Know all the category nominees, breakthrough of the year award, date, time, venue, voting, live streaming of the Laureus World Sports Awards 2022
Laureus World Sports Awards is an award function that comes every year to honour individuals and teams from the sports fraternity for their achievements in the field and what they have done the whole year.
What Are Are The Laureus World Sports Awards And Meaning
The name of the award show is services from the Greek word “laurel” which is regarded as a symbol of victory in athletics traditionally.
The award is presented by Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and the Swiss tennis legend and 20-times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has won most of it recording 6 in which, 5 comprises for “Sportsman of the year” while the other one us for “Comeback of the year.” Lionel Messi is the first footballer to have won this award in 2020.
This year’s awards include sports from Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics, Euro 2022, Grand Slams and many more.
Last year, Rafael Nadal, Naomi Osaka, Bayern Munich, Max Parrot and Lewis Hamilton grabbed the awards.
The Laureus World Sports Awards 2022 Nominees, Venue, Schedule, Date, Time, Telecast, Prize Money
Venue
The award ceremony is hosted every year in different venues all around the world. Last time it was held Virtually in Seville. With the high success of the previous virtual event and looking at the COVID-19 situations, this year’s award will also be held virtually in April.
The live stream will be available on the official YouTube channel while there is no information on the prize money if any given to the winners.
Full List Of Nominees
Sportsman of the Year-
Tom Brady (NFL)
Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
Caeleb Dressel
Eliud Kipchoge (Athletics)
Robert Lewandowski (Football)
Max Verstappen (Motor Racing)
Sportswoman of the Year-
Ashleigh Barty (Tennis)
Allyson Felix (Athletics)
Katie Ledecky (Swimming)
Emma McKeon (Swimming)
Alexia Putellas (Football)
Elaine Thompson-Herah (Athletics)
Team of the Year-
Argentina Men’s Football Team
Barcelona Women’s Football Team
Italy Men’s Football Team
Milwaukee Bucks (Basketball)
Breakthrough of the Year Award
Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)
Daniil Medvedev (Tennis)
Pedri (Football)
Emma Raducanu (Tennis)
Yulimar Rojas (Athletics)
Ariarne Titmus (Swimming)
Comeback of the Year-
Simone Biles (Gymnastics)
Sky Brown (Skateboarding)
Mark Cavendish (Cycling)
Tom Daley (Diving)
Marc Marquez (Motor Cycling)
Annemiek van Vleuten (Cycling)
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability-
Diede De Groot (Wheelchair Tennis)
Marcel Hug (Wheelchair Athletics)
Shingo Kunieda (Wheelchair Tennis)
Jetze Plat (Para-Cycling/Para Triathlon)
Susana Rodriguez(Para Triathlon)
Sarah Storey (Para-Cycling)
World Action Sportsperson of the Year-
Italo Ferreira (Surfing)
Alberto Gines (Climbing)
Yuto Horigome (Skateboarding)
Carissa Moore (Surfing)
Momiji Nishiya (Skateboarding)
Bethany Shriever (BMX)
Sports for Good Award-
Ich wilRauf Rauf! (Climbing)
Juca Pe Cagna (Multi-sport)
Kick 4 Life (Football)
Lost Boyz Inc. (Baseball)
Monkey Magic (Climbing)
Voting
the winners of the most prestigious Awards in sport following a vote by the 71 Members of the Laureus World Sports Academy and the sports jury consisting of Olympic Gold Medalists, World Champions etc.
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