2017 Laureus Sports Awards
2017 Laureus Sports Awards News

Laureus World Sports Awards: Kylian Mbappe, Jelena Ostapenko in hunt for World Breakthrough of the Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the World Breakthrough of The Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Anna Gasser, Nyjah Huston in hunt for World Action Sportsperson Of The Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the World Action Sportsperson Of The Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Marcel Hug, Oksana Masters in hunt for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Golden State Warriors, Real Madrid in hunt for World Team of the Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the World Team of the Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Serena Williams, Caster Semenya in hunt for World Sportswoman of the Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the of World Sportswoman of The Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo in hunt for World Sportsman of The Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the World Sportsman of The Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Chapecoense, Roger Federer in hunt for World Comeback of the Year
As Laureus' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for the World Comeback of the Year award

Laureus World Sports Awards: Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Caster Semenya among nominees
As Laureus World Sports Awards' India partners, Firstpost brings you the nominees for eight categories of the 2018 edition.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment December nominees: Lai Chi-wai's resilience
Lai Chi-wai's resilience is one of the nominees for December’s Laureus Best Sporting Moment.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment December nominees: A Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal duet
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal playing in the Laver Cup as partners is one of the nominees for December’s Laureus Best Sporting Moment.

How Luvo Manyonga overcame drug addiction to become an Olympic medallist and role model
Luvo Manyonga is a Rio Olympics silver medal-winning long jumper. A 2017 World Championships gold medallist. An icon for South African youngsters. Back in another life, Manyonga used to be a drug abuser.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment October nominees: Jake Olson achieves his dream
Jake Olson's determination to achieve his dream is one of the nominees for October’s Laureus Best Sporting Moment.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment October nominees: Liana Blomgren's touch of class
Liana Blomgren's show of sportsmanship is one of the nominees for October’s Laureus Best Sporting Moment.

Man Kaur denied visa by China; hopes of participation in Asian Masters Athletics Championships dashed
Man Kaur dubbed as "miracle from Chandigarh" after winning the 100-metres gold at the World Masters Games in Auckland in April early this year

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment September nominees: Asher Lucas nets three half-court shots
One of the September nominees for the Laureus Award for the 'Best Sporting Moment of the Year' is an 11-year-old Asher Lucas who scored three half-court shots to send the crowd into a pandemonium.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment September nominees: Age is just a number for Man Kaur
One of the September nominees for the Laureus Award for the 'Best Sporting Moment of the Year' is Man Kaur, who at the age of 101 completed the 100-metre print in one minute 14 seconds.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment September nominees: When rivals become friends
One of the September nominees for the Laureus Award for the 'Best Sporting Moment of the Year' is when Dortmund supporters offered stranded Monaco fans a bed for the night following an attack on the German club's team bus

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment September nominees: Billy Monger's back at the wheel
Billy 'The Whizz' Monger's comeback behind the wheels after his horrifying accident is one of the nominees for September’s Laureus Best Sporting Moment.

Laureus World Sports Awards, Best Sporting Moment September nominees: Abbey Conner's heart lives on
The meeting between Bill Conner and Loumonth Jack Jr, who received the heart of Bill's deceased daughter Abbey, is one of the nominees for the Laureus Award for the 'Best Sporting Moment of the Year' for September.