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The BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year is an annual sports award organised by BBC Northern Ireland.It was first awarded in 2003, and has been awarded annually ever since, with the exception of 2016.
BBC Northern Ireland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. ... BBC Northern Ireland's online service provides News, Sport ...
Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union , Gaelic games , basketball, rugby league , hockey , and cricket , whereas others, like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland .
The only Northern Ireland match this season shown live on MOTD from NI was between San Marino and Northern Ireland in a 3–0 win for Northern Ireland. MOTD from NI also covers the Co-Operative Insurance Cup and JJB Sports Cup Finals live on BBC NI and the Milk Cup.
The NIFL Premiership was established as the IFA Premiership in 2008 under the auspices of the Irish Football Association as the successor to the Irish Premier League, before the Northern Ireland Football League was created for the start of the 2013–14 season. At the end of the season, the champion club is presented with the Gibson Cup.
Sport NI's headquarters - known as the House of Sport. The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland (SINI), with facilities at Ulster University's Jordanstown campus (UUJ), was established as a partnership between Sport NI and Ulster University. [11] It was formed in 2002 to create a "high performance sporting system" in Northern Ireland.
The Irish Football Association is the organising body for football in Northern Ireland, and was historically the governing body for the whole of Ireland until the FAI split away. [ citation needed ] The IFA has a permanent seat on the International Football Association Board , which is responsible for the laws of the game.
The Ireland cricket team plays many of its home games at this venue, which, in 2006, also hosted the first ever one-day international (ODI) between Ireland and England. In 2007, Ireland, India and South Africa played a triangular series of one-day internationals at Stormont, and in 2008 the qualifying tournament for the ICC World Twenty20 was ...