Laureus World Sports Awards are awards awarded every year to the best athletes in the world for individual and team achievements in the past 12 months. The statuettes are awarded from the first gala in Monaco in 2000. These prestigious awards are also called “sports Oscars”.
It happened. Sinner is already removed. What about Świątek?
Many times the title of the best athlete of the year in the women's and male categories was tennis. In 2024 it was Novak Djoković. Probably a good chance of winning this year's gala would have Jannik Sinnerwhich has triumphed in the Australian Open over the last 12 months US Openalso becoming number one in the world.
However, it turns out to be Italian tennisia The controversy associated with a positive anti -doping test he received last year will stand in the way. Recently, the defect officially suspended Sinner for three months. – After discussions as part of the Laureus Academy, it was decided to withdraw the nomination of Jannik Sinner to this year's World Award Laureus. We followed this matter, decisions of relevant international organizations, and although we noticed soothing circumstances, we still think that the three -month ban makes the nomination invalid. Jannik and his team were informed about it – the chairman of the organization Sean Fitzpatrick told the official statement. Pursuant to the regulations, the Laureus nominee list list is created by voting, in which over 1000 sports media editorial staff from over 70 countries take part. Laureus World Sports Academy then chooses the winners from these lists.
You may wonder how the organizers will approach the matter of Iga Świątek, which in the previous two editions found themselves in a narrow, six -person group of nominees for the main prize in the category of the Women's Year athlete. Shelf At the end of last year, after a positive anti -doping test, she received a monthly suspension from Itia. The defect did not bring additional proceedings in her case.
The official nominations for the Laureus World Sports Awards 2025 will be announced on March 3.