Bradley Wiggins stands proudly with his children at his side as he and favourite Keely Hodgkinson lead glam arrivals at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards

Former British professional cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins stood proudly with his children in tow as Britain's best sportsmen and women arrived at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards last night. Former British professional cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins stood proudly with his children in tow as Britain's best sportsmen and women arrived at the lavish event The delighted father smiled in his pinstriped black suit couple with a white shirt, as his son put on a formal display in an all-black suit and tie Keely Hodgkinson Olympic 800 metres champion was the odds-on favourite to be crowned SPOTY in Salford on Tuesday night ahead of 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson celebrating winning the Women's 800m final at the Olympics in Paris earlier this year The athlete was up against some stiff competition after a formidable year of sports with the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris earlier this year, as well as Wimbledon, the EUROs and several World Cups. 30 - Paralympic medals for Dame Sarah Storey after her two golds in Paris Dame Storey winning the Women's C4-5 Road Race on day nine of the Paris Olympics Alex Yee among the nominees also up for the historic award Yee turned silver into gold at this years Olympics dramatically passing Hayden Wilde in the closing stages of the triathlon in Paris Joe Root of England who was also up for the illustrious award In October, Root surpassed former team-mate Alistair Cook's run tally of 12,472 to become the country's all-time Test run leading scorer Jude Bellingham was not present at yesterday's event, as he is currently preparing for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final with Real Madrid in Qatar She also revealed that she hadn't begun to think about LA 2028, before noting that she really 'love a challenge'. ' Cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award later yesterday evening Dr Mark Prince was honoured with the Heland Rollason award after creating the Kiyan Prince Foundation after his son was stabbed to death in 2006 Other awards were also up for grabs yesterday, with Armand Duplantis winning World Sport Star Award after breaking the Pole Vault world record several times in 2024 Jean Paton also won the Unsung Hero award for her contributions to the sailing community, having volunteered for 40-years at children's sailing club Rugby club Wigan Warriors walked away with the Team of the Year title last night The programme provides coaching and motivational talks in boxing to keep children away from knife crime, and has reached 100,000 children so far.