The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honoring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year. It was established in 1999 by founding patrons Daimler and Richemont and is supported by its global partners Mercedes-Benz and IWC Schaffhausen. The first gala was held on May 25, 2000 in Monte Carlo.
Date : 26-03-2014
The names of the six nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman, Sportswoman, Team, Breakthrough, Comeback and Action Sports Awards come from the votes of the Laureus Media Selection Panel. This exclusive panel consists of leading sports editors, writers, broadcasters and online journalists from around the world. The Nominees for the Laureus World Sportsperson with a Disability Award are chosen by a specialist panel. The members of the Laureus World Sports Academy vote by secret ballot to select the winners in all seven categories.
The Laureus World Sports Awards will be aired live in over 100 countries and will be available to more than one billion viewers, in addition to a traditional post-produced distribution to 180 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2014 Laureus Awards Ceremony, which is being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 26, will be attended by a star-studded audience of sportsmen and sportswomen and guests from the worlds of fashion, entertainment and business.
The soccer/football world will be watching eagerly as Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Germany’s Nadine Angerer, Brazil’s Ronaldinho and the Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich vie for top honors in their categories. Previous honorees from the beautiful game include Sir Alex Ferguson, Pelé, Rondaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
The Laureus World Sports Awards, being staged for the 15th time, is the premier honors event on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest living sports legends, will be unveiled at the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur.
The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and Oscar and Grammy winner Jamie Foxx will be performing on stage.
Among the Asian broadcasters taking the show live will be: RTM (Malaysia), Shanghai Media Group (China), Fox Sports (Australia), Mediacorp (Singapore), Star Sports (India) Fox Sports (Pan-Asia). Many millions more viewers around the world will see the post-produced show in the days after the Awards Ceremony, as well as the hundreds of millions who will see news of the event distributed by Laureus on the night of the Awards. The Laureus World Sports Awards is now the second most-watched Awards gala.
Additionally, special intensive news coverage will be produced by CNN, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera, Eurosport, Dubai Sports Channel and Supersport in addition to over 30 broadcast networks covering the Awards from Kuala Lumpur.
Full list of Nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics; Mo Farah (UK) Athletics; LeBron James (US) Basketball; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis; Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Football; Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Nadine Angerer (Germany) Football; Missy Franklin (US) Swimming; Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Athletics; Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Athletics; Tina Maze (Slovenia) Skiing; Serena Williams (US) Tennis.
Laureus World Team of the Year
All Blacks (NZ) Rugby Union; Bayern Munich (Germany) Football; Brazil Men’s Football Team; Bob & Mike Bryan (US) Tennis; Miami Heat (US) Basketball; Red Bull (Austria) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
Afghanistan Cricket Team; Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling; Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) Athletics; Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Cycling; Justin Rose (UK) Golf; Adam Scott (Australia) Golf.
Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Athletics; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis; Oracle Team USA – Sailing; Tony Parker (France) Basketball; Ronaldinho (Brazil) Football; Tiger Woods (US) Golf.
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Marie Bochet (France) Skiing; Marcel Hug (Switzerland) Wheelchair Racing; Tatyana McFadden (US) Wheelchair Racing; Sophie Pascoe (NZ) Swimming; Sarah Louise Rung (Norway) Swimming; Olga Sviderska (Ukraine) Swimming.
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year
Jamie Bestwick (UK) BMX; Bob Burnquist (Brazil) Skateboarding; Mick Fanning (Australia) Surfing; John John Florence (US) Surfing; Maya Gabeira (Brazil) Surfing; Shaun White (US) Snowboarding.
About Laureus: The first Patron of Laureus was Nelson Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000, he said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sport can awaken hope where once there was only despair.” This has become the philosophy of Laureus; the driving force behind its work.
The mission of the Laureus Foundation is to use sport as the means to combat some of the world’s toughest social challenges facing young people today such as juvenile crime, gangs, HIV/AIDS, discrimination, social exclusion, landmines awareness and health problems like obesity. The Academy is supported in its work by the members of the Laureus Ambassadors program, a select group of current and retired sportsmen and sportswomen who have achieved sporting greatness, plus non-sporting personalities who have made significant contributions to the sporting community during their careers.
