Jessica Ennis-Hill

Andy Murray has picked up his second Sports Personality of the Year title after a successful year which saw him finish as world No 2 and help Great Britain to Davis Cup success in Belgium.

INTERVIEW BY MARTHA KELNER: Jessica Ennis-Hill accepts that, through no fault of her own, some people might be deterred from voting for her because of the doping crisis engulfing athletics.

Davis Cup hero Andy Murray and athletics icon Jessica Ennis-Hill are the frontrunners to collect this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year gong on Sunday night.

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford have been named sportswoman and sportsman of the year by the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA).

World and Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill inspires kids to do the robot and a dad even to do the worm in a Barnsley shopping centre in Santander's 2015 Christmas commercial.

The London 2012 Olympic champion laughed off suggestions that the controversy would take the shine off her inclusion in the 12-strong shortlist for the awards night in Belfast on December 20.

New world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has appeared in an online video in which he says Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill 'slaps up good'.

With under a month until the BBC hand out one of the most coveted individual trophies in British sport, several of our top stars took their chance to put forward their names last weekend.

Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach has told Sebastian Coe to immediately start drawing up a list of medals that should be taken from drug cheats and handed to the athletes they robbed.

Taking the top prize at the Sportswomen of the Year 2015 ceremony on Friday, the Olympic heptathlon champion capped off a sensational year when she beat off the competition yet again.

Jessica Ennis-Hill took the top award at the Sportswomen of the Year ceremony on Friday. The Olympic champion returned from giving birth to her first child to land World Championship gold.

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill showed on Thursday that she has one or two extra bows to her sporting string other than the seven disciplines she competes in during the heptathlon.

The heptathlete gave birth to her first child, son Reggie, in July 2014 and was back training by the November with her sights firmly set on the Rio 2016 Olympics where she hopes to win gold.

Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach hit out at UK Athletics, suggesting they may have been compromised by a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike in their decision to stand by Mo Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Two of the top six in the betting for the BBC SPOTY award were remarkably on the short-list for a similar prize at a Sheffield secondary school 12 years ago.

Many parents struggling with sleepless nights may wonder how the Olympian from Sheffield had the time and energy to get back to her best. The 29-year-old says it wasn't easy, and reveals her fitness regime.

After winning a third global heptathlon title on Sunday, surely cementing her status as Britain's greatest female athlete, Jessica Ennis-Hill thanked her 'team' for their unwavering support since childbirth.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has not given up hope of becoming a three-time world champion as she waits for the gold medal she was denied in 2011 by a drugs cheat.

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill fell to the ground after winning the final event of two gruelling days of competition and briefly allowed the emotion to spill out..

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill being crowned world champion 13 months since giving birth and after an almighty battle back to fitness seems a mere formality.

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson go head-to-head on Sunday in a battle to be crowned heptathlon World Champion.

MARTHA KELNER IN BEIJING: Jessica Ennis-Hill leads the heptathlon at the World Championships after the opening two events inside the Bird’s Nest stadium. 

British Athletics would not be making public any medal targets for the World Championships in Beijing. Here Sportsmail looks at where they are likely to come from.

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will clash for the first time since 2012 when they compete in the World Championships in Beijing. Ennis-Hill aims to add at least 250 points to her best.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in the Bird's Nest stadium for the first time on Friday having missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a broken ankle. She was tipped for at least a silver medal seven years ago.

The lead-up to this summer’s World Championships has been dominated by doping revelations, but starting on Saturday the athletes have a chance to lift their sport from the mire.

Jessica Ennis-Hill said it would be among her greatest feats if she can win a medal at the World Championships in Beijing, barely a year after giving birth to her first baby.

Ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing next week, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have been busily preparing at a training camp in Fukuoka, Japan.

Usain Bolt and Mo Farah are among the athletes who are racing clean, along with Jessica Ennis-Hill, according to the avalanche of data reported this weekend.

Jessica Ennis-Hill called on athletics' world governing body to address a report in the Sunday Times which appears to show cheating has taken place on a vast scale in the sport.

The Olympic gold medalist was seen picking up her little boy Reggie from a play centre in her hometown of Sheffield. Jessica, 29, looked a natural as she comfortably carried Reggie on her hip.

Anthony Joshua has taken to Instagram to post a picture of him at the gym alongside Jessica Ennis-Hill, with the latter being whipped into shape ahead of the World Championships in Beijing.

Three years since the huge success of Team GB in London, Stella will reprise her role from 2012 and design kit for the likes of Jessica Ennis-Hill, Tom Daley and Laura Trott.

Britain's golden Olympic trio of Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford have been backed for glory at next month’s World Championships in Beijing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in her first major championship since London 2012 after deciding to go to the World Championships in Beijing next month.

Jessica Ennis-Hill proved she is ready to defend her World Championship heptathlon title next month while Katarina Johnson-Thompson revealed the full extent of her injury woes.

Jessica Ennis-Hill could scarcely have asked for a better return to the Olympic Stadium, having taken a huge step towards competing at the World Championships.

NIK SIMON: Jessica Ennis-Hill smashed her season’s best in the 100 metre hurdles at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, finishing fifth on the night.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in the Olympic Stadium, where she cemented her status as Britain's golden girl, for only the second time since winning heptathlon gold in London 2012.

Tickets are still available for this weekend's Anniversary Games despite there being just over 24 hours until the likes of Usain Bolt and Mo Farah are in action. 

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in three events at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in what is set to prove the acid test of her readiness for next month's World Championships in Beijing.

