Recency bias can play a huge part when it comes to dishing out awards and sometimes the top prizes are not always presented to the most deserving candidates but that won’t be the case at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December.

It is shaping up to be a vintage year with England winning the Women’s European Championship and the Women’s Rugby World Cup, leaving Chloe Kelly as the 10/11 favourite with William Hill, Ladbrokes and Coral among others to claim the prestigious prize after her ice-cool finishing for the Lionesses.

Ellie Kildunne, meanwhile, is an intriguing each-way option at 20/1 with Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet to finish in the top three after her sensational play for the Red Roses.

If either other those two national treasures were to win it would be the fifth

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