We just had the Oscars, and now it's time for the "Oscars of sports": the Laureus World Sports Awards, an annual ceremony that honours teams, individual sportsmen and women from all over the world, and all sports at the same time.
At the Laureus awards, you can see teams competing against football and basketball players (Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen is nominated in the same category as Lamine Yamal or Victor Wembanyama as Breakthrough of the year), and covers athletics, tennis, basketball, cricket, motor racing...
In the men and women's categories, we see Alcaraz (two-time Grand Slam winner in 2024, above Sinner despite being lower in the ATP ranking), Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis (who broke the World record twice in Paris), French swimmer Léon Marchand (winner of four golds in Paris), F1 champion Max Verstappen, cyclist Tadej Pogačar (winner of Tour, Giro and world championship); last year Laureus recipient as well as Ballon d'Or winner Aitana Bonmatí, WTA's no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, and Paris medallists Simone Biles, Sifan Hassan and Faith Kipyegon.
In the teams' category, three out of six are Spanish (men's Real Madrid, women's FC Barcelona, and men's national football squad) vs. basketball Boston Celtics and US national team, and McLaren F1 team.
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This award was created in 1999, and in 2025 it will celebrate its 25th edition, and for the second time in a row, the ceremony will take place in Madrid, a city that has sports as "an electrifying part of its appeal as a destination", highlighting the five LaLiga football clubs, the tennis competition Madrid Open, as well as the future NFL games and Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2026.
These are the nominations for the The Laureus. They were selected by journalists, and now it will be up to the 69 sporting legends that form the Laureus World Sports Academy. The Laureus Awards will be held on April 21:
Laureus 2025 nominees:
World Sportsman Of The Year Award
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Tennis
Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) Athletics
Léon Marchand (France) Swimming
Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) Cycling
Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Motor Racing
World Sportswoman of the year:
Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics
Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) Football
Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) Athletics
Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Athletics
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) Athletics
Aryna Sabalenka Tennis
World Team of the Year
FC Barcelona Women's Team (Spain)
Boston Celtics (USA)
McLaren Formula One Team (UK)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Spain Men's Football Team
USA Basketball Men's National Team
World Breakthrough of the year
Julien Alfred (St Lucia) Athletics
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) Football team
Summer McIntosh (Canada) Swimming
Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) Athletics
Victor Wembanyama (France) Basketball
Lamine Yamal (Spain) Football
World Comeback Of The Year Award
Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) Gymnastics
Caeleb Dressel (USA) Swimming
Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) Alpine Skiing
Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling
Rishabh Pant (India) Cricket
Ariarne Titmus (Australia) Swimming
World Action Sportsperson Of The Year Award
Yuto Horigome (Japan) Skateboarding
Chloe Kim (USA) Snowboarding
Caroline Marks (USA) Surfing
Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) Speed Climbing
Tom Pidcock (UK) Mountain Biking
Arisa Trew (Australia) Skateboarding
World Sportsperson Of The Year With A Disability Award
Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) Para Athletics
Teresa Perales (Spain) Para Swimming
Tokito Oda (Japan) Wheelchair Tennis
Matt Stutzman (USA) Para Archery
Jiang Yuyan (China) Para Swimming
Qu Zi Mo (China) Wheelchair Badminton
Laureus Sport For Good Award
Kick4life (Lesotho)
Figure Skating in Harlem (USA)
Kind Surf (Spain)
Liberi Nantes (Italy)
Paris Basket 18 (France)
Street League (UK)