Jessica Ennis-Hill revealed she would make a late call on whether to compete at the World Championships in Beijing in August after proving her speed is returning with a season's best over the 100 metres.

Sheffield United will drop Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill's name from its stadium's Bramall Lane stand after announcing a new sponsorship deal with a local estate agent.

Rebecca Adlington has given birth to a baby girl. The Olympic gold medallist revealed the news via her Twitter account on Monday, to the delight of her thousands of followers.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has withdrawn from Sunday's Birmingham Grand Prix as she bides her time before a possible World Championship bid later this year. Ennis-Hill says she wants to 'recover.'

MATT LAWTON: Katarina Johnson-Thompson seems slightly offended by the suggestion that she does not look as physically strong as other leading heptathletes... and then pulls a Popeye-like pose.

At the end of a gruelling two-day excursion into the unknown, Jessica Ennis-Hill strained every sinew to hold off Canadian rival Brianne Theisen-Eaton down the home straight and win the 800m.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will defend her Olympic heptathlon title in Rio next year after achieving the qualifying standard.

Jessica Ennis-Hill made an impressive return to heptathlon action on Saturday to lie third overall after four events at the Hypo-Meeting in Austria. It is the first time she has competed since 2012.

Jessica Ennis-Hill returned to Gotzis, a quaint Austrian town in the shadow of the Alps, knowing she has her own mountain to climb when she begins her first heptathlon for three years.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has said she can enjoy competing more now she has become a mother, as she prepares to compete in her first heptathlon since winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics.

SponsoredThe Sheffield-born Olympic gold medallist reveals her plans to take on Rio 2016, how she got back into training and the difficult balance of parenting and work in this exclusive interview.

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is excited to continue her comeback from injury after she announced her decision to compete at the Sainsbury's Birmingham Grand Prix on June 7.

Jessica Ennis-Hill is hoping to improve on an ‘untidy’ start to her season when she competes in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012. She has won twice before in Gotzis.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will continue her comeback by taking part in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012 in Gotzis at the end of the month.

Some predicted Jessica Ennis-Hill’s achilles heel as she made her comeback after nearly two years out would be a diminished competitive instinct or lack of fitness after the birth of her son.

The Olympic heroine, 29, seems to have solved the problem of work-life balance by asking her father Vinnie to look after her baby while she competes a week after her sporting comeback.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will compete in both the long jump and javelin at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting. She returned to competitive action on Saturday.

Jessica Ennis-Hill's coach has cast serious doubt on whether she will make her heptathlon comeback as planned after admitting she was disappointed with her performance at the Great City Games in Manchester.

New mum Jessica Ennis-Hill, 29, allowed the public to see her little boy Reggie for the first time at the Great City Games, where she casually strolled along while cradling him in her arms on Saturday.

Jessica Ennis-Hill believes the only way is up after returning to the track for the first time in almost two years in Manchester on Saturday. The Olympic champion finished third in the women's 100 metres.

If athletics wants Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson to become the Coe and Ovett of their day, one can only hope that a bit of good old competition spices things up.

Cathy Freeman has warned Jessica Ennis-Hill that recreating the buzz of winning gold at a home Olympics is impossible, ahead of the heptathlon champion’s comeback race tomorrow.

MARTHA KELNER: When Jessica Ennis-Hill lines up on Manchester’s main shopping street for her first race in almost two years her mind may flicker back to a different time in her life.

Jessica Ennis-Hill cannot wait to feel the buzz of competition again as she gears up for her return to athletics. The Olympic champion will return in Manchester a week on Saturday

Jessica Ennis-Hill has begun communication with the IAAF in the aim of being rewarded with World Championship gold from 2011 after champion Tatyana Chernova was exposed as a drug cheat.

Jessica Ennis-Hill has revealed she faces her ‘biggest challenge ever’ as she attempts to juggle being a mother with winning gold at next year’s Rio Olympics.

London will be treated to an appearance from three Olympic gold medallists this summer when Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford take part in the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.

Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed she will return to competition in London this July following her break from athletics to become a mother.

We see Jessica Ennis-Hill on TV adverts and billboards, promoting bank accounts, health insurance and sportswear. It is easy to forget we have not seen her on the athletics track for more than 18 months.

Chloe Goodman is on a mission to shed the pounds and get rid of her 'jelly belly' and 'muffin top' after being inspired by her super-fit footballer boyfriend Jordan Clarke.

Jessica Ennis-Hill will make her long-awaited competitive return in the 100m hurdles at the Great CityGames in Manchester on May 9. She will take part in her strongest event, the 100m hurdles.

Renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking was among a host of celebrities who answered a plea from a Southampton based law firm for inspiring messages.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill’s rivalry has all the ingredients to propel athletics into the spotlight in a similar manner to the Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.

There are few British sportspeople who have legitimate claims to being the best in the world however Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill are in that category.

Few of the athletes competing at the European Indoor Championships will have had to factor in room for textbooks in their luggage but Morgan Lake is making sure her school grades don’t suffer.

Jessica Ennis-Hill could be upgraded to double World Champion after her one time chief rival Tatyana Chernova, 2011 winner in Daegu, became the latest Russian athlete to be exposed a drugs cheat.

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is set to compete in her first heptathlon since landing London 2012 gold and becoming a mother when she heads to Austria at the end of May.

The Olympic winning athlete looked fighting fit and healthy at the Omega Oxford Street store opening party on Wednesday evening.