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aired live in over 100 countries and will be available to more
than one billion viewers, in addition to a traditional post-produced
distribution to 180 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2014 Laureus Awards Ceremony, which is being held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 26, will be attended by a
star-studded audience of sportsmen and sportswomen and guests from the
worlds of fashion, entertainment and business.
The soccer/football world will be watching eagerly as Portugal’s
Cristiano Ronaldo, Germany’s
Nadine Angerer, Brazil’s
Ronaldinho and the
Bundesliga’s
Bayern Munich vie for top honors in their categories. Previous honorees from the beautiful game include
Sir Alex Ferguson,
Pelé,
Rondaldo and
Zinedine Zidane.
The Laureus World Sports Awards, being staged for the 15th time, is
the premier honors event on the international sporting calendar. The
winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate
sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest living sports legends, will
be unveiled at the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur.
The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by British actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, and Oscar and Grammy winner
Jamie Foxx will be performing on stage.
Among the Asian broadcasters taking the show live will be: RTM
(Malaysia), Shanghai Media Group (China), Fox Sports (Australia),
Mediacorp (Singapore), Star Sports (India) Fox Sports (Pan-Asia). Many
millions more viewers around the world will see the post-produced show
in the days after the Awards Ceremony, as well as the hundreds of
millions who will see news of the event distributed by Laureus on the
night of the Awards. The Laureus World Sports Awards is now the second
most-watched Awards gala.
Additionally, special intensive news coverage will be produced by
CNN, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera, Eurosport, Dubai Sports Channel and
Supersport in addition to over 30 broadcast networks covering the Awards
from Kuala Lumpur.
Full list of Nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics; Mo Farah (UK) Athletics; LeBron James
(US) Basketball; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis; Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal) Football; Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Nadine Angerer (Germany) Football; Missy Franklin (US) Swimming;
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Athletics; Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)
Athletics; Tina Maze (Slovenia) Skiing; Serena Williams (US) Tennis.
Laureus World Team of the Year
All Blacks (NZ) Rugby Union; Bayern Munich (Germany) Football; Brazil
Men’s Football Team; Bob & Mike Bryan (US) Tennis; Miami Heat (US)
Basketball; Red Bull (Austria) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
Afghanistan Cricket Team; Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling; Raphael
Holzdeppe (Germany) Athletics; Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Cycling;
Justin Rose (UK) Golf; Adam Scott (Australia) Golf.
Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Athletics; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis;
Oracle Team USA – Sailing; Tony Parker (France) Basketball; Ronaldinho
(Brazil) Football; Tiger Woods (US) Golf.
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Marie Bochet (France) Skiing; Marcel Hug (Switzerland) Wheelchair
Racing; Tatyana McFadden (US) Wheelchair Racing; Sophie Pascoe (NZ)
Swimming; Sarah Louise Rung (Norway) Swimming; Olga Sviderska (Ukraine)
Swimming.
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year
Jamie Bestwick (UK) BMX; Bob Burnquist (Brazil) Skateboarding; Mick
Fanning (Australia) Surfing; John John Florence (US) Surfing; Maya
Gabeira (Brazil) Surfing; Shaun White (US) Snowboarding.
About Laureus: The first Patron of
Laureus was Nelson Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports
Awards in 2000, he said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It
has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that
little else does. Sport can awaken hope where once there was only
despair.” This has become the philosophy of Laureus; the driving force
behind its work.
The mission of the Laureus Foundation is to use sport as the
means to combat some of the world’s toughest social challenges facing
young people today such as juvenile crime, gangs, HIV/AIDS,
discrimination, social exclusion, landmines awareness and health
problems like obesity. The Academy is supported in its work by the
members of the Laureus Ambassadors program, a select group of current
and retired sportsmen and sportswomen who have achieved sporting
greatness, plus non-sporting personalities who have made significant
contributions to the sporting community during their careers.
