel of six men and six women who met in the middle of November, despite being listed as fifth favourite by William Hill before the shortlist was announced.