It's promising to be a huge year for sport, with the Olympics in Paris and Euro 2024 in Germany in summer alone.
The year 2024 has already produced a new sporting megastar in the unlikley shape of dart player Luke Littler, and more will surely follow.
Littler is now the favourite to take the trophy for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, even though it will not be presented until December 19.
But plenty could still happen between now and then to influence who succeeds 2023 winner Mary Earps.
Here are the current 10 favourites to take the crown.
1. Keely Hodgkinson
Athlete Keely Hodgkinson is the 2/9 favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. She's had a great year, culminating in winning the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics - a step up the podium from her silver in Tokyo four years ago. | Getty Images
2. Luke Littler
He may have lost the World Championship final at the start of the year, but it's all been titles and nine-darters ever since. Luke Littler is now the biggest name in darts and the 7/2 second favourite to take the Sports Personality of the Year crown. | Getty Images
3. Ben Ainslie
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Sir Ben Ainslie is 16/1 to add more silverware to his mantlepiece. He captained Ineos Team UK's yacht Britannia to victory in the Louis Vuitton Challenger Selections Series to qualify for the 37th America's Cup - the first time the UK has challenged for the tropy since 1964. He lost the series 7-2 but became the first UK boat to score in an America's Cup since 1934. | Getty Images
4. Mark Cavendish
The newly-knighted cyclist Mark Cavendish this year broke the all-time record for greatest number of Tour de France stage wins - with 35. He ended his career with a victory in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore and is the most successful sprinter in cycling history. He's 18/1 to pick up the BBC trophy. | AFP via Getty Images