Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi will be the focus of the sporting world when it stages the 2011 Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday, February 7. The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognise sporting achievement, are the premier honours on the international sporting calendar.
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The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled at a globally televised Awards Ceremony staged at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
Double Olympic gold medallist Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, said: “I am delighted that the Laureus World Sports Awards is returning to Abu Dhabi and that so many members of the Laureus Family will be there to salute the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of the year. Our visit to Abu Dhabi last year was unforgettable and produced a most memorable Awards Ceremony. We are all looking forward to returning to Abu Dhabi to celebrate another wonderful year of sport.”
The Laureus World Sports Awards is returning to Abu Dhabi thanks to the support of Aabar Investments PJS, who will once again be Host Partner for the event. His Excellency Khadem Al Qubaisi, Chairman of Aabar, said: “The Laureus World Sports Awards is a unique event. It was magnificent, a great success for Abu Dhabi when it was held here last March. The whole event was really superb. We will certainly try to do something special for this year’s Awards.”
Among the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy and the Ambassadors programme who will be in Abu Dhabi are: Ruud Gullit; Marvelous Marvin Hagler Oscar Pistorius, Boris Becker, Mika Hakkinen, Gary Player, Franz Beckenbauer, Sergey Bubka, Kelly Holmes, Bobby Charlton, Kip Keino, Lucas Radebe, Nadia Comaneci, Monica Seles, Mark Spitz, Marcel Desailly, Kapil Dev, Daley Thompson, Sean Fitzpatrick, Edwin Moses, Dawn Fraser, Nawal El Moutawakel, Pieter Van den Hoogenband, Frankie Fredericks, Steve Waugh, Tanni Grey-Thompson & Ilie Nastase.