- See more at: http://www.soccernation.com/laureus-world-sports-awards-to-air-worldwide-cms-5365#sthash.haXu44Wf.dpuf
The Laureus World Sports Awards
will be aired live in over 100 countries and will be available to more
than one billion viewers, in addition to a traditional post-produced
distribution to 180 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2014 Laureus Awards Ceremony, which is being held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 26, will be attended by a
star-studded audience of sportsmen and sportswomen and guests from the
worlds of fashion, entertainment and business.
The soccer/football world will be watching eagerly as Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Germany’s Nadine Angerer, Brazil’s Ronaldinho and the Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich vie for top honors in their categories. Previous honorees from the beautiful game include Sir Alex Ferguson, Pelé, Rondaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
The Laureus World Sports Awards, being staged for the 15th time, is
the premier honors event on the international sporting calendar. The
winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate
sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest living sports legends, will
be unveiled at the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur.
The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and Oscar and Grammy winner Jamie Foxx will be performing on stage.
Among the Asian broadcasters taking the show live will be: RTM
(Malaysia), Shanghai Media Group (China), Fox Sports (Australia),
Mediacorp (Singapore), Star Sports (India) Fox Sports (Pan-Asia). Many
millions more viewers around the world will see the post-produced show
in the days after the Awards Ceremony, as well as the hundreds of
millions who will see news of the event distributed by Laureus on the
night of the Awards. The Laureus World Sports Awards is now the second
most-watched Awards gala.
Additionally, special intensive news coverage will be produced by
CNN, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera, Eurosport, Dubai Sports Channel and
Supersport in addition to over 30 broadcast networks covering the Awards
from Kuala Lumpur.
Full list of Nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics; Mo Farah (UK) Athletics; LeBron James
(US) Basketball; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis; Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal) Football; Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Nadine Angerer (Germany) Football; Missy Franklin (US) Swimming;
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Athletics; Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)
Athletics; Tina Maze (Slovenia) Skiing; Serena Williams (US) Tennis.
Laureus World Team of the Year
All Blacks (NZ) Rugby Union; Bayern Munich (Germany) Football; Brazil
Men’s Football Team; Bob & Mike Bryan (US) Tennis; Miami Heat (US)
Basketball; Red Bull (Austria) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
Afghanistan Cricket Team; Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling; Raphael
Holzdeppe (Germany) Athletics; Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Cycling;
Justin Rose (UK) Golf; Adam Scott (Australia) Golf.
Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Athletics; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis;
Oracle Team USA – Sailing; Tony Parker (France) Basketball; Ronaldinho
(Brazil) Football; Tiger Woods (US) Golf.
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Marie Bochet (France) Skiing; Marcel Hug (Switzerland) Wheelchair
Racing; Tatyana McFadden (US) Wheelchair Racing; Sophie Pascoe (NZ)
Swimming; Sarah Louise Rung (Norway) Swimming; Olga Sviderska (Ukraine)
Swimming.
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year
Jamie Bestwick (UK) BMX; Bob Burnquist (Brazil) Skateboarding; Mick
Fanning (Australia) Surfing; John John Florence (US) Surfing; Maya
Gabeira (Brazil) Surfing; Shaun White (US) Snowboarding.
About Laureus: The first Patron of
Laureus was Nelson Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports
Awards in 2000, he said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It
has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that
little else does. Sport can awaken hope where once there was only
despair.” This has become the philosophy of Laureus; the driving force
behind its work.
The mission of the Laureus Foundation is to use sport as the
means to combat some of the world’s toughest social challenges facing
young people today such as juvenile crime, gangs, HIV/AIDS,
discrimination, social exclusion, landmines awareness and health
problems like obesity. The Academy is supported in its work by the
members of the Laureus Ambassadors program, a select group of current
and retired sportsmen and sportswomen who have achieved sporting
greatness, plus non-sporting personalities who have made significant
contributions to the sporting community during their careers.
