Berlin.
A Gala of world sport! Stars from around the world had come to honor the Laureus winners. The main prizes went to tennis stars.
And annual Groundhog. Bill Murray, star of the Hollywood classic almost the same name, hosted on Monday evening, together with the British journalist Kate Abdo the presentation of the Laureus Awards in Berlin. He will have been one of the few among the 600 guests at the Palais am Funkturm, who knew a bit longer that the current sports stars they would meet. Otherwise, a great secret was to the appearance of the best made. Like every year.
Novak Djokovic, who else! Against Andy Murray World Rankings Second won the currently best tennis player in the world in the final in Melbourne clearly.
And for good reason, as always, there were some cancellations of nominees. No Usain Bolt because, no Messi, no Michael Phelps, not Serena Williams. The Star-density was still enormous. Because Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and his current challenger Nico Rosberg came from Shanghai. But especially by Novak Djokovic: The dominant tennis player won his silver statuette World Sportsman of the Year in person from, for the third time after 2012 and 2015. “Very proud”, he was “at this price,” said the Serb, “but grateful the people who stand behind me. And I’m grateful to the tennis, because it brought me here, so I can be here among all the sports legends now. “
The white sport was also among women forward. The world number one Williams, winner at the Grand Slams in Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon, was awarded in the absence of already their fourth Laureus after 2002 and 2010 and 2007 when she was awarded for the comeback of the year. Best team were the “All Blacks” rugby world champions New Zealand, and not, as expected, the dominant Mercedes Formula 1 team or the Champions League winner FC Barcelona. The presentation speech was football coach Joachim Loew.
Ching in this category the host country empty-handed, there was a positive surprise in the Action athletes. There Cologne triathlete Jan Frodeno was in the favor of the Laureus Academy members ahead. The Olympic champion from Beijing has won this year’s Ironman in Hawaii. “I was very proud to be appointed as ambassadors of Laureus. Then I was nominated for the award, and now I have actually won. Madness. “
The statuette for the Disabled Athlete of the Year won the swimmer Daniel Dias. The 27 year old was born with severe deformities in the arms and legs, but is as tenfold Paralympicsieger the most successful Brazilian athletes of today. As promoted GolfProfi Jordan Spieth Award, the 22-year-old golfer from the USA won the 2015 US Masters, the US Open and the PGA Championship. Other honors went to New Zealand rugby star Dan Carter for the biggest comeback, former Formula 1 World Champion Niki Lauda for lifetime and posthumously to the late March soccer players and coaches Johan Cruyff. As the world’s best project of the foundation “Sport for Good” to promote disadvantaged youth received the Kenyan football program “Moving the Goalpoasts” a Laureus.
Moving ceremony for deceased Johan Cruyff
At the ceremony of the Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin was designed on Monday the football legend Johan Cruyff. The cancer died in March Dutchman was posthumously honored with a Laureus statuette, his son Jordi Cruyff tearfully in reception. Johan Cruyff was 68 years old
Overall, it was the 17th presentation of the so-called sports Oscars. After working as Monte Carlo, Abu Dhabi, Rio de Janeiro or Shanghai it was held for the first time in Germany. Since the weekend, many members of the Laureus Academy who choose from the group of nominated athletes and teams the winners by secret ballot held on in the city. Sports heroes like Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, boxing legend Marvin Hagler, Tennis Clown Ilie Nastase, Eiskunslauf Olympic champion Katarina Witt, surf Robbie Naish and many more. They also dealt with the current issues. Thus, Luis Figo commented on the crisis at FC Barcelona. The Portuguese, who wore the shirt of Catalans five years said: “The quality because again come out, has the team. Now it must show that it has the character of “The Italian coach Fabio Capello looked forward to two upcoming major events: He sees Germany as favorites at the European Championships and France and Bayern Munich as the first contender to win the Champions League”. Because . they seemed to be no longer competing against Juventus “something can unleash special powers in the sport -. no secret
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