Good afternoon. Welcome to the award ceremony Laureus Awards 2024those considered Oscar of sport. An event that will take place this time at the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid. Is the 25th edition of the most prestigious awards in sport, which will pay tribute to the best athletes and teams of the year 2023.
There are three options for Spanish sport to achieve an award, all of them related to women’s football: the women’s soccer team, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo. The team competes for the award for best team of the year, Aitana for best athlete of the year and Salma for the award for revelation athlete of the year, a category where she is also nominated. Jude Bellingham.
There are eight categories with six nominees each, with global stars such as Djokovic, Messi either Verstappen nominated for the best male athlete of the year award, or Swiatek and Shiffrin for best female athlete. Although they really are all stars, of course.
The Rafa Nadal Foundation is also nominated in the category Laureus Sport for Good -Sport for social transformation-. An event that will feature numerous stars: Tom Brady, Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Boris Becker, Martina Navratilova, Michael Johnson, Nadia Comaneci, Lindsey Bonn, Giacomo Agostini, Ruud Gullit, Cafú, Alessandro Del Piero… Several of them were seen yesterday at the Bernabéu to witness the Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
