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Abu Dhabi will be the focus of the sporting world next month when it stages the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, as a wealth of the globe’s biggest names prepare to attend the glittering ceremony in the United Arab Emirates’ capital.
The Laureus World Sports Awards - the premier global sports awards honouring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year – will be presented at a globally televised Awards Ceremony staged at the Emirates Palace. The winners are selected by the ultimate sports jury - the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, the living legends of sport honouring the greatest athletes of today.
Among the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy and the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme expected in Abu Dhabi for the event include a host of names from the worlds of cricket, athletics, motorsports, football, golf and many more.
From the racing fraternity, Giacomo Agostini, the Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Mika Häkkinen, the two-time Formula One World Champion; and British racing legend, David Coulthard will join tennis and cricket stars, Sir Ian Botham, OBE, who was recently was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame; Kapil Dev, one of India’s greatest cricketers; Brian Lara, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time; and Monica Seles, former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Also flying in for the event will be football legend, Franz Beckenbauer; golf stalwart, Gary Player; American professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk; English Rower, Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave, who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000; and Morne du Plessis, the former South African rugby union player who is often described as one of the Springboks’ most successful captains.
In addition, a wealth of athletic stars will also be present such as, Serhiy Bubka, the Ukrainian pole vaulter who was repeatedly voted the world’s best athlete; Romanian gymnast, Nadia Comăneci, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event; Moroccan hurdler, Nawal El Moutawakel, who won the inaugural women’s 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics; the UK’s Daley Thompson, who is considered by many to be the greatest decathlete of all time; and Double Olympic gold medallist Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy.
Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, said: “We are very excited at the prospect of staging the Awards in such an amazing place as Abu Dhabi. It promises to be an Awards to remember. It was a thrilling year for sport. We have great names in every category. The Nominations reflect the immense strength of sport at the moment. We have had a host of terrific individual performances. I congratulate all the Nominees and now we look forward to what should be a great Awards Ceremony.”
The 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards will be supported by host partner Aabar Investments PJSC. Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, offers a fascinating combination of the old and the new; a blend of Arabian hospitality and mystique where a mixture of culture and tradition come together against a backdrop of the most modern world-class infrastructure. Abu Dhabi is developing a reputation as a leading international sporting venue. The Laureus World Sports Awards is the latest high profile sports event to be staged in Abu Dhabi. Last year Abu Dhabi was chosen to stage football’s FIFA Club World Cup, and the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship are now highlights of the sporting calendar in the city.
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Action Global Communications
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