- See more at: http://www.soccernation.com/laureus-world-sports-awards-to-air-worldwide-cms-5365#sthash.haXu44Wf.dpuf
The Laureus World Sports Awards
will be aired live in over 100 countries and will be available to more
than one billion viewers, in addition to a traditional post-produced
distribution to 180 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2014 Laureus Awards Ceremony, which is being held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 26, will be attended by a
star-studded audience of sportsmen and sportswomen and guests from the
worlds of fashion, entertainment and business.
The soccer/football world will be watching eagerly as Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Germany’s Nadine Angerer, Brazil’s Ronaldinho and the Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich vie for top honors in their categories. Previous honorees from the beautiful game include Sir Alex Ferguson, Pelé, Rondaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
The Laureus World Sports Awards, being staged for the 15th time, is
the premier honors event on the international sporting calendar. The
winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate
sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest living sports legends, will
be unveiled at the Istana Budaya in Kuala Lumpur.
The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and Oscar and Grammy winner Jamie Foxx will be performing on stage.
Among the Asian broadcasters taking the show live will be: RTM
(Malaysia), Shanghai Media Group (China), Fox Sports (Australia),
Mediacorp (Singapore), Star Sports (India) Fox Sports (Pan-Asia). Many
millions more viewers around the world will see the post-produced show
in the days after the Awards Ceremony, as well as the hundreds of
millions who will see news of the event distributed by Laureus on the
night of the Awards. The Laureus World Sports Awards is now the second
most-watched Awards gala.
Additionally, special intensive news coverage will be produced by
CNN, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera, Eurosport, Dubai Sports Channel and
Supersport in addition to over 30 broadcast networks covering the Awards
from Kuala Lumpur.
Full list of Nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics; Mo Farah (UK) Athletics; LeBron James
(US) Basketball; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis; Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal) Football; Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Nadine Angerer (Germany) Football; Missy Franklin (US) Swimming;
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Athletics; Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)
Athletics; Tina Maze (Slovenia) Skiing; Serena Williams (US) Tennis.
Laureus World Team of the Year
All Blacks (NZ) Rugby Union; Bayern Munich (Germany) Football; Brazil
Men’s Football Team; Bob & Mike Bryan (US) Tennis; Miami Heat (US)
Basketball; Red Bull (Austria) Motor Racing.
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
Afghanistan Cricket Team; Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling; Raphael
Holzdeppe (Germany) Athletics; Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Cycling;
Justin Rose (UK) Golf; Adam Scott (Australia) Golf.
Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Athletics; Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis;
Oracle Team USA – Sailing; Tony Parker (France) Basketball; Ronaldinho
(Brazil) Football; Tiger Woods (US) Golf.
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Marie Bochet (France) Skiing; Marcel Hug (Switzerland) Wheelchair
Racing; Tatyana McFadden (US) Wheelchair Racing; Sophie Pascoe (NZ)
Swimming; Sarah Louise Rung (Norway) Swimming; Olga Sviderska (Ukraine)
Swimming.
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year
Jamie Bestwick (UK) BMX; Bob Burnquist (Brazil) Skateboarding; Mick
Fanning (Australia) Surfing; John John Florence (US) Surfing; Maya
Gabeira (Brazil) Surfing; Shaun White (US) Snowboarding.
About Laureus: The first Patron of
Laureus was Nelson Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports
Awards in 2000, he said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It
has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that
little else does. Sport can awaken hope where once there was only
despair.” This has become the philosophy of Laureus; the driving force
behind its work.
The mission of the Laureus Foundation is to use sport as the
means to combat some of the world’s toughest social challenges facing
young people today such as juvenile crime, gangs, HIV/AIDS,
discrimination, social exclusion, landmines awareness and health
problems like obesity. The Academy is supported in its work by the
members of the Laureus Ambassadors program, a select group of current
and retired sportsmen and sportswomen who have achieved sporting
greatness, plus non-sporting personalities who have made significant
contributions to the sporting community during their careers.
- See more at: http://www.soccernation.com/laureus-world-sports-awards-to-air-worldwide-cms-5365#sthash.haXu44Wf.dpuf
